Todd Chrisley Responds After Daughter Savannah Is Branded a ‘Gold Digger’

Todd Chrisley has come to the defense of his daughter, Savannah Chrisley, who has faced criticism for marrying billionaire businessman and convicted fraudster Jason Galanis.

Savannah revealed last week that she and her new man, whom she only referred to as “J” or “Jason,” were expecting a baby. It was later reported that her new beau was Galanis and that the pair got married in July at Cayman Islands Baptist Church. The marriage followed a year of dating and came just two days before Galanis’ 56th birthday.

In 2020, Galanis, a former associate of Hunter Biden, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in “two multimillion-dollar fraud schemes,” according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He later testified during the Republican impeachment inquiry into former President Joe Biden in 2024. A year later, President Donald Trump commuted his prison sentence.

Todd commented on the reaction and reports to Savannah’s relationship on the latest episode of his Two Sons and Me podcast. “There were comments today in the press about Savannah’s ring, the size of it, that she is engaged to a billionaire because she’s a gold digger,” he said, per People.

His mother, Nanny Faye Chrisley, joked, “Oh, good. I don’t blame her. I’d dig, too. If I knew one and I stood a chance like her, I’d be digging 24/7, till I got him.”

Todd laughed, adding, “Well, if she was a gold digger, I mean, it would have helped out if she would have started digging when I was paying all these legal fees.”

In 2022, Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were convicted of bank and tax fraud and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison. President Trump pardoned them both in May 2025, two months after Galanis’ sentence was commuted.

Todd said it’s “so crazy” that people would say Savannah is a “gold digger” when “she has her own money.” He added, “What do they think this girl has done her whole life, from the time that the cameras started rolling? What do they think she did with her clothing line, with her cosmetics, that she didn’t make money? What do they think about Good Girl RX? How do they think this woman lives?”

The Chrisley Knows Best alum continued, saying his daughter “didn’t need a man to subsidize her living” but is “fortunate that she found one that can.”

Todd, who previously admitted he was reluctant to embrace the new relationship, said Galanis “worships the ground my daughter walks on.”

“[He] is there for every waking moment of her day and her night,” Todd stated. “[He] has given her the world, the moon, the stars, and everything around it. And has done so in a respectful and kind way.”