Where We Are Now

Summary

Chrisley Confessions 2.0

Episode: Where We Are Now
Release Date: December 17, 2025
Hosts: Todd & Julie Chrisley
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Overview of the Episode

Returning to the mic with renewed openness, Todd and Julie Chrisley launch the new chapter of Chrisley Confessions. With signature candor and humor, they dive into current family life, address tabloid rumors, share updates on personal projects, reflect on their marriage, and offer unfiltered commentary on prison reform and headline issues. The episode is more intimate than ever, marked by moments of vulnerability, playful banter, and passionate advocacy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Life & Humor After Hiatus

• Todd and Julie open with lighthearted banter about their busy morning and Todd’s relentless pranking, setting a familiar, playful tone.
  • [00:57] Todd: "So that was a good, refreshing morning. ... Everyone knows I’m into pranking people. And this poor little girl...I scared the living out of her. This morning was no exception."
  • [01:35] Julie: "He doesn't have a life."
• Todd jokes about media rumors following their last “Gray Divorce” segment, poking fun at tabloids for misinterpreting their discussions.
  • [02:17] Todd: "When do I need to move out? Because it’s in the tabloids that we’re divorcing."
  • [02:34] Julie: "Folks, if we ever divorced, there would not be a segue. We would be divorced before anybody ever knew it."

2. Prison Advocacy, New Year’s Resolution & Helping Others

• Todd shares a deeply personal and uplifting update: his advocacy efforts have helped 68 men secure early release or home confinement.
  • [03:15] Todd: "I submitted for a gentleman...he was called in and told he’s leaving. So now we’re at like 68 men...had been given dates that push them up anywhere from six to nine months. One of them was 14 months. So that made my morning."
• He views this advocacy as a spiritual calling and the best affirmation of his own resolution to be better.
  • [03:40] Todd: "To be better than what I am today, which is better than what I was then...this is God talking."

3. Julie’s Cooking Show: Future Plans & Signature Disagreements

• Discussion about Julie’s long-anticipated cooking show leads to classic Chrisley back-and-forth about creative control and producing duties.
  • [04:21] Todd: "And I will be producing."
  • [04:24] Julie: "No, no, no, no...This is my baby. It's not yours."
• Julie describes her vision: approachable, pantry-friendly recipes and real-life meal solutions.
  • [06:23] Julie: "I want it to be real. I want it to be things I actually cook, and I want it to be things that everybody else can cook. ...I want the majority of it to be things that if you cook, you would have it in your pantry."
• Light teasing about Todd’s “producer” role keeps things lively.
  • [06:55] Todd: "I hear if you sleep with your producer—"
  • [06:57] Julie (laughing): "Oh my gosh. That gets you in the paper. You don’t need another case."

4. Family Update: Kids, Routines & Shifting Roles

• Savannah’s work in D.C. brings family pride (and more logistics), while Julie shares an upcoming parenting handoff for Chloe’s school pick-up and drop-off.
  • [07:11] Todd: "I’m so proud of Savannah..."
  • [08:14] Todd (to Chloe): "If you do not get up, you are 13 years old...if she oversleeps, we just won't do anything. We'll go have lunch."
  • [09:14] Julie: "That's a lot, Todd. But you...I can guarantee you I've done it thousands of times."

5. Marriage, Growth, and the “Gray Divorce” Rumor [13:18—18:45]

• Todd and Julie address listener reactions and stories surrounding “gray divorce,” emphasizing the sad reality of divorce for legal or financial reasons (medical bills), but reaffirm their own deep bond.
  • [14:22] Julie: "I would never think to do that, like ever.”
• Reflections on lifelong partnership and personal growth:
  • [16:22] Julie: "I've never contemplated divorce...the thought's never crossed my mind to be with someone other than you."
  • [17:00] Todd: "I’m not at war with myself anymore."
• The importance of fixing oneself, letting go of old pain, and embracing the freedom and contentment of growing older.
  • [18:09] Todd: "Now, I don't care what anyone tells you about getting older. Getting older is one of the most liberating times of your life because you just don't care what anyone else thinks."

6. Reconnecting & Family Evolution [23:04—32:00]

• Both describe regaining their emotional energy, the shifting rhythms of an emptier house, and their relationships with their grown kids.
  • [24:19] Julie: "But this is the moment that we've raised them for, right? ...you can't hold them forever."
  • [25:18] Todd: "My needs today are much different...I need to make sure I have that one on one time with God. I need to make sure that I’m doing as much as I can to be involved with the Bureau of Prisons..."
  • [27:20] Julie: "We were both so depleted before we went to prison...we didn't have it to give to ourselves, you know? And I mean to each other."
• Outlook for the future: home design without the old priorities, focusing on togetherness and adult children returning for visits rather than “needing” them.

7. Show Philosophy: Honesty, Humor, and a New Tone [29:05—31:00]

• Todd explains his vision for the new show as authentically Chrisley, less about status and more about real relationships, growth, and fun.
  • [30:32] Todd: “I want the pulse of this show to be who we are...It’s not Chrisley Knows Best, it’s the Chrisleys. Because the Chrisleys are different today than what they were.”

8. Classic Story: Family, Southern Lingo, and No Filter [31:31—34:17]

• Laughter erupts over their mother's “zero-filter” moment at Walmart, discussing her health issues with the family doctor’s wife, and how folks pick up each other’s mannerisms—“the Kroger,” “the Walmart,” etc.

