GOSSIP & RUMORS: Todd Chrisley compares first shower after prison to ‘first sexual encounter’

It’s all about the little things.

Todd Chrisley, 56, continues to open up about his recent release from federal prison after more than two years behind bars, and there are some things that he missed more than others.

During the ABC News special “The Chrisleys: Life After Lockup” on Sunday, June 29, the reality star joked about taking his first shower after finally returning home from Florida’s FPC Pensacola.

“It was almost like your first sexual encounter,” Todd told host Juju Chang.

He also revealed that his first meal after returning home to Nashville was from Pizza Hut, while Todd’s wife, Julie Chrisley, 52, chose a meal from the popular fast-food joint Zaxby’s.

Both Todd and Julie Chrisley were freed from federal prison in May following pardons from President Donald Trump.

The “Chrisley Knows Best” stars were found guilty of federal tax evasion and fraud in June 2022 following a three-week trial. They were sentenced that November, and their respective sentences began in January 2023.

But following President Trump’s pardons, Todd was released from FPC Pensacola on May 28 after serving just over two years of his 12-year sentence.

Julie, who was sentenced to seven years at Kentucky’s FMC Lexington federal prison, was also freed on May 28.

Both reality stars opened up about their first nights in prison, and what they missed the most, during their sitdown with ABC.

“Todd, take us behind bars with you,” Chang asked the Chrisley family patriarch. “What was that first night like?”

“I was angry at God,” Todd responded. “And when I went to bed that night and the lights went out, I cried myself to sleep and I said, ‘God, why are you allowing this?’”

“You don’t realize the things that you took for granted until you don’t have it,” he continued. “So your freedom, your ability to go to church, your ability to go out to eat, you know, to stay in your bed all day, those things are taken from you, so when you have them back, it’s a blessing.”

“You don’t realize how much your freedom means to you until you don’t have it,” Todd added. “If it didn’t change you, then you’re not human.”

As for Julie, she said that she missed her family the most during the 28 months that she was locked up in FMC Lexington.

The pair has sons Chase, 29, and Grayson, 19, as well as daughter Savannah, 27. Todd also shares daughter Lindsie, 35, and son Kyle, 33, with his ex-wife Teresa Terry. Plus, Todd and Julie adopted their granddaughter Chloe, 12, from Kyle in 2016.

“My children and my husband, you know, I missed birthdays and holidays and graduations and things that I can never get back,” she told the ABC News host. “So now I just have to focus on what’s ahead of us.”

Now that they are free from prison and back home, the Chrisley couple reportedly has big plans on the horizon.

Besides launching a new Lifetime reality show following the entire Chrisley clan, Todd also revealed that he and Julie hope to move to South Carolina to open a hotel and “create a show around” it.

“You know, I think we will always have a presence in Nashville, but I have a pull for Julie and I to go back to South Carolina — to Charleston — to that area,” he said during the ABC News special. “And we have plans for what we wanna do.”

“We have hopes of acquiring a hotel – a mansion – there, that we are gonna convert into a hotel, and we’re gonna create a show around that,” Todd added.