Todd Chrisley's Quotes About Reality TV Return After Prison Release
Todd Chrisley has spoken candidly about his family's return to reality TV after he and wife Julie Chrisley were released from prison in May 2025.
"I'm not coming back in that same format of Chrisley Knows Best," he said during a May 2026 episode of the "Chrisley Confessions 2.0" podcast. "I want, when we come back on television, it to be very authentic. I think the people that tune in to us deserve that right. And that have stuck with us deserve that."
Todd and Julie were convicted in 2022 on federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion, and were sentenced to a combined 19 years. They reported to their facilities in January 2023 - Todd to Federal Prison Camp Pensacola in Florida, Julie to Federal Medical Center Lexington in Kentucky - and maintained their innocence throughout their incarceration.
They were released in May 2025, one day after President Donald Trumpissued presidential pardons.
The family's docuseries The Chrisleys: Back to Reality premiered in September 2025 and Todd has since hinted that a second season could be coming. Keep scrolling for everything he's said:
Todd Chrisley Addresses Paycheck Rumors
During a September 2025 appearance on The Tamron Hall Show, host Tamron Hall pressed Todd on reports that the couple emerged from incarceration "$36 million ahead" despite reportedly spending $3 million in legal fees. (Us Weekly noted at the time that those figures were raised by Hall and have not been independently verified.)
"No, we only did two episodes, so no, it was not for the money," Todd said. "There needed to be closure for the tail end of this documentary."
Todd and Julie Chrisley Explain the Lifetime Comeback Story
Lifetime's The Chrisleys: Back to Reality was originally built around daughter Savannah Chrisley and her siblings as they fought to free their parents. Filming had largely wrapped before Trump pardoned Todd and Julie. Cameras picked up just in time to capture Todd and Julie's May 2025 release and their tearful family reunion.
"Lifetime, Savannah had no way of knowing the pardon was going to happen or it was going to happen when it did," Julie said on The Tamron Hall Show. "It just happened, the perfect timing."
Todd Chrisley Hints at Season 2
Todd wouldn't commit to a timeline for more episodes, but said the show is far from over.
"I don't think that I have a desire for that many years," Todd said in September 2025. "It will continue, it's going to get picked back up."
Todd Chrisley Hints at New Show on Podcast
"We're moving forward with a new show and I've got three other shows that are now projected to be picked up - things that I worked on," Todd said in July 2025. "I worked on those things while in prison. I put those things together because I kept my mind busy and I literally just pretended that I was at a busted broke down studio. I kept working and I kept dreaming."
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This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM.