Lindsie Chrisley Felt ‘Insincere’ Commenting on Nic Kerdiles’ Death amid Tough Times with Sister Savannah

Lindsie Chrisley did what she thought was best.

Following news of the death of her sister Savannah Chrisley’s ex-fiancé, Nic Kerdiles, Southern tea The podcast host chose not to release a public tribute to the former NHL player. And while that decision ultimately drew criticism from her side, Lindsie made the call for a reason.

“It would almost seem, based on what happened with me and my sister, that if I were to post something because it would be disingenuous,” Lindsie, 34, told PodcastOne co-host Kailyn “Kail” Lowry Convos with coffee. “And I don’t think we should live for what we post on social media. We should live for what we do and our lives personally outside of what the public knows.”

Lindsie also said her decision stemmed from seeing one of Kerdiles’ sisters comment on a media outlet’s Instagram post, expressing her displeasure at being linked to Savannah, 26, despite his own achievements.

“I just made the decision not to say anything publicly about it because I felt it was based on what the sister said there, that she didn’t want anything to do with the family and they are grieving people,” she explained.

Nic Kerdiles, ex-fiancé of Savannah Chrisley, died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 29

Nic Kerdiles. Nic Kerdiles/Instagram

Additionally, Lindsie noted that Kerdiles — who most recently worked as a realtor in Nashville — “had a life long before” he got involved with Savannah. However, defending her sister, Lindsie said Savannah had “absolutely nothing to do” with the public linking her to Kerdiles after his death.

“She’s grieving, too, whether they’re together now or not,” Lindsie added.

But Lindsie – who also offered her “deepest condolences” while wishing the Kerdiles family “strength, comfort and peace” in the future – said she had “received a lot of ugly comments” online for sharing her birthday photos instead of choosing make a public statement about the tragedy.

“The comments were horrible with people saying I shouldn’t post happy photos when something so sad is happening. And I had sad things happen on my birthday so I decided not to share those photos and a little I recorded them myself during the breaks on social networks,” she explained. “… I said last week I was going to share my birthday photos and I got a lot of messages from people saying are you ever going to share them?”

“I shared them last night and in this comment section people were saying you know this is happening and it’s not appropriate to post happy photos,” she continued. “And I just want to talk about that a little bit because I think in the world of social media, people live and think that I live off my social media feeds and that’s the only thing going on in my life.”

Savannah Chrisley clings to Nic Kerdiles’ ‘signs’ as she comes to terms with his death: ‘This isn’t fair’

Kerdiles died in a motorcycle accident on September 23 at the age of 29. At the time, Nashville police told WRKN News 2 that the retired athlete ran a stop sign in a residential area north of the Tennessee capital while riding his motorcycle around 3:30 a.m.

Authorities said Kerdiles hit the driver’s side of the BMW. Although the other driver appeared to be unharmed, Kerdiles was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

Savannah shared multiple emotional tributes in honor of the Kerdiles, the first of which was a Boomerang on her Instagram story of the two sharing a sweet kiss.

(LR) Savannah Chrisley and Nic Kerdiles are pictured celebrating their engagement on March 27, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

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“Still hoping you reply to my text…” she wrote above the clip before later sharing a picture of the couple on the beach with the caption. “Heaven got the most beautiful angel today… I miss you and I love you. I will forever treasure our last ‘I love you’ messages.”

The Unlocked The podcast host eventually posted a more lengthy tribute, noting that Kerdiles’ untimely death was “not just.”

“We’ve had some really great, bright moments, and we’ve had some really hard times, but the part of our relationship that I will always hold onto will always be the moments in the middle,” she wrote in part in an Instagram post.

Lindsie Chrisley feels Savannah is ‘lashing out’ as younger sister claims they’re ‘not talking’ (Exclusive)

Before grieving the loss of her ex-boyfriend, Savannah was dealing with the ongoing aftermath of her older sister Lindsie.

Lindsie said in June that she blocked siblings Savannah, Chase Chrisley and Grayson Chrisley on social media after a recent fight, but indicated that “everything is fine” between them.

Later, after a source told PEOPLE that the siblings were “not doing well,” Savannah confirmed on Viall files podcast that the two sisters were no longer on speaking terms. She also alleged that Lindsie and her brother, Kyle Chrisley — both of whom their father, Todd Chrisley, had from a previous marriage — did not treat her mother, Julie Chrisley, as if she were their mother, even though Julie “always treated them as if they were hers.”

(L-R) Lindsie Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Julie Chrisley are pictured at the NBCUniversal Summer Press Day on April 1, 2016.

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Lindsie felt that Savannah’s comments showed “a complete lack of empathy.”

“You didn’t have parents who were divorced or went through toxic co-parenting and hated each other,” she recently said on her Convos with coffee podcast. “That doesn’t mean I didn’t love [Julie]. And I said in the previous episode, she could hang the moon, but she still wasn’t my mother. I was still exposed to my mother.”

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