‘I Can’t Get Married’ With My Mother and father in Jail

Placing her life on pause? Savannah Chrisley opened up about feeling like she will’t dwell life to the fullest whereas her mother and father, Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, serve their jail sentences.

“In my thoughts, I’m like, ‘I can’t transfer on with my life,’” Savannah, 25, advised her soon-to-be-sister-in-law, Emmy Medders, throughout a Tuesday, December 27, episode of her “Unlocked” podcast. “Till I do know that they’re going to be there, I can’t get married. I can’t have a child.”

The Georgia native’s mother and father have been charged with a number of counts of financial institution and wire fraud and tax evasion in August 2019. After a month-long trial, the Chrisley Is aware of Greatest stars have been discovered responsible of fraud in June. 5 months later, Todd, 53, and Julie, 49, have been sentenced to 12 and 7 years in jail, respectively. The married couple — who will report back to jail subsequent month — are additionally set to serve 16 months of probation.

With years of jail visits forward of her, Savannah advised Medders, 26 — who’s engaged to Savannah’s brother Chase Chrisley — that she is “grieving the lack of mother and father which might be nonetheless alive.”

Regardless of the emotional hardships, Medders suggested Savannah to not put her life on maintain whereas her mother and father serve their jail phrases.

“You possibly can’t simply cease your life,” the non-public assistant stated. “And your mother and father, our mother and father, wouldn’t need us to do this, it doesn’t matter what occurs.”

Medders isn’t the one one who’s advised the podcaster to maintain her chin up; her father additionally reminded her that he’ll at all times be there for her, regardless of the place he’s bodily.

“Dad was like, ‘I might not be right here in entrance of you, however I’m nonetheless alive. I’m nonetheless preventing. You don’t need to dwell a day with out chatting with me,’” Savannah advised Medders, recalling Todd’s phrases to her.

Though Savannah is making an attempt to concentrate on the issues she will management — like her magnificence model, Sassy, — she famous that she’s gotten criticism on-line for persevering with to advertise her enterprise.

“I maintain pushing ahead as a result of that’s at all times been my simple, go-to, the place I don’t need to concentrate on the rest. So, business-wise, I’m going to push ahead. I’m going to do my podcast, Sassy, I’m going to do all of the issues,” the previous magnificence pageant queen stated. “However personally, I really feel like there’s a stage of guilt related to transferring on with my life and pondering of mother and pa not being right here throughout sure life occasions.”

Savannah revealed after her mother and father’ sentencing final month that she now has custody of her brother Grayson, 16, and her half-brother Kyle’s daughter Chloe, 10. (Along with Savannah, Chase, 26, and Grayson — his three kids with Julie — Todd additionally shares daughter Lindsie, 33, and son Kyle, 31, with ex-wife Teresa Terry).

“[I’m] making an attempt to navigate the way you train two youthful kids who aren’t totally developed but and … get them to know the circumstances,” Savannah confessed on her podcast final month about having custody of Grayson and Chloe. “That’s a extremely, actually tough factor.”