Savannah Chrisley Says Dad Todd Not ‘Open’ to Assembly Boyfriend Robert Shiver

On the most recent episode of her Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast, the 27-year-old actuality star was joined by her boyfriend, a former soccer star who turned identified for his estranged spouse’s alleged murder-for-hire plot towards him.

Throughout the dialog, the couple recalled how they first related, and shared what Savannah’s mother and father — Todd and Julie Chrisley — consider their relationship.

Savannah shared that her mom has met Shiver, however her father has but to take action. Shiver recalled his nice encounter with Julie, 52, whereas he mentioned Todd, 55 “has not been as open” to assembly him.

“I believe that is most likely rightfully so. It is his daughter. [He is probably thinking], ‘Who’s this man? He is received all this baggage,'” Shiver mentioned. “And Todd tends to be vocal on sure conditions and points.”

“I do not know if there’s many conditions the place no one is aware of how he feels, as a result of they all the time understand how he feels,” he added.

Savannah agreed, alluding that her father’s hesitation could also be justified.

“I do not assume anybody ever seems to be at life, and so they’re like, ‘Oh, I need my child to marry somebody that is 12 years older, that is been divorced and that has children,'” she defined. “Like, that is not what you’d need to your daughter.”

Shiver famous that he is hopeful he’ll have the ability to meet Todd this yr, saying he has his “fingers crossed.”

As for Julie, Shiver known as her an “unimaginable human being.”

“I’ve met your mom one time,” he recalled. ” … Me and Julie, we get alongside nice. I used to be simply open [with her]. It is really easy to speak powerful behind the keyboard. It is really easy to learn feedback and that’s why I simply steer clear of all of that stuff, as a result of all you’re going to do is go down a rabbit gap.”

“I am going into this open. That is someone that you just love,” he added. “That is someone that everyone within the automobile loves. So I went in with an open thoughts and it did not disappoint and I had a good time together with her. I believe she laughed a ton.”

Savannah went on to share why she believes her boyfriend and mom received alongside so effectively, telling Shiver, “You’re my mom and I’m my father.”

In the meantime, Savannah admitted that it was “actually troublesome” that Shiver met her mom for the primary time whereas she’s in jail, as she — and Todd — are serving time for financial institution fraud and tax evasion.

“You are going to go to her in a jail and I do not assume you’ve got ever thought, ‘Oh, I am gonna go see my girlfriend’s mother in jail, meet her for the primary time,'” she informed Shiver. “Like, not the picture anybody had ever imagined.”

Todd was sentenced to 12 years in jail and 16 months probation, whereas Julie was sentenced to seven years in jail and 16 months probation in November 2022, after the couple obtained a responsible verdict for financial institution fraud and tax evasion in June of that yr.

These sentences have since been lowered, with Julie’s lowered to seven, and later overturned as she awaits a re-sentencing listening to, and Todd’s lowered to 10. The couple was additionally ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution.

Savannah first revealed her relationship with Shiver throughout an look on The Viall Information in September 2023.

On the time, she joked that she’s relationship that man whose spouse “simply tried to kill him,” referring to Shiver’s estranged spouse, Lindsay, who made headlines for allegedly making an attempt to homicide him.

Savannah additionally mentioned that she slid into Shiver’s DMs on Instagram after studying on-line tales about him. “I just like the DMs,” she quipped. “He is too sizzling to die.”

Throughout Tuesday’s episode of her podcast, Savannah and Shiver shared extra about what went down, with the latter recalling his aspect of the alternate.

“I used to be simply on Instagram, and abruptly this message got here by way of, and I checked out it, and it was from Savannah Chrisley. And I used to be like, ‘That identify sounds actually acquainted.’ All of the message mentioned was like, ‘Hey, I will be praying for you.'”

In response to Shiver, he merely replied to Savannah, “Thanks.” She quipped in reply, “Oh you’re actually going to attempt to act cool? Do not even.”

When somebody off-camera reminded Savannah that she apparently informed Shiver that he was “too sizzling to die,” she admitted, “I did say that in some unspecified time in the future.”

The 2 shared how they continued to share messages forwards and backwards, with Savannah noting that this was round August 2023, earlier than the pair in the end met for the primary time in individual in Boston, the place Savannah was already planning on visiting for a Morgan Wallen live performance. They finally went to the live performance collectively — and even stayed on the identical resort.

“We proceeded to go to the live performance,” Savannah recalled. “However what was completely insane was we get within the automobile to go to the live performance, and I do not know why, however we get within the very again and, like, instantly we have been holding palms.”

“We go to the live performance,” she added. “We have been afraid of pictures popping out, so we weren’t — we stored our social distancing till we did not.”