Savannah Chrisley is having a moment of self-reflection while her parents, Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, serve time in prison for bank fraud and tax evasion.
“I was so tone-deaf. I lived such a privileged life,” the reality star, 26, tells exclusively following her exit from Season 11 of “The Masked Singer.”
“I didn’t [ever] have to endure any of these things, and so, to me, if it wasn’t happening to me, it wasn’t happening at all.”
Savannah says her mindset before her family’s life got turned upside down was “so ignorant,” so she now advises others to “open [their] eyes to something bigger” than themselves, warning, “Don’t be me.”
The former “Chrisley Knows Best” star says she has been enlightened by her parents’ incarcerations to some of the alleged abuse that takes place inside of prisons.
“It really started to alarm me just how broken and abusive our system is,” she says, noting that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has an annual budget of $9 million but still has many issues.
“When you go in and you actually look at the abuse, the sexual abuse … the fact that they’re consuming food that says not for human consumption … we should not have a system that is full of abuse,” she adds.
“We’re abusing our own men and women, and that is not something that I can stand for. Regardless of what someone has done, there should be no place and time that our taxpayer dollars are going to basically subsidize abusive behavior.”
When asked how her parents are dealing with living under those conditions, Savannah tells , “It’s a challenge. Every single day, you know, a new challenge arises.
“Obviously, with how outspoken I’ve been, there’s been some retaliation against them — specifically my father. There’s been a lot.”
The former Miss Teen USA contestant previously disclosed that her dad, Todd, 54, allegedly had been barred from…
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