Everyone knows by now that reality TV is never really what it seems on screen and Todd & Julie Chrisley confirm it in a recent interview. The TV couple famous for Chrisley Knows Best are currently embroiled in a multi-million dollar fraud and tax evasion scandal.
The on-screen picture-perfect Southern family’s façade crumbled in 2019 when a court indicted them on 12 counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion. Their latest YouTube video reveals they were “dying inside” while filming with this ordeal hanging over their heads.
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We Don’t Know What Happens Behind The Scenes
During their podcast, Chrisley Confessions, Todd spoke on behalf of the family saying they’ve been dying on the inside since the legal troubles started in 2010. He said,
Years ago when their reality TV show trended, the couple said they couldn’t script their lives. Chrisley Knows Best was supposed to be a docuseries and not an ongoing show. Hence, many of their on-screen happy moments weren’t fun for them in real life.
Opening Up On Chrisley’s Confessions
Chrisley said they did their job and put smiles on their fans’ faces but weren’t happy in their lives. When asked about the show’s continuity, they said it depends on the audience’s interest – if people tune in, it’ll go on.
Chrisley Confessions started in 2018 shortly before the first indictments the following year. The couple used it to tell their side of the story as they didn’t think the media did them justice.
However, the possibility of that is slim since Todd and Julie are to report to prison in January. Whereas Todd got a 12-year sentence, Julie got 7 years.
A New Show Is In The Works
Despite the announcement of their prison remand in January, Todd said the family has a new project in the works. It’ll give us a “new perspective of the Chrisley family as we journey with them on this change.”
Todd also added that there’s a documentary in the works, and they hope the fans would tune in (they need the money since their net worth took a major hit.)
They’ll Appeal The Convictions
The Chrisleys faced charges for conspiring to defraud community banks in Atlanta a few months before their show’s launch in 2014. They obtained loans with false documents and then “robbed Peter to pay Paul” – paid old debts with new loans – before spending money meant for their show on cars, clothes, real estate, and travel.
Their lawyer, Alex Little, said they’ll fight against the convictions.
