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Todd Chrisley fired back at Patricia Altschul on Wednesday’s episode of his and Julie Chrisley‘s podcast after the Southern Charm matriarch shaded their upcoming move to Charleston, South Carolina.
After Patricia, 84, a Virginia native, commented, “There goes the neighborhood,” on a story about the couple’s relocation and new reality show, Todd, 56, admitted he was shocked by her statement as he lashed out at his fellow reality star, slamming her as “old,” accusing her of marrying for money, and suggesting she’s ready to die.
“I’ve never had an issue [with her]. … I’ve always held her in high regard. I always thought she was a classy lady,” Todd recalled on the July 23 episode of Chrisley Confessions 2.0, via Us Weekly. “That was a little shocking. Not that Patricia is going to keep me out of Charleston, South Carolina. Patricia should know that we are born and [raised] in South Carolina.”
After fans of Todd and Julie, 52, defended the couple, who received a presidential pardon last month after being sentenced to a total of 19 years in prison for fraud and tax crimes, and offered to retaliate against Patricia, Todd signaled her age.
“This is a woman that’s in her 80s. She could be my mother,” he noted. “I said, ‘Please don’t. Please don’t go back on this old lady. Do not do that.’ Because at the end of the day, she’s old. She’s already, according to the tabloids, transferred her assets over to her son. I guess she’s getting ready for death.”
According to Todd, Patricia shouldn’t be concerned about how he makes his money. After all, as he suggested, he could “end up marrying someone like Patricia and take her money.”
“That’s kinda what she did. Kinda how she made her money,” he alleged. “I don’t dislike her. She’s just playing a role that’s been in the book of securing wealth since the beginning of time. A younger woman marries an older man, and he dies, she gets the money.”
After welcoming son Whitney Sudler-Smith, 57, with her first husband, Patricia married psychiatrist Edward Stitt Fleming, who died in 1997, and investment banker and art collector Arthur G. Altschul, who died in 2002.
“Maybe I’ll become Patricia’s walker. Maybe her son has to worry about me inheriting her money,” Todd concluded.
He then said that despite Patricia’s shade, most people have been supportive of him and Julie’s decision to move to Charleston.
“I’ve had not one negative reaction,” Todd said. “We’ve had so many prayer warriors.”
