- Savannah Chrisley has hit back at accusations that her dad Todd "has let himself go" since entering prison.
- On her podcast, she said "of course his hair is gray" as he is not allowed to use hair dye.
Savannah Chrisley has hit back at accusations that her father, Todd Chrisley, "has let himself go" since he reported to prison in Florida over six months ago.
On the latest episode of her podcast, "Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley," released Tuesday, the 25-year-old was joined by lawyer Alex Little, a former federal prosecutor who has been representing Todd and his wife Julie Chrisley since they were convicted on charges of bank fraud and tax evasion in June 2022.
Throughout the episode, they discussed everything from perceived holes in the government's case against the embattled couple to where they are in the appeals process. At one point, they touched on how Todd is holding up.
While Little said that the 54-year-old former reality TV star is "relentlessly optimistic" about his chances of succeeding in appealing his conviction, Savannah took the opportunity to stress to listeners that her dad is not only doing well, but looking well too.
Savannah said that recent headlines about her father's mental and physical condition are inaccurate.
"It's hilarious because one of them was like, 'He's let himself go,'" she said.
"First off, newsflash, they don't sell hair color in commissary so, of course, his hair is gray," she said. "But you know what? I would tell him today, if he was out, 'Keep it that way.' Like, it looks good."
"He's got this great prison barber, it's this Puerto Rican guy, he's very kind," she continued.
Before Todd began his 12-year sentence at the Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola in Florida in January, he was known for sporting short, cropped blond hair on the family's reality show, "Chrisley Knows Best."
Last year, Todd and his wife Julie were convicted of defrauding banks out of more than $30 million by providing fake financial statements to make them appear wealthier than they were.
On top of the appeal, Todd has also unsuccessfully requested to switch from prison to home confinement, according to his attorney, Jay Surgent.
Speaking with People, Surgent said that Todd made "an application under the CARES Act to be released" into home confinement. "His application, as well as a number of other applications — but particularly his — was rejected," he said.
"He submitted it, but the person that was administrating it and was in charge of processing it decided that she didn't want to do that. She decided not to do it," Surgent said.
Introduced in 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act allows prisoners to be placed in home confinement at the discretion of the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Chrisley's lawyer said of the rejection: "It's very, very unfortunate, and that matter is now being investigated internally."