9. Closing Rants: Prison Reform, Retaliation, and Public Accountability [36:08—53:03]

• Todd delivers a passionate investigation and public call-out of a recent retaliatory raid by prison staff at Miami FPC, alleging abuse and calculated intimidation.
  • [43:26] Julie: “It's crazy.”
  • Details of property damage, lack of bathroom access, retaliation for whistleblowing, and the ethics of oversight are discussed at length.
  • [50:43] Todd: “You bring the contraband in, you know it’s there...when you need more money, you raid these dorms and take these phones back that you brought in...so you can turn around and sell a whole new batch...I know your game.”
  • [52:59] Julie: "I can't think of a better way to end it. Blow your whistle."
  • [53:03] Todd: "Blow your whistle...but blow them for the right reasons."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [02:34] Julie: “Folks, if we ever divorced, there would not be a segue. We would be divorced before anybody ever knew it.”
• [03:40] Todd: “To be better than what I am today, which is better than what I was then...this is God talking.”
• [04:24] Julie: “No, no, no, no...This is my baby. It's not yours.” (on Todd producing her cooking show)
• [06:23] Julie: “I want it to be real. I want it to be things that I actually cook, and I want it to be things that everybody else can cook."
• [16:22] Julie: “I've never contemplated divorce...the thought's never crossed my mind to be with someone other than you.”
• [17:00] Todd: “I’m not at war with myself anymore.”
• [18:09] Todd: “Getting older is one of the most liberating times of your life because you just don't care what anyone else thinks.”
• [24:19] Julie: “But this is the moment that we've raised them for, right? ...you can't hold them forever.”
• [30:32] Todd: “I want the pulse of this show to be who we are...It’s not Chrisley Knows Best, it’s the Chrisleys.”
• [32:16] Todd (on his mother): “She says, Danny, how are you doing? She said, Oh, honey, I'm fine. My vagina is getting much better now. You can't make this sh*t up. Oh, my God, you can't make it up.”
• [43:26] Julie: “It's crazy.” (on prison abuse)
• [52:59] Julie: “Blow your whistle.”
• [53:03] Todd: “Blow your whistle...but blow them for the right reasons.”

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [00:34] – Lighthearted catch-up, pranks, Fox interview behind-the-scenes.
• [03:10] – Todd shares outcomes of his prison advocacy.
• [04:06] – Cooking show update and creative production banter.
• [06:23] – Julie’s vision for practical recipes and authentic cooking.
• [08:04] – Family logistics, parenting stories, Chloe’s school routine.
• [13:18] – Addressing “gray divorce” rumors, deeper marital reflections.
• [18:09] – The liberation of growing older, letting go of old baggage.
• [23:04] – Life with grown kids, empty house, shifting needs.
• [29:05] – The new show’s tone and philosophy.
• [31:31] – Family stories, quirky Southernisms, unfiltered moments.
• [36:08] – Advocacy and details of alleged Miami FPC prison abuse.
• [52:59] – Closing: advocacy call, signature goodbyes.

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Tone & Language

The episode flows with the trademark Chrisley blend of playful ribbing, honest introspection, and sharp commentary. Todd’s passionate, sometimes combative style on advocacy matters is balanced by Julie’s rational, grounded presence. Their dynamic is affectionate, irreverent, and consistently candid.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a warm, entertaining, and surprisingly poignant return for the Chrisleys—offering family updates, a peek behind the headlines, and a look at how two people, having weathered intense public and personal storms, now find joy (and purpose) in the everyday. There’s fun, there’s fire, and there’s fresh perspective—making it the ideal reintroduction for longtime fans and the newly curious alike.

Transcript

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[Todd Chrisley]

I'm Todd and Julie. Good to see you again. I hadn't seen you since 10 minutes ago.

[Julie Chrisley]

Exactly. We've had a busy morning already.

[Todd Chrisley]

Busy morning. We did the interview with Fox this morning.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so that went well, other than, you know, us having to go on a rooftop and the wind blowing.

[Julie Chrisley]

And the wind was blowing. So I do have the wind blown.

[Todd Chrisley]

Look, today, literally she was like.

[Julie Chrisley]

I was like, nobody warned me of this. It's okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

But it turned out to be a great interview with a great guy that did the interview and found out that he and I have some ties to New York from when I was little. So. So that was a. That was a good little refreshing, refreshing morning. So. And then I got up and you were. Had your makeup artist there at the house doing makeup. And folks, everyone knows that I'm into pranking people. And this poor little girl that. What's her name, that does.

[Julie Chrisley]

Morgan.

[Todd Chrisley]

Morgan. Morgan is jumpy. Anyway. And so every time she's in the house doing makeup, I scared the living out of her. This morning was no exception.

[Julie Chrisley]

He doesn't have a life. He doesn't.

[Todd Chrisley]

I have a great life. I just like to scare people.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, well, you did that.

[Todd Chrisley]

I do it to you and the.

[Julie Chrisley]

Tutor the other day.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah, I got. Yeah, I got Chloe's Tudor. Yeah, but I get you. Don't act like I don't get you.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes, you do.

[Todd Chrisley]

So last week was out was the Gray Divorce episode or was that two weeks ago that we did that?

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm not sure.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, whatever it was, folks, maybe it was last week. We should always know that the tabloids are going to listen to Chrisley Confessions so they can grab a keyword that they can run out here and put in the tabloids. So I need to know, when do I need to move out?

[Julie Chrisley]

Shut up.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because it's in the tabloids that we're divorcing.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, it's been. It's been in the tabloids for ever. 20 years. 15 years.

[Todd Chrisley]

Exactly. So. But it's in There again that we talked about this gray divorce as a segue into us announcing that we're divorcing.

[Julie Chrisley]

Folks, if we ever divorced, there would not be a segue. We would be divorced before anybody ever knew it.

[Todd Chrisley]

Thank you. And she, you would know because she would die of a broken heart.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

So that's never going to happen. Exactly. Exactly. So we talked about that. And then what else? Oh, I do want to talk about this just for a minute. This morning I, I had submitted for a gentleman to that his time. He had been in prison longer than he should have been in prison. And I submitted it last night and this morning he was called in and told he's leaving. So now we're at like 68 men that have been given that have either moved to home confinement or to halfway house or had been given dates that push them up anywhere from six to nine months. One of them was 14 months. So that made my morning. I was sending, I took a screenshot of it and I said, I sent it to our family group text and in that interview with FOX just now, he said, what is your New Year's resolute resolution? And I said, to be better than what I am today, which is better than what I was then. And I got that text message and I was like, wow, this, this is God talking. So that made me feel good. And that's put me in a really good mood today because I see a lot of people leaving and going home. The. What else do we have going on? They ask us in the interview about your cooking show.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so you'll start shooting those in February.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I may even do some of the next couple days just to.

