Gypsy Rose Blanchard established herself on social media following her launch from a Missouri jail.
On Sunday, the 32-year-old posted a selfie to her Instagram account, which has practically 5 million followers, displaying off her New Orleans Saints jersey, writing within the caption, “Louisiana love. NFL game day!”
Along with her selfie, Blanchard additionally posted a video thanking her supporters and selling her new documentary collection “Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” in addition to her e-book “Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom.”
“Hey everyone this is Gypsy. I’m finally free!” she mentioned with a smile. “I just want to send a quick video to thank everyone for the massive amount of support that I’ve been getting on social media. Everyone has been really really nice and supportive. I really appreciate that.”
GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD, WHO PLOTTED THE MURDER OF HER ABUSIVE MOTHER, RELEASED FROM PRISON
Gypsy Blanchard, now 32, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for second-degree homicide in 2016, when she was 24, however beneath Missouri legislation, she grew to become eligible for parole after serving 85% of her sentence. (Investigation Discovery)
Beforehand, Blanchard shared a selfie on the day of her launch, writing, “First selfie of freedom!” The snap now has over six million likes.
Blanchard additionally shared a picture of her kissing her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson. The couple was married in 2022 whereas Blanchard was nonetheless in jail.
Blanchard was launched Thursday from the Chillicothe Correctional Center after serving eight years of a 10-year sentence for her function in plotting her mom’s homicide.
She was convicted of second-degree murder in 2016. She satisfied a web-based boyfriend to kill her mom, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, after she had allegedly compelled her to faux that she was affected by leukemia, muscular dystrophy and different critical diseases for years.
Her mom was discovered stabbed to dying of their Springfield, Missouri residence in June 2015.
In response to specialists, years of psychological and bodily abuse, in addition to being subjected to quite a few pointless surgical procedures and medical checks, are mentioned to be what drove Gypsy to wish to kill her mom.
Dee Dee Blanchard, a single mom, probably suffered from a psychological sickness known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), which happens when an individual makes an attempt to provide psychological or bodily signs in one other particular person, in line with well being specialists.
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Specialists imagine Blanchard’s mom, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, had Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, a psychological sickness through which an individual — on this case, Dee Dee — pretends one other particular person — Gypsy — is in poor health in an effort to obtain consideration or materials gadgets out of sympathy for the sufferer. (Investigation Discovery)
“The prison that I was living in before, with my mom, it’s, like, I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t have friends. I couldn’t go outside, you know, and play with friends or anything,” Gypsy mentioned throughout an ABC “20/20” interview in 2018. “Over here, I feel like I’m freer in prison, than with living with my mom. Because now, I’m allowed to … just live like a normal woman.”
Dee Dee satisfied Gypsy that she had a litany of diseases, together with leukemia, and was years youthful than her precise age. (Investigation Discovery)
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Blanchard’s life story and the killing of her mom has captivated many the world over and was made well-known in a documentary movie titled “Mommy Dead and Dearest” which debuted on HBO in 2017 adopted by “The Act,” a Hulu mini-series that was launched in 2019.
