Todd Chrisley Floats Mom Faye on Golden Bachelorette After Prison Pardon
Sage Matthews reluctantly here, scrolling through the latest celebrity circus at 2 AM and muttering, “Of course this happened.”
If you thought we’d hit peak reality TV absurdity, buckle up: Todd Chrisley is scheming to “pimp” his 80-year-old mother, Nanny Faye, out on a dating app or even The Golden Bachelorette, and she’s not exactly on board. On the August 5 episode of the Chrisley Confessions 2.0 podcast, the Chrisley Knows Best alum dared to suggest Jello shots might strip off her clothes. Faye’s priceless reaction? “Oh my gosh, they would run for cover.” At least she was polite about his obsession with her love life.
Despite Faye’s insistence that she’s “not advertising” and “I don’t want nobody,” Todd barreled on with his matchmaking master plan. “I’m going to put you on a dating site,” he teased. When Faye shot back that Todd could sign himself up instead, he countered with his true goal: “We’re going to pimp you out.” Cue wife Julie Chrisley’s unexpected endorsement: “She might be on The Golden Bachelorette.” Todd, 56, immediately approved, imagining his mom juggling a dozen suitors. “You could have 12 men,” he said, only for Faye to quip, “Can’t even take care of one.”
This awkward family banter arrives barely two months after Todd and Julie’s dramatic release from prison, courtesy of a presidential pardon that ended their sentences for tax crimes. Todd and Julie spent 28 months apart behind bars—him in Florida, her in Kentucky—after pleading not guilty. Their May 28 reunion was reportedly less tearful than you’d expect. “I will say you set the bar low,” Todd confessed on their podcast, recalling how he briefly wanted to return to his cell instead of facing his wife’s fresh hair color. “I started thinking about going back. But then I thought, let me embrace this.”
Julie, 52, stunned Todd by ditching her signature blonde for natural brown locks, prompting him to admit, “It was a rough moment, because I’d never seen you dark in my life.” Amid all this, the Chrisleys still claim to be living proof that reality TV pays—Todd says he made 95 percent of their money in real estate before their hit series launched in 2014.
For those keeping score, Todd wed Julie in 1996 and together they share four children: Chase, Savannah, Grayson and adopted daughter Chloe. There’s also Lindsie and Kyle from Todd’s first marriage, plus Lindsie’s son Jackson. Through breast cancer scares, spin-offs like Growing Up Chrisley and spin-off podcasts galore, they’ve built a media empire. Yet somehow, the headline-grabbing moment of 2024 involves setting up grandma on national TV dating shows.
Sure, it’s all in jest. But when your family’s idea of entertainment involves “pimping out” an octogenarian on reality TV, maybe that’s a sign society is teetering on the brink. Bookmark this for the inevitable “I told you so” moment.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, Chrisley Confessions 2.0 podcast
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