[Todd Chrisley]

But for the show, for Thanksgiving.

[Julie Chrisley]

But.

[Todd Chrisley]

So those will just be the things that you put on YouTube and stuff. Yeah. So then you'll start shooting the know the segments for that, 26 of them in February.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

So. And I will be producing, which is a.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I've not heard this and I've not agreed to this. This is my baby. It's not yours.

[Todd Chrisley]

Producing or you can pay a producer which comes out of your budget. Okay.

[Julie Chrisley]

I don't, I don't need you to produce me.

[Todd Chrisley]

You have to have a producer. You've been doing this forever. You have to have a producer of your, of your show. Do you really, who do you think is doing the show? You think that you're producing yourself? Good folks, we're going to do it two ways. We're going to let her put out some segments that she has produced herself while she's cooking at the same time. And we all know that Julie has trouble chewing chewing gum and walking at the same time.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, so this is Bash. Julie today.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, it's. You understanding that, are you. So you're firing me before I get started?

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, no, I didn't even know that you were taking on that.

[Todd Chrisley]

But had you negotiated your deal?

[Julie Chrisley]

No. And I.

[Todd Chrisley]

Who negotiated your deal?

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, I. Obviously somebody else did, because I haven't.

[Todd Chrisley]

Okay, so then would you like me to cancel my talent agreement?

[Julie Chrisley]

We'll talk about this.

[Todd Chrisley]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Julie Chrisley]

We'll talk about this later.

[Todd Chrisley]

So I'll be producing your 26 episodes. What do you want the flavor of this show to be? Because I have been doing research. I've been doing deep dives into, like, comments that people have, you know, put on social media, whatever. And so many people want you to do segments of what did you cook while you were at summer camp? So I think that you do that. I think that you do some of those things.

[Julie Chrisley]

I will incorporate some of that Right. To it.

[Todd Chrisley]

But, I mean, I think that we're in the real world.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

So, you know, we have.

[Julie Chrisley]

We have real ingredients, and we have real ways to cook, so.

[Todd Chrisley]

Which we're working on with the Bureau of Prisons to make sure that commissary is expanded to give these men and women the ability to cook and prepare meals for themselves.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

So what do you see the tone of your cooking show to be?

[Julie Chrisley]

I want it to be real. I want it to be things that I actually cook, and I want it to be things that everybody else can cook. I don't want it to be crazy ingredients that people have to go out here and search and find. I want the majority of it to be things that if you cook that you would have it in your pantry to cook.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, I want to do ideas for weekly meals. I want to do special occasion meals. Yeah. All that.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love that. I hope you can find a producer that's going to let you do all of that.

[Julie Chrisley]

I do, too.

[Todd Chrisley]

I hear if you sleep with your producer.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. That gets you in the paper. You don't need another case.

[Todd Chrisley]

We love the papers. So then, Savannah's been in D.C. this week doing wonderful things.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yep.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so I'm so proud of her for that.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. Then we're heading to. She and I are heading to Tuscaloosa for a turning point event.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

And then back. And then I'm headed to a small town in Tennessee on Thursday to have lunch with some people. And then Friday, Grayson and I are heading out to Vegas for the week to do this.

[Todd Chrisley]

What is it?

[Julie Chrisley]

Formula one race.

[Todd Chrisley]

Formula one race. Because Grayson has to do this. It's part of his Christmas, he says. I think I read that that day that I. Yeah. That I butchered whatever it was. He said.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

So that's one of Grayson's Christmas gifts that he's going to. To this F1. Whatever it is.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes. We're going to be there for the weekend. So it's a busy week. So, folks, that means that some more of the parenting responsibilities with Chloe are going to fall to Todd.

[Todd Chrisley]

And what did I tell Chloe last night at the kitchen counter when we were having dinner?

[Julie Chrisley]

That she would have to get up because if she didn't wake up, then she wouldn't be going to school.

[Todd Chrisley]

If you do not get up, you are 13 years old. I said, you are no different than the other children that I've raised. If you do. If. First of all, I don't know why somebody dumps this on me, because I've never done it. I've never had to do it. And the times that I did do it, I just didn't make my kids go to school.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, well, she's going to school.

[Todd Chrisley]

She had a fit.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. She was like, oh, she loves school. Yeah. She's like, I have to be.

[Todd Chrisley]

She said, I have to be at school. And I said, well, then that means that you have to hear your alarm clock when it goes off.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, she will. She's good about it. She gets up. I don't have any trouble with her.

[Todd Chrisley]

So, I mean, I'm good if she oversleeps, because then that means that we just won't do anything. We'll go have lunch.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, Todd, she has to go to school. So he will pick up on occasion. He will do pickup on occasion if I'm out. But this week, he has to do, let's see, two days of drop off.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right. And two days in the morning. I've got to go two days in.

[Julie Chrisley]

The morning and three days in the afternoon.

[Todd Chrisley]

Say, that's.

[Julie Chrisley]

That's a lot.

[Todd Chrisley]

That is so selfish.

[Julie Chrisley]

That's a lot, Todd. But you. You know, I don't ask you to do that very much. I can guarantee you I've done it thousands of times.

[Todd Chrisley]

I didn't work this much in prison.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God. Poor Chloe.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, or not, like. Like I said, if she oversleeps, you know, we're not doing school that day. So she and I will get dressed. We'll Go have lunch. We'll do whatever.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, she's going to school.

[Todd Chrisley]

And what else do we have? We have so much stuff that's going on that we just can't talk about right now.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I think that. I mean, it's really very calm right now.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I don't even like to say that because the minute no God is.

