Todd Chrisley revealed that eldest son Kyle Chrisley visited him “one time” in prison.
“I did get an apology from Kyle,” Todd, 56, said during The Chrisleys: Back to Reality series finale on Tuesday, September 16. “I was in a state of shock. He hugged me and went to the vending machine and bought me a drink.”
Todd said that he and Kyle, 34, “sat and talked” during the visit. (Todd shares son Kyle with ex-wife Teresa Terry.)
“He apologized for his involvement [and] for the things he had done,” he continued. “And he said, ‘If I could take them back I would but I can’t and I’m asking can we just pick up from here and move forward.’ And that wasn’t possible for me.”
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Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, spent 28 months in prison after being convicted of tax evasion and bank and wire fraud charges in 2022. They were released from prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
“I’m ecstatic. Truly,” Kyle said in a statement to E! News at the time. “I just found out a little bit ago and I still just can’t believe it.”
He added, “I know they can’t wait to get home and just be with family, and I’m going to remain hopeful that another reconciliation is possible.”
Kyle also praised his sister Savannah Chrisley for her part in Todd and Julie’s pardon.
“I know Savannah had been working at this for so long and she never gave up,” he added. “So I’m just grateful to her and to President Trump for making this happen for my dad and Julie.”
Kyle is the biological father to Chloe Chrisley, who was adopted by Todd and Julie prior to their time in prison. Savannah, 28, was her legal guardian while they were incarcerated.
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“The adoption was actually never made final until maybe a month or two before mom and dad left,” Savannah, 28, said during an episode of the Lifetime docuseries, which aired earlier this year.
“Her mother let us have her every other weekend. And then, every other weekend turned into every other week,” she said, referring to Kyle’s ex Angela Johnson. “I’ll never forget her calling my parents one day, saying, ‘I need you to come get Chloe. We don’t have anywhere to stay and I can’t have her sleep in the car.’ She signed over custody completely.”
Todd never “terminated” Kyle’s parental rights to Chloe until he had to.
“My dad could never bring himself to do it and to terminate their rights,” Savannah continued. “But they had to do that to make sure that when they left, that Kyle or Angela couldn’t come back and get her.”
