Todd and Julie Chrisley are owning their past — stripes and all.
Fresh off their early elimination from Fox’s “The Masked Singer,” the reality TV stars sat down with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” for an exclusive joint interview to address the eyebrow-raising decision to perform undercover as The Croissants, clad in black-striped outfits evocative of prison uniforms while belting out Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock.”
Given the couple’s very public history — including serving time behind bars for alleged fraud before ultimately being pardoned by President Trump — the performance sparked instant chatter. But the Chrisleys insist the choice was intentional, empowering and deeply personal.
“It was our story,” Julie, 52, tells us. “Everyone has a story and your story doesn’t have all good parts. I don’t care who you are. So I think it was our time to own it, to move on from it, to say, ‘OK, this was a part of our history, this was a part of our story. We lived through it, we survived it. And now we’re ready to move on.’”
Todd, 57, echoes that sentiment, explaining that choosing “Jailhouse Rock” was his way of taking control of the narrative before critics could weaponize it.
“I think for me, when I chose ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ it was me saying to the world, to the naysayers, ‘I’m going to get here before you get here,’” he says. “‘And you’re not going to hold me hostage over something that was horrific in our life. You’re not going to shame me for that. And I’m going to take possession of my own peace.’ And so we leaned into it at that point.”
Despite being sent home early, the Chrisleys say their time on the singing competition was nothing but positive — and notably different from past projects.
“It was a bummer, but we had an amazing time. So I can’t complain,” Julie says of the elimination.
Todd adds, “We had a very nice time and we were surrounded by some wonderful people. Our team was great that was assigned to us. And Julie and I, it was the first thing in production that Julie and I had done without the kids. And so that was different. We had a great time, we had a lot of fun.”
While Todd confidently held his own onstage, Julie jokes that she may have been the weak link.
“Todd has a great voice,” she says. “He actually recorded a song with Sara Evans, the country music singer … years ago. He has an amazing voice. I really was the ball and chain in this scenario, and have apologized to him.”
“We didn’t hear each other’s voice for 28 months,” Julie reveals. “We were not able to speak. We had limited email that … was monitored and it was very slow because in prison we were considered high-profile.”
Still, she says the separation never shook their foundation. “We’re a team. We’re married, this May we’ll be 30 years,” she says. “Yes, I walked into that prison by myself. But in my heart, Todd was always there. … I knew when I left there and I walked out, that we would still come home to each other.”
Now reunited and refocused, the Chrisleys are charging full-speed ahead professionally. “We do have the new show coming out with our entire family,” shares Todd, who made his reality TV debut with the rest of the Chrisley brood in USA Network’s unscripted hit “Chrisley Knows Best,” which aired for 10 seasons from 2014 until 2023.
“Julie’s got a cooking show … I’m doing another show with [our son] Chase [Chrisley], Julie’s doing a show with [our daughter] Savannah [Chrisley] — and then I’m going overseas to shoot a show for two weeks. 2026, we’re very blessed. 2026 is very busy.”
Julie agrees — and exclaims with a chuckle, “We’ve got to make up for lost time!”
“The Masked Singer” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
