Savannah Chrisley Laments Difficulty In Visiting Parents In Prison With Nanny Faye

Savannah Chrisley is opening up about the damage her parents' absence has caused her famous family.

As fans would recall, in June 2022, the Chrisley parents, Todd and Julie, were convicted on all bank and tax fraud counts after a three-week trial. By November, they were sentenced to a combined prison term of 19 years and ordered to serve an additional 16 months of probation following release.

About a month ago, the real estate developer reported to a federal prison in Florida to start his 12-year term. At the same time, his wife headed to a facility in Kentucky to serve her seven-year sentence.

While this is a new norm for the couple, their daughter finds adjusting to the new system hard. She recently sat down with her grandmother, Nanny Faye, to share her struggles with her parent's absence.

On the latest episode of the "Growing Up Chrisley" star's podcast, "Unlocked," she discussed with her father's mother, where they both got emotional about the toll the sentence has taken on their family.

Minutes into the conversation, Faye choked up crying as she spoke about her daughter-in-law's dedication to her during a series of bladder cancer treatments. The 79-year-old said:

"There wasn't one treatment [for my bladder cancer] where my precious daughter-in-law wasn't with me — not one time." She added, "Through it all, she's been with me." 

Emphasizing that Julie cared for everyone in their family, Faye noted, "When you needed something, call Julie," then went on, "She'd call me three or four times every day. And by seven o clock, she had called me to see if I was OK and to see if I had a good night."

Savannah then chimed in saying, "If we're being honest about it, everyone knows mom and dad were your primary caregiver." She reiterated, "It's hard because mom was everyone's primary caregiver." 

Regarding visitation, while the 25-year-old shared during last week's episode that she visited her father, she confirmed that her grandmother is prevented from seeing her son due to documentation issues.

As the elderly woman noted how she is coping with being unable to speak to Julie and Todd regularly, Savannah explained, "You have to jump through hoops for visitation." 

The week of the reality star's parents' incarceration was tough for her as it happened a few days after the highly cherished Valentine's Day. While others were in the company of their loved ones, The Blast noted that the troubled daughter revealed to her followers that she was missing her father's smile.

She took to her Instagram Story to share a throwback picture of the real estate tycoon smiling and using his phone in a restaurant. The note on the post read, "Missing this smile a little extra today," alongside two sad emojis.

The next upload showed her smiling with headphones on while holding a bottled drink beneath her chin. She donned a tie-dye blouse and stuffed her hair into a black baseball cap. The caption read, "A little glimpse of happiness in the midst of a storm… grateful."

Like anyone would be if they lost both guardians to prison, Savannah is not pleased and can't wrap her head around her parents' conviction. But she was onto something when she went on a tirade late last month. 

The Blast noted that the doting daughter was furious after she learned that her parents' jail term was similar to the sentence a murderer received in the same state. She posted a breaking news headline about a murderer convicted for his offense. Alongside the headline was a mugshot of the convicted killer. The reposted headline read:

"A man who confronted, shot, and killed another man who was walking with his two children last year was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison."

The similarity between the sentencing of her parents and that of the convicted murderer set her off. Demanding an explanation for what she thought to be an unjust punishment meted on her father, she highlighted her words in red text, writing, "Hmmm…make it make sense."