While both sides have a markedly different story to the incident, reality television star Savannah Chrisley says “the devil came over me and Jesus did not come out” when she argued with an attendant about checking a bag on a flight home to Tennessee from New York last week.
Fox News reported that Chrisley, one of the stars of “Growing Up Chrisley,” slammed Southwest Airlines for kicking her off the flight she boarded at LaGuardia Airport for reportedly being unruly when the flight attendant refused to allow her to board because she refused to check her carry-on bag.
In no uncertain terms, Chrisley let her 2.7 million followers on Instagram know exactly how she felt about the incident with a video—while it was happening.
“Alright guys, so I officially know why everyone hates Southwest so much. I mean absolutely hates it—the worse thing in the entire world. …
“This man right right here … um, awful. I went to board my flight and he told me I had to check my bag. I was like, ‘OK, if you wouldn’t mind, I’m gonna take my bag on the flight, see if I can’t make it fit and if not, I’ll check it.'”
Chrisley said the flight attendant had called her an “unruly passenger.”
Southwest Airlines has a much different view of the incident.
“Our initial reports indicate a different story than the one from the customer’s account, as she arrived late at the gate in the boarding process and repeatedly insulted our employee after being asked to gate-check her bag,” a Southwestern Airlines spokesperson told ET.
Southwest booked Chrisley on a later flight the same day.
Chrisley admitted that she called the flight attendant an “expletive” after he refused to let her board the flight.
Matthew 7:16 says “You will know them by their fruit.”
On Savannah’s Instagram page from Jan. 21, just after her parents were sent to prison, there is a photo of a Scripture that reads, “When the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen. Rest, God is in control” (Isa. 60:22). Savannah Chrisley’s reply to the the Scripture was, “I find my hope in Jesus. I have never felt the presence of Jesus as much as I have today… can’t wait to tell the stories.”
In a story written in February 2021, a statement on The List read, “Christianity is important for each of the Chrisleys, but the cameras don’t show you the extent of it.”
In the same article, this was said of Chase Chrisley, Savannah’s brother: “Chase Chrisley is also a man of faith, both on and off camera. In fact, his first tattoo was a Bible verse; USA cameras captured the day Chase got the ink—as well as the day Todd forced Chase Chrisley to remove his tattoo—and here’s the reason why: ‘Well, here’s my thing. I paid for him to go a private Christian school his entire life,’ Todd told People. ‘So if he doesn’t know that Bible verse by now and he has to use his body as a cheat sheet, then I need a refund from the school that I sent him to!'”
All of this comes about three months after Savannah’s parents, Todd and Julie, were both sent to prison in January to serve time for tax evasion and bank fraud. Todd Chrisley was sentenced to 12 years, while Julie Chrisley was given a seven-year sentence.
Todd Chrisley said in a podcast before going to prison: “I know this is not my final destination. I know that this may be my future for a minute, but I also have faith that the judicial system is going to turn it around. I also have faith that the appellate court is going to see this for what it is. … We’ve intentionally not talked about the case because we’ve been asked not to. We’re gonna let our attorneys do the speaking on that.” {eoa}
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Shawn A. Akers is the online editor at Charisma News.
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