Savannah Chrisley, a former reality television star and conservative activist, spoke at the Student Center Theatre on Wednesday for an event hosted by Turning Point USA Alabama.
Chrisley, who recently attended local bar Two Dimes for a rally titled “We are all Charlie Kirk,” came Wednesday to speak about “women empowerment” and “the issues in our American justice system,” according to Jenna Stewart, president of TPUSA Alabama.
Chrisley and her family, former stars of the reality television show Chrisley Knows Best, have made recent headlines after her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley’s three year stay in federal prison on charges of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
President Donald Trump pardoned both Todd and Julie Chrisley in May of 2025 after a push from Savannah Chrisley, who also spoke at the Republican National Convention.
Chrisley said her visit at The University of Oklahoma Turning Point USA chapter was well-attended with “the whole basketball arena full.” The Student Center theatre was about half full.
Discussing UA campus culture, she said that “the powers that be” at the University were “stifling” conservative voices.
She claimed that at The University of Oklahoma, signs were frequently seen on campus advertising her event. She said that students at Oklahoma were “ripping them up, burning them,” and “starting fights” over her visit, but she didn’t see any signs of her event at the University.
“I would love to ask why that is,” she said.
Chrisley’s brother, Grayson Chrisley, a freshman at the University, said that he had gotten pushback from other UA students for his political beliefs.
“I’m unapologetic Republican. I don’t care if you don’t like the hat, I don’t care if you don’t like my shirt,” he said. “If you let a hat offend you, then maybe you need to get a little bit stronger.”
While discussing campus culture, she said she had “a story” about a professor of ethics in news media.
“The truth is a professor at The University of Alabama teaching a class called ethics and news media decided to pull up social media posts and dissect them like it was a case study,” Chrisley said, referring to her own posts. “But that moment truly did teach me that there will be people twice your age, who wholeheartedly hate you.”
Chris Roberts, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media, later said he was the professor Chrisley was referencing. He was not present at the event.
“She has never met me. I don’t passionately hate anybody,” Roberts said. “I wish I could have known she was going to talk about me, because we could have had a conversation.”
Chrisley also discussed the Republican rifts that occurred over the disclosure of files relating to the civil and criminal cases involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“When it comes to loyalty, you have to stand for something,” she said. “Wish I could tell, but there’s so much backstory that’s not being told either, which is so hard when it comes to the Epstein files, which is everything everyone’s talking about right now.”