[Todd Chrisley]

Bringing God, everything goes off the rails. God is bringing us that we have. We deserve that. We deserve that. God does not want us in turmoil all the time. He does not want us feeling stress all the time or being anxious. So I'm accepting of that. I'm going to lead this podcast today. You're going to go buy me lunch and then I. If you're nice, if you're nice tonight, I will let you.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm not gonna be there tonight.

[Todd Chrisley]

Then I'll touch myself.

[Julie Chrisley]

Shut up. You are horrible.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I was gonna let you, but now that you said that, then I guess it's left up to me.

[Julie Chrisley]

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[Todd Chrisley]

Let me ask you this.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, because as I said, I've, I've read some of these comments and stuff. How do you feel when people are saying, when they're talking about this gray divorce stuff?

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, we're going to talk about this tomorrow.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, because there was, there were some things that you. That people have been coming to you asking for clarification on. I had to ask you for clarification on what some of this stuff.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I was reading so many, some of the comments under the podcast page and people were talking about that the reason that the number is so elevated in the age or old in the older age group is because people are getting divorced in their, in their older years so that the other one, if one of them's ill or sick, they divorce so that they cannot. The other one does not lose their money or their assets.

[Julie Chrisley]

I did see that too. That people were actually doing it to avoid like the medical bills.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

With the other. I think that's. I would never think to do that, like ever.

[Todd Chrisley]

No. Because no way you going to let me get loose like that.

[Julie Chrisley]

That just seems crazy. But I did see and you know, I really don't look at comments, but I did see a few people that say they divorced for that reason.

[Todd Chrisley]

But, but how sad is that that you're in this country that you would have to be at 60 years old or 70 years old having to look at a divorce as your option because the medical bills is going to. Is going to Destroy you?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, it. That was. That was weird. I didn't. I never thought about that. Honest. I never thought about that ever crossing my mind. But, I mean. I mean, I guess you could do that and just live in the same house or.

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't know.

[Julie Chrisley]

That seems weird to me.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm not living in sin with you. Well, we're not married.

[Julie Chrisley]

We're not shacking up. Most people are divorcing at that age because they just want to move on or they're just not happy or whatever. They just. I don't believe that many people are doing it for that reason.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I'm just. You saw what you saw.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I did things that. I see it, though, which I thought was crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

I just can't. Again, we've talked about this, but I just cannot imagine, at 57 years old, starting over with someone different. That is just not even something that I can fathom.

[Julie Chrisley]

It's crazy to me.

[Todd Chrisley]

And. I mean, it has to be more difficult for you at 59.

[Julie Chrisley]

Shut up. It is crazy to me because it just seems like. I don't know, you know, I think you have such a. Like, we have such a level of comfort, you know, I mean, like, we've been together through our 20s, our 30s, our 40s, and our 50s. Literally, like, we have been together all those times, so we have grown older together, which I think would be weird to be with an old man that you haven't grown old with.

[Todd Chrisley]

I think it'd be weird to be with an old man, too.

[Julie Chrisley]

No. You know what I'm saying, though? I mean, it's like. I don't know. Is that. Is that weird or not?

[Todd Chrisley]

I just. I mean, I think so.

[Julie Chrisley]

But I also think it's weird to me because I've never contemplated divorce. I've never thought, oh, I'm going to get a divorce, or, oh, I might get a divorce. I've never thought about that. So. As the thoughts never cross my mind to be with someone other than you.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah. And I don't think about that either.

[Julie Chrisley]

Don't lie.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I mean, there's some thoughts every now and then. Late at night when you're sleeping and I've got my laptop shut up. There's those moments. But. But, you know, I don't. I just. I'm at a place in my life. Just as I said in this interview earlier today, I am at a good place in my life. With me.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm not at war with myself anymore.

[Julie Chrisley]

And that's a huge thing. And I think that's a That's something that so many people are constantly trying to fix things, and they never really fix themselves. So they're constantly searching. They're constantly on this. On this search for what's going to fulfill me, what's going to make me happy. Well, I think that when they really should be looking in to themselves and being like, okay, what do I need to do to make me better?

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I think that, yes, I agree with that, but I think that from my personal experience, and I speak only on my personal experience, that for me, life has been hard. It was harder for me to fix some of the things that was broken in me than it was for me to fix everything around me.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

It was easier to fix, you know, how we lived in the homes that we have.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And what cars we were going to do and how we were going to be dressed and how we were going to look. And that was easier for me to. To get a handle on.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

Than Todd was. And, you know, I think that out of insecurity, you. You go through life and you. If you've had certain things happen in your childhood that you are predisposed to feeling that, you know, maybe you're not good enough to do this or maybe you shouldn't be doing that or whatever. And now I don't care what anyone tells you about getting older. Getting older is one of the most liberating times of your life because you just don't care what anyone else thinks.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

It is your time to firmly commit to yourself that you are good. If you're not good, you. You at least know that at this age or should, and you make a decision that I'm going to work on that or I'm not. You know, I know that, as I said on Savannah's podcast, I think that sometimes when you've carried something for so long because, you know, Savannah will say, oh, yeah, I think you should talk about this in therapy. I think you should do this in therapy. And you know how I feel about. You know, I think that therapy is very beneficial for so many people, and it has been for me in certain areas. But I think that when you carry something for so long, it's no longer what you carry that becomes the burden. It's the fear of laying down, of letting go and not having it to hold on to.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. Yeah. And I think that happens to a lot of people with bitterness, with anger, with hurt. You know, there's so many emotions that I think that that is applicable to really do because people will hold onto it because it's easier to hold on to it than it is to ever let go of it.

[Todd Chrisley]

That's right. And you know, it's almost like this self loathing.

[Julie Chrisley]

It's almost like that, like we want.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because you don't feel worthy, right?

