Julie Chrisley is addressing rumors that her husband, Todd Chrisley, may be gay.
“I know who I’m married to,” Julie, 52, said on the Tuesday, September 2, episode of The Chrisleys: Back to Reality. “At the end of the day, OK. You can think whatever you want of him because he knows who he is.”
During the Lifetime docuseries, producers reminded viewers that Todd’s former business associate, Mark Braddock, claimed to have an affair with the Chrisley Knows Best star.
Todd, 56, has consistently denied the allegations and continued to do so in a prison call shown on The Chrisleys: Back to Reality.
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“It’s important to understand that in the position that we’re in, scandal sells,” he explained before pointing out Braddock is the “only one” that has ever made this kind of allegation.
In a confessional interview, Savannah Chrisley recalled the moment Braddock first made the allegations.
From the beginning, the Chrisley Knows Best star said she didn’t pay much attention to the rumors.
“During the trial, Mark made claims that he had a relationship with my father. We were all like, ‘You got to be effing kidding me,’” she said. “Our lawyer said it best: Where’s the text messages? Where’s the phone calls? Where’s the letters? Where’s anything? … I don’t buy it.”
Todd and Julie have been married since 1996 and share three children together: Chase, 29, Savannah, 28, and Grayson, 19. Todd also shares two children from a previous relationship.
In the docuseries, Todd’s former assistant, Tonya Claytor, defended the couple and assured fans they are in love.
“I’m very close with Todd,” she said. “I’ve traveled with him. I’ve stayed in his house. I’ve eaten dinner with them. I spend a lot of time with his family. Todd loves Julie. He loves his wife. Todd loves women.”
In January 2023, Todd addressed Braddock‘s accusations that they had an affair. While chatting with Chase, the reality star slammed any insinuation that he was unfaithful to his wife.
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“What’s insulted me the most is that, out of all these 54 years, for me to finally be accused of being with a man, it would be someone who looked like Mark Braddock,” the reality star joked on his “Chrisley Confessions” podcast. “A toad. Someone that looks like a thumb. Someone who says he’s only had sex with his wife and me.”
Todd added, “Let me tell you something. I could understand if you’d have had sex with me, it would [make] you crazy. I get that. There have been many who have been [dick-mitized] by your daddy.”
The Chrisleys: Back to Reality continues with new back-to-back episodes on Lifetime Tuesday, September 9, at 8 p.m. with the finale airing September 16.
