- Julie Chrisley is having a "harder" time in prison than her husband Todd Chrisley.
- That is according to their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, on a new episode of her podcast, "Unlocked."
Savannah Chrisley, daughter of imprisoned reality stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, has said that her mom is struggling to adapt to prison life a lot more than her dad.
"It's definitely harder on her, I think, than my dad," the 25-year-old reality star said in the latest episode of her podcast, "Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley," released Tuesday, adding elsewhere that her mom is "scared."
Savannah spoke about her mother's "new normal" at FMC Lexington in Kentucky, where Julie is carrying out a seven-year sentence for her involvement in the couple's years-long bank fraud and tax evasion scheme.
"She's just staying busy. She's trying to do anything and everything, take classes — everything known to man that she can do, she does," Savannah said.
"You know my mom. Like, she walks in a room, if something needs to be done, she just starts doing it. And, so, she's trying to stay busy."
Savannah added that her mom is also "trying to focus" on her health, too.
Julie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and underwent treatment, including a double mastectomy, the following year.
However, Savannah — who said she is taking care of Todd and Julie's teenage son, Grayson, 16, and adopted daughter, Chloe, 10 while they are in prison — went on to say that she suspects that her mom may not be sharing her whole experience when Savannah visits her in prison.
"I think she's trying to shield us from a lot of things. Because that's my mom," she said. "That's who she is."
Savannah added that she recently received "30 or 40 days' worth of letters" that Julie had written since she entered prison in which her mom was more candid about her experience since she treats the letters like a "daily diary."
"It was tough to see the accounts of her day and just things that she's scared of or nervous about or just all the thoughts that go through her mind," Savannah said.
She continued: "One of the constant themes in all of her messages, like, all of her letters, are: 'I can't believe Savannah's having to do this. Like, I can't believe her life's having to be put on hold.'"
Savannah, who recently teased that a new reality show following the family may be coming, said that her mom also expressed her sadness over not being able to speak or see her husband of more than 25 years.
"I don't think there's a single letter that goes by that she does not say how much she misses my dad. They don't get to talk," she said.
"So, it's going on... what month are we? April? We're like three, four, four months in, almost. Being together almost 30 years now and not going a day without speaking to now, going on four months is a lot."
The "Chrisley Knows Best" stars were convicted in June 2022 of defrauding banks out of more than $30 million by providing fake financial statements to make them appear wealthier than they were and handed their sentences in November.
Todd received a longer sentence than his wife as prosecutors considered him the "mastermind" of the scheme. He was sentenced to 12 years at Federal Prison Camp Pensacola.