Nanny Faye Chrisley Says Couples Shouldn’t Spend ‘Millions of Dollars on a Wedding,’ But Granddaughter Savannah Chrisley Jokes, ‘Speak for Yourself, Lady’

Ashlyn RobinetteWed, November 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC

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Savannah Chrisley (left) and Nanny Faye Chrisley on ‘Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley’Credit: Savannah Chrisley/YouTube (2) -

Savannah Chrisley and Jason Galanis secretly married in the Cayman Islands in July

The couple plans to have a larger wedding celebration in May 2027, after their son is born

Savannah opened up about her “big wedding” plans with her grandmother, Nanny Faye Chrisley, on the Nov. 10 episode of the Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast

Savannah Chrisley is sharing her “big wedding” plans with her grandmother, Nanny Faye Chrisley.

Todd Chrisley’s mother was a guest on the latest episode of the Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast, released on Tuesday, Nov. 10. During the segment, Savannah, 29, and Nanny Faye, 83, discussed Savannah’s plans to have a larger wedding with husband Jason Galanis, 56, next year.

Savannah announced that she was engaged and expecting her first baby with Galanis during the Tuesday, Oct. 27, episode of her podcast. Two days later, PEOPLE revealed that the pair actually married in secret on Tuesday, July 14. Although the couple already legally wed in the Cayman Islands over the summer, Savannah said on her podcast that she and Galanis plan to celebrate with a larger wedding in May 2027.

Nanny Faye shared what she believes “a wedding ought to be” during her appearance on Unlocked. She tied the knot with Gene Raymond Chrisley in the 1960s, and they were married until his death in July 2012.

“Well, you know me and your papa went to the preacher’s house and got married,” she said. “And you know what? He gave him $15, and we was married almost 50 years. And so, you know what? Back in the day, people didn’t have money to go get married. And they certainly, if they had it, wouldn’t have spent it on a wedding.”

Savannah Chrisley and Jason GalanisCredit: Savannah Chrisley/Instagram

She continued, “But you know what? That’s you and that’s what you want to do. But you know what? I think marriage really is between the partners. No matter what you have or what you don’t have. It’s you and him. That’s the most important thing. Not going up down spending millions of dollars on a wedding.”

Savannah raised her hand up and said, “Speak for yourself, lady. Speak for yourself.”

More seriously, Savannah agreed that a wedding is ultimately about partnership, citing her own intimate church ceremony. However, she still plans to have a “big wedding” because it’s what she’s “always dreamed of.”

“Dad and I have been planning my wedding since I was [born],” Savannah said. “We’ve been planning my wedding and now Dad’s going to be here for it. So, like, I had to reconcile the fact that he’s not going to be here for my wedding, you know, ‘cause that’s what it looked like. So I wasn’t going to have a wedding. And now that he is here, I’m like, okay, he’s going to be here and this is going to be an insane, fun time.”

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Todd, 57, was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison and 16 months’ probation in November 2022 following his conviction for bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy. His sentence was later reduced. He served approximately 28 months behind bars. He was released from federal custody in May 2025, after receiving a full pardon from President Donald Trump.

Savannah Chrisley and Jason GalanisCredit: Savannah Chrisley/Istagram

“I believe that everyone is entitled to their moment and whatever they want to do,” Savannah said later on in her podcast. “And so like for me and this wedding, I’m so excited to do it with Jason. Like I’m happy he and I had our moment to just ourselves, but also I’m happy that we’re having that moment too publicly, but also just we have so much fun together. And you know what? I was afraid I was going to be pregnant at my wedding. Thank God I’m not. Now I can have some fun.”

Nanny Faye told Savannah: “You need to do what you need to do and do what you want to.”

“I’m just excited for you of getting to do what you want to do and be able to do it,” she later continued to Savannah. “And that’s why I say, ‘Do you. Don’t worry about no one else. Do you, what makes you happy.’ And I know there’s going to be a lot of [repercussions] about it. People’s going to talk all the time about it. But you know what? I don’t care what they say. I’m going to talk with them.”

Savannah, who is expecting a baby boy, teased that the wedding celebration will be “huge,” and her son will attend.

“I think it’s going to be so fun to have our little baby. He’s either going to be in my arms or Jason’s arms as we’re walking down, whichever one he wants to be with is who he’s going to be with. And, like, to have him part of that memory is the most amazing thing in the entire world.”

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She continued, “Like, obviously people are going to say what they want to say, but we don’t care what they say. And guess what? What if we would have followed the timeline? Then our little one wouldn’t be in those wedding photos with us? Like, if we would’ve listened to what everyone else said, which granted wasn’t done intentionally, but if it would’ve worked out how everyone else did, like he wouldn’t be there.”

Nanny Faye volunteered to take care of her future great-grandson at the wedding. Elsewhere on the podcast, she said she plans to go on a GLP-1 because she wants to “look good” at the celebration. “I’ll get up and shake a leg,” she teased about dancing.

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