Todd and Julie Chrisley are fresh out the slammer, booked, and busy – and that includes roles on Fox’s The Masked Singer.
In an interview with Virtual Reali-Tea, The Chrisleys explained why they did the talent show.
The warden threw a party in the county jail:
The Chrisleys performed on The Masked Singer as The Croissants, donning black-striped outfits, similar to prison uniforms, while singing Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock.
The felony fraudsters – who received presidential pardons to get them out of prison – knew they would tick some people off with their appearance. But the Chrisleys insist the choice was intentional, empowering, and deeply personal.
From the desk of Julie and Todd Chrisley:
“It was our story,” began Julie. “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 explained 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.’”
“You’re not going to hold me hostage over something horrific in our life. You’re not going to shame me for that. And I’m going to take possession of my own peace. We leaned into it at that point.”
Early elimination:
Despite being sent home early, the Chrisleys say their time on the singing competition was nothing but positive … and different from past projects. “It was a bummer, but we had an amazing time. So I can’t complain,” explained Julie.
Todd added, “We had a very nice time, and we were surrounded by some wonderful people. Our team was great. 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 joked 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.”
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