[Julie Chrisley]

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[Todd Chrisley]

I can truly remember a moment that I had. It was, I think October of 23 and it hit me so hard and I had nowhere else to go. I had to deal with it at that moment. And I remember feeling almost a sense of euphoria because I accepted what it was that hit me so hard and I accepted that and I was like, there's nothing you can do to change it. Stop thinking that you have the ability to make anything happen. Everything that happens in your life is God driven. You either will make a decision to adhere to what God's word is and surrender to him or you will continue swimming upstream. And, Todd, you're getting too old, brother, to keep swimming upstream. And when that happened for me, I was like, okay, I'm good. And I remember the next day feeling such a release, Like I didn't feel as heavy anymore because I accepted that situation for what it was.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And I'm just at a. I'm at a better place than I've ever been for me personally. And I feel very good with our kids. I feel very good with. With where I am with Savannah and where I am with Chase and where I am, you know, with Grayson and Chloe. I feel good about. About where I am with them. And I enjoy every moment of not having to chase. You have to film it, you know, your first scene this morning at 9:00'. Clock. Savannah, do not walk in here 15 minutes late and throw everybody off.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm not having to do that anymore.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And you know, I said to you, I said, is it weird that we have this house and it's just us three in it? I mean, listen how quiet it is. And I thought there was a time that. That scared me to death, right?

[Julie Chrisley]

That you thought we could never live knowing that kids not right under you.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right? And I remember you and I having a conversation years ago, and I said, judy, what do we do? What do we do when they leave?

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

What. What are we at that point?

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And you said, well, Todd, we're still husband and wife. We're still parents, right? But this is the moment that we've raised them for, right? And you said, you can't hold them forever. And I remember being so mad at you, and I said, you don't care about them like I do right now. I understood that you cared about them in a more healthy way. Your love for our children was in a healthier way because you always looked at it is your job to raise our children to be young, good, decent human beings, to leave and go out and forge their own way.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

I raised our children to be good, decent, honorable human beings. That was always going to stay with.

[Julie Chrisley]

Me and it was always going to need you. Not that they don't still need you. In many, many, many capacities, they do. But I think now you don't feel that you need it as much.

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't.

[Julie Chrisley]

And I think that's a huge growth for you. That is huge growth for you.

[Todd Chrisley]

I need. You know, my needs today are much different emotionally. My needs are much different today. Like, I need to be with you. Every day I need to eat, I need to work out. I need to make sure I have that one on one time with God. I need to make sure that I'm doing as much as I can to be involved with the Bureau of Prisons and to help people get home. Those are things that I need now. I need to talk to my children every day. But like, Savannah, she's been gone to D.C. and she's been in meetings the whole time. I don't blow her up like I used to.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. And it's not like this sense of urgency.

[Todd Chrisley]

There's not an anxiety, there's not an anx.

[Julie Chrisley]

I got to talk to them or I have to hear from them.

[Todd Chrisley]

There's not an anxious to snare that's not there for me anymore. And they're having more of an issue with it.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. But I've noticed because sometimes you'll be like, have you heard from Savannah? No. And before you would be like, what do you mean? What do you mean you haven't heard from Savannah? You need to be on that phone. You need to find out where she is, what she's doing.

[Todd Chrisley]

This is your daughter.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. And now you're like, okay, well, she must be busy.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah. Because.

[Julie Chrisley]

And that's. That's. That is real growth.

[Todd Chrisley]

God has taken that from you.

[Julie Chrisley]

I mean, that's huge.

[Todd Chrisley]

And plus, I think I view Savannah differently today.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

Savannah's a young woman.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. Well, we said at this interview that we did earlier that, you know, the situation forced them to grow up in.

[Todd Chrisley]

A way that you and I don't believe could have ever done or that.

[Julie Chrisley]

We would have ever done because we would always try to hold on. We would have always tried to be needed. And, you know, oh, they can't do this without us, whatever. And they learned that they could. And we also learned that we could. And I think that's. That's. That's a positive. That definitely comes from that.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I think, though, that our relationships, all of our relationships, I think are healthier. I think that our relationships are healthier today.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

I think that mine in your relationship is better today.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

From my perspective. I mean, I'm.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, I agree. I agree. I think we were both so depleted before we went to prison that we.

[Todd Chrisley]

Were just getting through the day.

[Julie Chrisley]

We were just getting through the day because emotionally, physically, everything, we were just so depleted that we. I mean, we. We didn't have it to give to ourself, you know, And I mean to each other.

[Todd Chrisley]

And like, now, like, we're laughing again.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

We're cutting up with each other again.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I'm excited for the future because it's a future that is shaped differently than I've ever thought of.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, we're thinking about, you know, we're working on what our house is going to look like that we're going to build, you know, and before it was, you know, we had to have a gym, you know, we had to have a basketball gym in the house. And because Grayson was into basketball and, you know, we had to make sure that we had a suite for every child. And, you know, and now you and I are sitting here looking at houses, and we're like, no, you know, we don't really need a dining room because we never use a dining room. And you said, I want one huge room that. A table that seats 20 people and two huge islands and, you know, a caterer's kitchen or a scullery kitchen behind the main kitchen. And, you know, then a big family room with a huge fireplace. And. And I said, yeah, and then we need to make sure that our master bedroom that, you know, you have your side, I have my side. You have huge closets. I have huge closets. And then we do mama one on the other end of the house. And then upstairs, we just have a bedroom for each of the children, right. If they have to come home.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. Or if they want.

[Todd Chrisley]

Or if they want to come home, right?

[Julie Chrisley]

Have to, right?

