Savannah Chrisley Shares Chloe’s Reaction After President Trump Pardons Parents

Savannah Chrisley is sharing her sister’s reaction after hearing their parents were being pardoned.

After President Trump announced on Tuesday, May 27, that he was fully pardoning Todd Chrisley, 57, and Julie Chrisley, 52, after they were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022, their daughter Savannah shared her younger sister Chloe’s reaction to finding out their parents were coming back.

“Chloe, I think, is still in shock,” Savannah shared while appearing on NewsNation’s On Balance with Leland Vittert. “She doesn’t want to get her hopes up, because she feels like something bad is going to happen. But I’m excited to be going to get my dad and bringing him home to her. We’re excited.”

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After her parents reported to prison in January 2023, Savannah became the primary caretaker of Chloe, 12, who is the biological daughter of Todd’s son Kyle Chrisley, and her brother Grayson, 19. Todd and Julie then adopted Chloe in 2016 after Kyle struggled with substance abuse.

Todd and Julie were initially indicted in August 2019 before being sentenced in November 2022 to a combined 19 years in prison. They had been appealing their case ever since.

Initially, Julie’s appeal was granted due to insufficient evidence, while Todd’s was upheld. However, a separate judge later ruled that her original punishment was sufficient. (Their original sentences were reduced in September 2023.)

Back in February, Savannah spoke with PEOPLE about becoming the sole caretaker of her two siblings, admitting that it had been a hard adjustment for her.

“I wasn’t expecting to get two kids,” Savannah told PEOPLE. “So, between that, legal expenses to fight for my parents, I am just like anyone else out here. Sure, I put a smile on my face. I look the part, I play the part. But it doesn’t mean I actually am the part. You fake it till you make it. That’s the world that we live in. … I’ve struggled.”

In March, Savannah again spoke with PEOPLE and explained that while things had been difficult for her, she knew that her parents’ imprisonment was also taking a toll on her siblings — including Grayson.

“He had to grow up so fast and I hate it,” she explained. “But at the same time, this whole situation has taught him how cruel the world can be, and how you have to protect yourself. And as cruel as it’s been, he also has kept this softness about him, and he’s in therapy every single week. I just love to see the heart that he has, and how he’s shown up.”

“That’s how you want any man in your life to be is to show up for you and show up well, and show up even when they get it wrong. He’s learning those lessons at 16 years old, when all this happened. And now he’s 18, and it’s just, I could not be more proud,” she added.

Savannah noted that “so many times,” Grayson has said to her: “‘You saved me. I don’t know where I would be without you. I don’t know what Chloe and I would’ve done without you.'”

“He says that. But I look at him and I’m like, he saved me more times than I can count,” the Good Girl RX creator said.