Savannah Chrisley is responding to “hate” after her first day cohosting The View.
“Today was more than a seat at the table … it was a moment of purpose,” Chrisley, 28, captioned an Instagram post on Tuesday, February 17. “Four women who see the world one way, and one who sees it another … yet we sat together, we talked, we listened. That is what real dialogue in this country is supposed to look like.”
Chrisley was referring to her conservative political views, as The View cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines see things from a more liberal point of view.
“I showed up with conviction. Conviction in faith. Conviction in family. Conviction in freedom,” Chrisley continued. “I also showed up with respect … because standing firm in what you believe should never require tearing someone else down.”
Chrisley wrote that she and Behar, 83, “shared laughs” when the cameras stopped rolling despite their opposing political stances.
“I chose grace. I chose to meet her where she was, not where past words have been. That is growth. That is strength. That is what moving forward looks like,” Chrisley continued. “We don’t have to agree to coexist. We don’t have to think the same to sit at the same table. And we don’t have to silence ourselves to be accepted.”
Chrisley’s The View debut came on Tuesday as Alyssa Farah Griffin (the conservative voice at the table) is on maternity leave after welcoming baby No. 1 with husband Justin Griffin earlier this month.
Social media did not take kindly to Chrisley’s debut on the show, with some X users claiming she was “unwatchable.” Others asked why Chrisley was asked to guest host, with one person claiming the reality TV alum has “no real opinion of her own.”
Chrisley’s social media caption on Tuesday addressed the widespread backlash.
“To those who have sent hate … I hear you. And I still choose love. Because true tolerance isn’t only for opinions you agree with. It’s for the ones you don’t,” she wrote. “I will never apologize for standing for faith, family, and freedom. But I will always fight for a country where every voice … not just the popular one … gets to be heard. That’s the real view.”
Savannah’s foray into politics came after her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, were sentenced to prison in 2022. She fought for her parents’ release, receiving presidential pardons for Todd and Julie in May 2025. The View’s cohosts previously slammed President Donald Trump’s decision.
Savannah addressed the show’s past comments about her family during a December 2025 episode of her “Unlocked” podcast.
“I like doing things that challenge me, [and] I like doing things that educate me,” she explained. “I’m totally going outside of my comfort zone by doing The View.”
She added, “I mean, this is a show that … these personalities have bashed my family, have bashed me. These are the same women who made a comment to the extent of, ‘Wonder what she had to do for those pardons.’”