[Todd Chrisley]

But, you know, we're. We're different. We're different. And. Which is. I was saying to the producer last night, you know, when he was asking, you know, what does. What does the theme of the show. What do you want it to be? What does it feel like, you know, when you're talking about the creation of this next round? What is it you want. You want the show to feel like? And I said, like us, right? I said, because if you feel like us, then that's the rest of America, right? And I said, I don't want to showcase houses and cars and. And all this. I said, I want to showcase our life, right? I want to showcase us working relationships, right? And relationships and building, you know, building the restaurant and Chase's brewery and, you know, the things that Savannah's got going on, you know, with Good Girl Rx, you know, and our kids getting married and us having, you know, grandchildren that we have relationships with, that we. That's with us every day. And, you know, that's. That's the feel of what I want the show to be. And he said, but, you know, the world Looks at you as, you know, you're the funny guy. You know, you're. I said, but that's not going to change. I said, you understand that I have been programmed since as a child that in order to not feel pain, you laugh, right? And I said, so I've done that my whole life. I'm not in pain anymore, right? And I've come to peace with some of the things that's happened in my life.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And you know, you still have that, but this is real. I want. I want the pulse of this show to be who we are, right? And I said, it's not Chrisley Knows Best, it's the Chrisleys. Because the Chrisleys are different today than what they were in Chrisley Knows Best, right? And he said, I love that. He said, I love that.

[Julie Chrisley]

And there will be funny moments, because there's funny moments in our real life.

[Todd Chrisley]

You can't help but to have funny moments, you know, as my mother goes to the. To. As she says, and which I got on to you the other day. Julie hangs out with my mother all the time. My mother, everywhere she goes, it's the. She's going to the Walmart. She's going to the Kroger, to the Publix. And now Judy's laying in bed the other night. She said, well, I've got to go to the. I said, you're not going to the. There is no the in front of Kroger. But you know, she goes to the Walmart yesterday.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Runs into Dr. P, our doctor, who is our family practitioner, and runs into his wife. And poor miss. Ms. Peach did not even ask for this. She says, danny, how are you doing? She said, oh, honey, I'm fine. My vagina is getting much better now. You can't make this. Oh, my God, you can't make it up. And I said, what? What?

[Julie Chrisley]

I heard you upstairs hollering, called, and.

[Todd Chrisley]

I said, mama, what is wrong with you? You don't go to the. To the Walmart and talk about the vagina. Well, she asked me how I was doing, and she knew I'd been to see John.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, but.

[Todd Chrisley]

And that's what? She didn't ask about your rusty old cat, Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

Because he wouldn't discuss it. No.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so she's like, oh, Todd, you're the only one that has a problem with things like that. I had a bladder infection. Who cares? I said, mama, you just don't buy. Todd. Bye. And showing the phone up. Yes, Aaron.

[Julie Chrisley]

Todd, you talked about her vagina on.

[Todd Chrisley]

The podcast two Weeks ago. But I wasn't in the Walmart talking about it.

[Julie Chrisley]

With it.

[Todd Chrisley]

Your doctor with my doctor's wife.

[Julie Chrisley]

I know. I know. We need to move on from that topic. I mean, it's been the.

[Todd Chrisley]

It's so just. I mean, she just has zero filters. Yeah. And, you know, poor Dr. Peach. I just. Every time I know she's got an appointment, you know, I send him a text and say, john, before she gets there, I apologize. Before she gets there, I apologize. Because this is a man of the highest level of integrity. His character is beyond reproach. He's not going to talk to you about a patient. And he will always respond, just lol. He never says anything. Just lol. And I just like, God, please protect John today because my mother's going to see him. God, I ask that you give him. You blur his vision, that you make sure that he does not have to go anywhere, that no man should have to go at this point. But so, you know, you have started picking up the.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, sorry.

[Todd Chrisley]

So I need you to remember that when you go to Nordstrom, it's not the Nordstrom.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

It's not the Walmart.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because, you know, I was watching a thing, and it said that. That people that you're around, you start mimicking. If you're around them enough, you mimic that behavior.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I would. Even when, like, I was, you know, at the camp, people would say, well, when I'm around you, I feel like I talk more Southern. I'm, like, around me. And they're like, yeah, yeah. I was like, oh, well, whatever.

[Todd Chrisley]

I was given anything to have heard that Southern.

[Julie Chrisley]

I guess you do.

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't know. So what do you. What does the rest of your week look like?

[Julie Chrisley]

I told you. What? My week. Crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

You're. I just want you to say it again. How you're leaving me behind.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm gonna get to see Grayson. Going to Tuscaloosa. So that'll be fun. But it'll be a busy day, and.

[Todd Chrisley]

You'Ll get to be with Grayson all weekend.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. And then on, like I said, on Thursday, I'm going to a little town, Pulaski, Tennessee. I'm gonna have lunch with some people, which will be fun, and a friend of mine from the camp. And then, like I said, Friday is Vegas, baby.

[Todd Chrisley]

So let me understand.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm not. I mean, I'm doing this for him. I really am.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because she's going to gamble because she's just like my mother.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, I probably really won't, because, you know, I'm not going to leave him. And we're going to be busy. We're going to get there. We're going to have early. A late lunch, and then we have to go. Like, I'm. I'm thinking, like, it's, like, outside, like, so it's going to be all Friday evening and all Saturday evening. So it'll be.

[Todd Chrisley]

So you're going to be with Grayson tonight?

[Julie Chrisley]

I don't. I'm sure we'll see him tonight. I hope we get out of here. I've got to push Savannah along, you know, because she gets a little sidetracked sometimes.

[Todd Chrisley]

So you'll see Grayson tonight, you'll see Grayson tomorrow. Then you'll see Grayson again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you don't have a favorite, right?

[Julie Chrisley]

No, not at all.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm just saying there will be signs. There will be signs.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, I. I'm just. I miss him, you know, I miss him. We've been home, and he hasn't even really been home that much because he's been in school.

[Todd Chrisley]

So it. It is. I love to see him walk in that little string vein. I love to see him walk in.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm excited, too. So it'll be fun.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm excited to have them home for the holidays. The. You know, I do want to touch on kind of some things that's going on within the Bureau of Prisons. Things are looking better. We still have a long way to go, folks. And there was. What was his name from Atlanta, Vernon Jones. What was the guy. The politician's name from Atlanta that. I told you it was on the news the other night, saying that we're raising hell about how people are being treated in ice, but yet you're not worried about people being treated. How they're treated in these county jails or the prisons.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

I think it's Vernon Jones. He was on Fox the other night, and he was talking about, you know, all this whole thing that we're in an uproar about in the country about ICE and these detention centers and what have you, and if that is, if. If anyone's being abused in a detention center, whether it's ICE or state or federal. It's wrong.

