Savannah Chrisley ‘Lost Some Deals’ When She Revealed Conservative Political Views (Exclusive)

Savannah Chrisley does not hide her political leanings.

Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the Chrisley Knows Best alum took to the stage at the 2024 Republican National Convention to voice her support for now-President Donald Trump. She also continued to support Trump, 78, on social media afterward.

These days, she plans to submit a formal pardon request through Trump’s administration to get her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, released from prison, where they’re serving time for bank fraud and tax evasion. They deny all wrongdoing.

Being an outspoken conservative hasn’t always proven to be lucrative for the 27-year-old. “I lost some deals when I came out politically on why I stood for what I stood for,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Savannah’s Unlocked podcast is one of the platforms where she shares her political beliefs.

“It’s giving me a job to provide for my family, and that’s the number one thing that I’m so grateful for,” she says. Adding, “it’s just given me a louder voice.”

But she’s been told advertisers “don’t want to touch conservative,'” she says. “That was a tough thing for me because once again, I was being forced in a hole of — do I stand for what I believe in, or do I feed my family. Which one? We should never live in a world where your job is in jeopardy, because of [a] difference of beliefs.”

“It should never be that way and unfortunately, it was,” she adds. “You can have differences of opinions and beliefs, and still voice your stance on something.” 

Despite experiencing missed financial opportunities, Savannah believes that “in the end, it was worth it,” and uses the experience to teach her younger siblings Chloe, 12, and Grayson, 18, to stand their ground. She is currently serving as their legal guardian as Todd, 55, and Julie, 52, remain behind bars.

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The Chrisley Knows Best alum is also associated with the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as its senior fellow for criminal justice reform.

“Probably a year after my parents left, I just became very outspoken, because I knew nothing about our criminal justice system. I honestly thought bad people go to prison. That’s what I thought. And that is so far from the truth,” she explains.

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“I grew up in the South, where you live, breathe, and die for our country. You respect our flag, you respect our nation. You respect our police force. You believe everything that they say it is. And now, I don’t. I believe nothing,” she continues. “My eyes have been opened to what actually happens in our criminal justice system, how broken it is.”

Savannah adds, “When I started realizing these things, I just knew I can’t stay silent about it any longer. I have to come out about it.”