Gypsy Rose Blanchard is one of the few social media stars to have been convicted for second-degree killing. She has amassed thousands of followers in a matter of days since being released from prison last week.
Blanchard, then 24, pleaded guilty in 2016 to murder in the second degree for her part in plotting with her ex-boyfriend to kill Claudine Blanchard in their Missouri house in 2015.
Gypsy is here! “I’m finally released!” Blanchard posted a video on her Instagram page after her release. Her page now has 6.1million followers. “I’m just sending a short video to say thank you to everyone for all the support I have received on social media. Everybody has been so nice and supportive. “I really appreciate that.”
Blanchard is also promoting “Released: Conversations On The Eve of Freedom,” a book she has written with co-authors Melissa Moore & Michele Matrisciani, which will be released on Jan. 9. She’s also promoting a three-night Lifetime Special called “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,” scheduled to air between Friday and Sunday.
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard pleaded guilty in 2016 to second-degree homicide when she was 24 years old for her part in the plot to kill her abusive mom, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in their Missouri house in 2015. Her former boyfriend helped her in this plot.
In a statement released in October announcing this show, Blanchard stated: “After a life of silence, I now get to speak my truth and share my story.” This docuseries chronicles the journey of a child abuse survivor on his quest for freedom and self-discovery. I am not ashamed to be me and have no fear of exposing the hidden aspects of my life, which were never revealed before.
The 32-year old has posted pictures of her with Ryan Anderson, the husband she married in prison. She even defended him against online “haters.”
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a multi-million follower on Instagram, TikTok and Lifetime.
“Ryan don’t listen the haters. You love me, I love you. We owe no one anything. It’s our family that matters. It’s great if you receive likes and positive comments, but if you receive hate, then it doesn’t matter. She wrote “I love you” in a comment to her husband’s Instagram.
Experts believe Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. is a mental illness where Dee Dee fabricated fake illnesses to gain attention and material goods out of compassion for the victim.
Dee Dee convinced Gypsy she was younger than her real age and had a list of diseases,, including leukemia.
Dee Dee Blanchard is believed to have had Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. This is a mental illness where Dee Dee would project fake illnesses on her daughter, in order to gain attention or material goods out of sympathy for victim.
She forced her daughter to use a wheelchair and force her to take medications she didn’t need. She shaved off her hair, pulled out her teeth, and fed her via a tube in the stomach.
Tens of thousands have also praised her bravery for returning quickly to her new life.
Dee Dee convinced Gypsy she was younger than she actually was, and that her illnesses included leukemia.
One Instagram comment reads: “She’s out of prison, but she is still working 24/7.” The comment was made on a photo Blanchard shared Tuesday.
Some have defended Blanchard against those who call her a murderer.
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Dee Dee forced to daughter to sit on a wheel chair, made her take medicine she didn’t need, shaved off her hair, took out her teeth, and fed her via a tube.
One Instagram user wrote: “I’m sick of people calling her murderer, when she didn’t kill her mother and it was in self-defense.” “She felt that there was nothing more she could do.” Her mom literally abused her, beat her and chained her to bed for wanting to be a normal teenager.
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In 2015, Blanchard and Nicholas Paul Godejohn were arrested for the fatal stabbing of Dee Dee. Blanchard received a 10-year prison sentence in 2016, while Godejohn got a life sentence.
Blanchard’s case was the subject of many documentaries and feature-length films.
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Greene County At the time, Prosecuting attorney Dan Patterson stated that “while this evidence clearly established that Gypsy Blanchard is guilty of murder, and that the killing was neither justified nor excusable. The amended charge and ten-year sentence fairly holds Gypsy Blanchard to account for the law and also takes into consideration the extreme mitigating circumstance of nearly two decades’ worth of systematic and intentional abuse of Gypsy Blanchard to facilitate her mom’s fraudulent schemes
Blanchard’s story has been featured in several documentaries and feature-length films. These include HBO’s Mommy Dead and Dearest, “Gypsy’s Revenge,” by Investigation Discovery, Hulu’s The Act, and Lifetime’s The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.