Todd Chrisley Says He ‘Wouldn’t Have Chosen’ Jason Galanis for Savannah: ‘Not Condoning My Daughter Marrying Someone My Age’

Kirsty HatcherTue, November 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC

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Todd Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley, Jason GalanisCredit: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Savannah Chrisley/Istagram -

Savannah Chrisley and Todd Chrisley discussed his thoughts on Savannah’s husband Jason Galanis for her podcast, Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley

Todd, 57, touched on the 27-year age gap between Savannah, 29, and Galanis, 56 — who married in July and are expecting their first child — and said he initially didn’t approve of his daughter “marrying someone my age”

The father of five said his thoughts began to change after seeing his daughter and Galanis together

Todd Chrisley is sharing his honest thoughts about his daughter Savannah Chrisley’s husband Jason Galanis, with whom she is expecting her first child.

In a clip posted to the Instagram account for her podcast, Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley, Todd, 57, sat down with his daughter, 29, to discuss Galanis, who is a 56-year-old businessman and 27 years older than her.

“Jason is not who I would have chosen for my daughter,” Todd said, to which Savannah interjected, “Well no, because there’s a massive age gap…”

“So my thing is that I want you to be happy, but most importantly I want you to be whole, and a man never make you whole,” Todd shared, before explaining why his initial thoughts on Galanis changed. “But a man can create a safe area for you to become happy within yourself and for you to become safe with being who you are, and I watched that being given to you every day.”

“Well, you said a few weeks ago, he is a fool over you,” Savannah added.

“Yes, he worships … well, he should, look at you and he’s got a father-in-law like me,” Todd then said with a laugh, before adding, “...And well you know I wasn’t for this.”

“He was not,” Savannah told the camera.

“I look back on it and I remember the look on your face sitting in the pool house that day, when you told me and I said, ‘Let me stop you.’ ”

“It was bad,” chimed in Savannah.

“I said, ‘Let me stop you … don’t tell me anything because I am not interested in hearing it. If that is what you have chosen to do with your life, you need keep it separate to my life because I am not condoning my daughter marrying someone or being tied up with someone that’s my age, and I saw the hurt.”

Savannah Chrisley and Jason GalanisCredit: Savannah Chrisley/Instagram

Savannah then mentioned former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has a 32-year age gap with her husband Nicholas Riccio, and said with a smile, “We’re good.”

Looking directly at the camera, Todd jokingly responded, “Folks, you know what shape the world’s in when these girls are chasing each other to the assisted living … But I watched that hurt comes across your face, and there was a part of you that said, and you didn’t say it, but I saw that look in your face, like is he really saying this to me after everything I’ve done?”

“You got that telepathy right,” Savannah added with a smile.

Todd Chrisley, Julie Chrisley, and Savannah ChrisleyCredit: Rick Diamond/ACMA2017/Getty

Savannah has previously revealed that she and Galanis first connected “in the world of politics” and at the time she was campaigning for her parents’ release from prison and a presidential pardon. Todd and Julie, 53, received a full presidential pardon from President Donald Trump in May 2025 and were released from prison that month.

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Todd and Julie were indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2019 on 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy, all of which they have denied.

Meanwhile, Galanis was sentenced to 189 months in prison in September 2020 for multiple securities fraud schemes. President Trump commuted his sentence in March 2025.

During the Oct. 29 episode of Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast, Todd and Julie opened up about Savannah’s pregnancy and engagement and revealed that they weren’t initially on board with their daughter’s relationship with Galanis.

“He’s 20 years older, and it was not something I embraced because...I mean, to the point that I had a choice to make,” Todd said, adding, “It was either embrace my daughter’s decision or lose my daughter.”

“And nothing is ever coming between me and my daughter,” he continued. “I love Savannah with my heart and soul, but did I advocate for this? No, but I will tell you that he has treated her with the utmost of respect.”

Todd also said that he will “retire in the assisted living” with Galanis.

Savannah Chrisley in September 2023Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty

Savannah revealed her pregnancy and engagement during the Oct. 27 episode of her Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast and in a video posted to her Instagram.

“I have always said I would rather 20 phenomenal years with someone than 50 ‘meh’ years with someone,” she explained of Galanis and their “huge” age gap.

She also shared that Galanis proposed while they were on vacation in the Cayman Islands in December 2025 with an “insane” ring.

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Days after the podcast dropped, PEOPLE confirmed that Savannah and Galanis had tied the knot.

The couple, who is expecting a baby boy, secretly married on July 14 at Cayman Islands Baptist Church, per marriage records obtained by PEOPLE.

Their marriage came after a year of dating.

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