[Julie Chrisley]

Absolutely.

[Todd Chrisley]

And should not be happening.

[Julie Chrisley]

Absolutely.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I think we need to take a harder look within. We are using the immigration policies that are in effect now, that was in effect before all this stuff started happening and saying that people, immigrants are being mistreated in the detention centers. But you're not concerned about your own citizens of this country being mistreated in county jails. You're not worried about your own neighbors or brothers and sisters being treat. Mistreated in federal prisons. But you're going to march the streets and you're going to burn and do whatever, but you're not doing that for these people that, that's incarcerated when it.

[Julie Chrisley]

Should be all people. Exactly like immigrants.

[Todd Chrisley]

Our, you know, when the rebuttal, when I say the rebuttal, when I say this is going to be. But those people deserve to be there because they're criminals. But if you're here in this country illegally, you're a criminal.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. You're breaking the law.

[Todd Chrisley]

So you're breaking the law. So my point here is, is that I'm not advocating for abuse for anyone.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

Whether you're here illegally or not, you're.

[Julie Chrisley]

A human being or not.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right. You're a human being. So I just thought that it was very, that it was very eye opening to have him come out and say that.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

That you need to be marching in front of these county jails.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

You need to be marching in front of these federal prisons where these people do not have adequate fooding, food or clothing or medical care, where they're being physically and mentally and emotionally abused. You're not marching, you're not doing that. But you're out here in the street blowing whistles to disrupt ICE agents from removing illegal immigrants.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And again, you know how I feel about this whole stuff that I don't believe that children should be swept out of homes. And I believe that we're, we're, as a country, we're better than that. But put it all in context, folks. You can't be over here on the left shouting that you don't want illegal immigrants mistreated while you're living in your home. Allowing an American citizen to be mistreated in a, in a prison or in a county jail.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

So, you know.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I know that is something that, that you're working on, that you want to bring more attention to. And I think it's very important.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes, very important. And you know, I wanted to, I wanted to talk about. And I'm going to make sure. Because I want to make sure that I give, I want to make sure that I pronounce these people's names correctly.

[Julie Chrisley]

Are you getting ready to bash somebody?

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm getting ready to go in for a second because I'm going to let them know that I'm going to expose them on November 17th of this year to the appropriate authorities. I'm submitting this formal complaint Regarding what I believe to be a coordinated and retaliatory operation carried out on the morning of November 17, 2025 at the Miami Federal Prison Camp. This retaliation appears to be directly connected to my previous complaint involving Officer Gonzalez. I got my eye on you brother. Incident Summary at approximately 4:00am more than 20 agents now agents and officers entered the Miami FPC prison camp in large scale raid. Now this is a prison camp folks. You've got no one violent there. But this mod squad is going to come in at 4 o' clock in the morning. This operation involved an unusually high number of personnel. Keep in mind they Bureau of Prisons claims that their people are overworked and they're understaffed. But yet you got a large number at 4 o' clock in the morning showing up to do this shit show. An unusually high number of personnel, all or most of whom must have been on overtime resulting in a significant cost to the taxpayer. The size and coordination of this operation indicate that it required advanced planning and could not have occurred without the knowledge and approval of the warden of Miami Prison Camp. Agents entered the dorms with guns drawn.

[Julie Chrisley]

Guns drawn.

[Todd Chrisley]

I think that what they're saying is those guns they have the pellets in or whatever the plastic things. It's not a stun gun, but it is a gun. But I mean they have like the plastic pellets or whatever more than entered the camp with the guns drawn. Shouting at inmates at 4 o' clock in the morning folks, to get up and exit immediately without taking any property or clothing. Clothing? We were forced into the visitation room in freezing temperatures wearing only what we had on when we were woken. Now folks, this sounds a little bit like what you're complaining about regarding ice. Many inmates lacked sufficient clothing for cult for the cold condition. During the initial period in the visitation room, inmates were denied access to the bathroom. Later limited access was granted, but inmates were told they were allowed only to urinate. Sounds like what you're complaining about about ice. Multiple officers stated we don't have time for that. When inmates asked to use the toilet for other needs. Bathroom access was monitored and restricted to 20 minute periods followed by 30 minute pauses so staff could take a break. They're the ones started the shit show. Why do you need a break? One inmate with a known medical condition collapsed in the hallway of I unit while waiting to be moved. Staff made no effort to check on him, requiring inmates to assist him instead. This occurred in full view of staff, none of which intervened. Does it sound like what they're complaining about?

[Julie Chrisley]

It's crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

We were kept in the visitation room until approximately 9:30am before being questioned one by one. Among the questions asked were whether we felt safe at the camp, whether we had observed weapons or illegal activity, and what problems we believed existed at the facility.

[Julie Chrisley]

Now, folks had to get somebody up at 4 o' clock in the morning.

[Todd Chrisley]

But here's the thing. They know that I'm on to them and that I have reported them to the regional director, John Bartlett. So Bartlett contacted the warden the night before about the stuff that I was telling him that was going on there at his camp. And the warden was awakened by the regional director. So it'll get to that in a minute. So this was retaliation. And they loved to hide under the guise of a facility security issue. They try to put everything under safety for the security, you know, for the institution. Statements by staff indicating retaliation. During the operation, several staff members made statements directly linking today's events to my previous complaint involving Officer Gonzalez. Officer Frederick entered the visitation room and loudly shouted to another officer. The inmate says, I started this issue. Let's see what the video shows. These guys think they can just lie about me. Let's see what happens. That's a threat. As Officer Andino exited 1I1 and 2, she stated, thank you Mr. Rudderman, for all your help. This statement implied that an 84 year old inmate was assisting with complaints against the staff, placing him at risk by making such an accusation publicly. I've never dealt with this 84 year old individual that you're trying to out. You've been outed and Dino and Gonzalez and Frederick because of your abuse and retaliation. But I'm gonna make sure you're under investigation for that. Um, as Officer andino and captain. Captain. The captain's involved in this. Captain Culver exited I1 and 2 together, they stated, tell your friend to stop waking us up because this is what you're going to get. This statement is one of the clearest indications that the raid was carried out in retaliation of inmate complaints. Now, they did this because I reported them the night before around 8 or 9 o' clock at night. Which means that the regional director would have made that call and woke and.

