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However, the pair were pardoned by Donald Trump in May 2025, but since leaving prison the disgraced millionaires have admitted that they found prison life easier than the real world.<\/p>\n
During their podcast, Chrisley Confessions 2.0, Todd and Julie admitted: “Life is rougher than prison life. That\u2019s a sad thing to say because it is so horrific, the conditions that you\u2019re there for, but that\u2019s from a physical standpoint.<\/p>\n
“But from an emotional and psychological standpoint, it is harder dealing with day to day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julie added: “When you\u2019re in prison, you know that you don\u2019t have any control. There\u2019s very little that you can do because you\u2019re in prison. The longer you\u2019re there, the more removed you become to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump called their daughter, Savannah, to let her know about his choice to pardon them, saying: “It\u2019s a terrible thing, but it\u2019s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow.<\/p>\n “Is that OK? We\u2019ll try getting it done tomorrow. I don\u2019t know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.\u201d<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" *Proceeds to pull out tiny violin* <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":27496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/25\/disgraced-criminal-millionaires-say-their-lives-are-now-harder-than-when-they-were-in-prison\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Disgraced criminal millionaires say their lives are now harder than when they were in prison","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/25\/disgraced-criminal-millionaires-say-their-lives-are-now-harder-than-when-they-were-in-prison\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/25\/disgraced-criminal-millionaires-say-their-lives-are-now-harder-than-when-they-were-in-prison\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-25T115307.349-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-25T115307.349.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-07-25T10:57:09Z","datePublished":"2025-07-25T10:57:09Z","dateModified":"2025-07-25T10:57:09Z"},"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-25T115433.340.png\")