Savannah Chrisley shared two big life updates on October 27: she’s engaged to Jason Galanis and expecting her first child. In her announcement, she wrote about praying and crying for this life and wondering if it would ever be hers. It’s a moment she’s clearly wanted for a long time.
The engagement also comes with a complicated backstory. Galanis, 56, was sentenced in 2020 to 189 months in prison for multiple financial fraud schemes, including defrauding the Oglala Sioux tribe of more than $38 million. He was ordered to pay nearly $162 million in restitution and was dubbed“Porn’s New King”for his role in a $60 million scam. President Trump commuted his sentence in March 2025, the same year Savannah’s parents, Todd and Julie, were pardoned.
The couple met through politics while Savannah was campaigning for her parents’release, and she said the connection turned out to be stronger than either of them expected. So what’s your read on this one? Is it a sweet new chapter, or does the backstory make you pause?
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