[Julie Chrisley]

The warden an hour later in Miami.

[Todd Chrisley]

Exactly. Exactly. So it's just insane. But this is what happens. This is what happens. Um, further, during the search of J Dorm, Officer Frederick stated, the white guy wants to push, so we will push even harder. I'm the white guy. They're going to wake up the warden, so we're going to wake them up every day. Now that's blatant retaliation, crazy property damage and unsafe conditions. During the raid, staff during the raid, staff confiscated or removed bowls, blankets, pillows, commissary items and essentially anything that was left on the beds or the floor. Despite waking inmates up at 4am and refusing to allow them to secure their property, staff broke into their tablets, leaving them damaged or discarded on beds or on the floors. Now folks, These tablets are 130 to $150 that the inmate has to purchase or that the family of that inmate purchases so that they can, you know, speak to their family or watch movies or what have you. But they came in and destroyed them. In the grow dorm, Officer Andino was informed that the bathroom was non functional. Yet she locked inmates inside and stated that perhaps after interviews of J Dorm inmates were complete, she might consider unlocking the door. Inmates also had no access to the water.

[Julie Chrisley]

No way that that can be policy.

[Todd Chrisley]

Exactly. There's no policy to any of this. It's all retaliation and abuse. Perhaps after interviews that were complete, she would consider unlocking the door. Inmates also had no access to the water fountain for from approximately 10:00am until 12:15pm the retaliatory nature of the operation, the this operation was not spontaneous. It was security driv or security driven or justified by legitimate concerns. Indicators of retaliation include direct statements linking the raid to my prior complaint about Officer Gonzalez, threats and retaliatory comments made by Officer Frederick, Officer Andino and Captain Culver, public comments endangering Mr. Rudderman, the 84 year old individual, the scale and cost of the raid which could have only occurred with warden level approval and dangerous, punitive and degrading treatment of inmates.

[Julie Chrisley]

That is horrible.

[Todd Chrisley]

I request a full investigation by an external authority as internal staff appear to be directly involved in the retaliation. I request that all camera footage from 3:30am to 1:00 clock p.m. on November 17, 2027 be preserved, including Twitter 27, 2025, 2025 be preserved, including footage from J dorm I1 through two hallways, visitation room, interview rooms and exterior hallways. I further request that my prior complaint involving Officer Gonzalez and the reprisals that followed be be reviewed together as they form a clear pattern of retaliation, which is something that Director Marshall and Deputy Director Josh Smith have stated will not happen on their watch and is grounds for automatic termination. I certify that this complaint is accurate to the best of my knowledge and request immediate appropriate review.

[Julie Chrisley]

So that was somebody, somebody, an inmate had sent this to you?

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes. Well, their family member.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

So at any rate, I received a phone call the other night from the staff member that was reiterated. I read this to him, and he said every bit of this is true. Now, yes, there's contraband issues in every prison, but 90% of the contraband that's coming in is coming in through the gates, not over the gates. They're coming in through staff members. Now, yes, you do have some good staff members. I've met some of them. I've dealt with some of them. And the good ones are the ones that have become the whistleblowers.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

Telling on the ones that should not be doing the things that they're doing.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

But you need to know, if I called your name out at Miami, I'm going to contact Peter Navarro, who was at Miami, who already has said how corrupt that facility is, how they do not calculate the first step, act correctly, how they refuse to give these men the second chance, act the way they're supposed to. To. I'm going to make sure that each and every one of you are held accountable. Stop saying that you did this because you were looking for contraband. You bring the contraband in, you know it's there. That's how you know how to find it. You know, when you need more money, you go and you raid these dorms and you take these phones back that you brought in to begin with so you can turn around and sell a whole new batch to the guys that are there that want the phones and that can afford them. So I know your game. I'm peeping your show. Um, but I wanted to read that today because it hap that came through last night. I've not notified the deputy director, Josh Smith. I've notified Beth Reese, who is the head of oia. I have sent it to Savannah for her to make sure that Peter gets a copy of it and other people in D.C. get copies of it. And I have notified the regional director, John Bartlett. Um, I find John Bartlett to be a good regional director. You know, I have a good rapport with him, and he has been very responsive to the complaints about the facilities that he's involved in. And if it's one that he's not involved with, and I bring it to him, he says, I'll help you with it. And he does. But this here, I want these individuals held accountable.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And it places the regional director in a bad light to have to go in and. And to have to come down on people that I'm sure he's worked with forever. So I'm taking it away from him and putting it out here in the public domain so that the public can if you. Where's your whistles? Get your whistles out. Blow those bitches until you collapse along. But blow them for the right reasons. Blow them from the abuse of the American citizens that are sitting in prison that are being abused as well. Keep blowing for those then in ice if they're being abused, but make sure you blow them for your own brothers and sisters. So that's my soapbox for today.

[Julie Chrisley]

And that. Listen, I can't think of a better way to end it. Blow your whistle.

[Todd Chrisley]

Blow your whistle. So I love you. I thank you for doing the podcast with me today, for doing the interview with me this morning. And I'm going to miss you on the days that you're gone. But I'm sure that I'll blow you away.

[Julie Chrisley]

Todd will survive. Or you'll hear about it. It.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes, I'm going to the entire time, but. And you can keep. You can screenshot your text messages. I don't care. But until next week, good luck and God bless. Stream Pluto TV streaming Pluto TV for free. Stream blockbuster hits like 21 Jump Street Ted, the Expendables and so much more on Pluto TV. Stream now pay never.

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