Why Julie Chrisley Had To Work In Prison But Todd ‘Refused’

Todd and Julie Chrisley proceed to share extra insights into their 28 months behind bars. 

The couple was granted clemency by Donald Trump in Might following their 2019 conviction for financial institution and wire fraud and tax evasion. 

For the matriarch, the interval behind bars entailed fending for her desires and altering her bodily look. Nevertheless, it was not the identical for Todd. 

On the August 13 episode of “Chrisley Confessions 2.0 Podcast,” the couple, who have been previously convicted, revealed their contrasting experiences to their visitor and longtime good friend, Kandi Burruss. 

When “The Actual Housewives of Atlanta” alum expressed that she couldn’t think about the patriarch dwelling within the detention facility, Todd cleared her doubts, stating he tailored to the scenario effectively. 

“I ran my block,” the businessman claimed as he described his facility as “a busted inner-city faculty camp.” 

Julie, alternatively, shared that it wasn’t a easy sail for her. “I did laborious time,” Julie defined. “I adhered to the foundations. Remember, I used to be in a spot the place there was no air con.”

Burruss additional questioned the pair about whether or not they engaged in labor like “choosing up trash on the aspect of the street.” Todd clarified that he by no means participated in any, mentioning that he was solely there to serve his sentence and never do chores. Nevertheless, it was completely different for his spouse.

“I did work, he did not,” Julie recalled as Todd countered her, stating that he “refused.”

The mom of 4 then disclosed why she needed to take a job, explaining it was to buy her “physique wash, shampoo, and make-up.” 

Julie labored on the commissary division, the place inmates might purchase objects that the detention heart didn’t present. 

In response to the TV star, the merchandise weren’t from excessive manufacturers, however have been from different manufacturers. She recalled the approach to life she witnessed there, saying, “You’d stroll down the corridor and any person would have on pretend lashes, pretend hair, there was extra weave in there.” 

Whereas the 52-year-old actuality star managed to are inclined to her physique care, she was unable to cater to her hair adequately.

She defined that in the beginning of her sentence, she rocked blonde tresses with low-lights. Fortunately, on attending to the ability, she met a fellow inmate who labored within the salon to assist her.

Julie gushed in regards to the girl’s work, saying her curls appeared so good that they may very well be handed as if it was finished outdoors. Nevertheless, the girl was launched, leaving Julie to deal with her curls herself utilizing field dyes. 

The media character admitted that she finally gave up on taking good care of her tresses, ensuing within the grey roots and brunette locks followers noticed in her after-release photographs. 

“You already know what? I am not going [to] coloration my hair anymore, Julie recalled her resolution. I am simply going to let it develop.”

After the couple was let loose, and so they have been reunited for the primary time, Todd was turned off by his spouse’s look. As The Blast beforehand reported, Todd obtained candid about his first response after seeing his long-time associate was to run away. 

“I am not going to lie, after I first noticed you after I obtained out of that automobile, I began excited about going again,” the actual property investor candidly instructed his partner throughout their dialog. 

As an alternative of performing on his first thought, the dad of 5 selected to “embrace” Julie as he believed it to be a brief fashion.