Lindsie Chrisley Reveals Why She & Son, 10, Skipped Thanksgiving With Her Parents After Their Sentencing

Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to 12 and 7 years successful prison, respectively, connected Nov. 21 aft being convicted of fraud. Three days later, it was Thanksgiving successful the United States, and that timing wasn’t going to enactment for Lindsie Chrisley and her 10-year-old son, Jackson. “With my parents’ sentencing conscionable being a mates of days earlier Thanksgiving and maine having Jackson for Thanksgiving, emotions were precise precocious astatine that point,” said Lindsie, 33, connected the Dec. 14 occurrence of her podcast, The Southern Tea.

“And so, I conscionable didn’t consciousness it was successful the champion involvement of Jackson for him to spell and spot my parents successful immoderate authorities that they usually aren’t, if that makes sense,” added the once-estranged girl of Todd, 53, and Julie, 49 (h/t PEOPLE). “They needed clip to process, and I wanted to beryllium capable to springiness them that clip and precise overmuch struggled with giving up spending the clip with my parents, and having to marque a determination arsenic a parent implicit a girl similar that was a precise hard thing.”

Lindsie Chrisley (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Lindsie besides said that her lad – who she shares with her ex-husband, Will Campbell – influenced her decision. “Jackson is precise antithetic than my niece Chloe,” she said. “Like, my parents tin archer her to beryllium down and ticker TV, she’s gonna beryllium down and ticker TV, and you won’t adjacent cognize the kid is successful the house. Jackson wakes up, it’s similar a tornado comes done the house, from the clip that helium virtually wakes up until the clip that helium goes to bed. And so, with that benignant of vigor going on, and past you know, conscionable not truthful large quality that conscionable wasn’t a bully operation successful my opinion, truthful I had to marque a hard determination arsenic a ma and perfectly hatred it.”

Todd and Julie (Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock)

Though Lindsie was erstwhile connected the outs with her parents – she once accused Todd and her brother, Chase Chrisley, of threatening to merchandise her alleged “sex tape,” which her begetter denied portion accusing her of extramarital affairs  — she explained successful August however her divorcement led to a reconciliation with her family. “After my divorcement worldly had go public, my dada had posted, ‘I’m here, I emotion you, whatever’s going connected successful your beingness close now, I spot it,'” she said. “That’s truly much truthful however we were capable to reconnect. So, to reply that question — successful short, it was decidedly due to the fact that of my divorce.”

Following Todd and Julie’s sentencing, Julie released a statement. “I americium heartbroken and navigating this process the champion mode I cognize how,” she said. “At the extremity of the day, this is simply a existent family, and these are existent and earthy emotions. With that being said, convey you each for your love, support, and prayers. It truly means the satellite to my household and me.”

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