Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

About

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (born July 27, 1991) is an American woman who was convicted of the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. She had conspired with her boyfriend to have him stab her mother, which occurred in June 2015 at the house where she lived with her mother in Springfield, Missouri. She was initially charged with first-degree murder, but she later pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to ten years in prison. After Dee Dee’s death, allegations surfaced that Dee Dee abused Gypsy-Rose and misrepresented Gypsy-Rose’s health, which drew national attention to the case.
She was released on parole on December 28, 2023, after serving about eight and a half years of her ten-year sentence. Given the sensational aspects of Blanchard’s childhood, including allegations that her mother forced her to pretend to be disabled and terminally ill, she gained widespread media attention. Hulu produced a limited series, The Act (2019), released while she was still in prison, and she has been featured in interviews on a variety of TV shows, such as Dr. Phil; other programs have been based on her story. In 2024, her own reality show, Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up, premiered…