Although she endured horrible abuse from her late mother, Clauddine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard, Gypsy Rose Blanchard says the experience taught her what not to do with her future children.
Gypsy Rose notably suffered from Munchausen by Proxy. This is a mental illness and a form of child abuse carried out by a caregiver. They make up false symptoms or even cause real symptoms to make it seem like a child is sick. Dee Dee told everyone that Gypsy Rose had suffered from multiple illnesses. He also said that Gypsy Rose had the mental capacity of a seven-year-old girl because she was born prematurely.
In 2015, Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn planned to murder Dee Dee so that Gypsy Rose could escape the abuse. Godejohn stabbed Dee Dee repeatedly while she was sleeping at her and Gypsy Rose’s home in Springfield, Missouri. Gypsy Rose then left the house with Godejohn with $4,000 in cash. They were eventually captured and accused of murdering Dee Dee.
During the trial, Gypsy Rose pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the murder. After seven years, Gypsy Rose was granted parole and she was released from prison on Thursday, December 28.
While in prison, Gypsy Rose married Ryan Anderson, a special education teacher from Louisiana. He had written her a letter in 2020 and the couple entered into a relationship from there.
“Ryan has helped me get through some really good times and some really tough times,” she said. PEOPLE. “I would say he is probably the most compassionate soul I have ever met and the most patient. God knows he is very patient with me because I could be very difficult to handle. It could be an emotional problem.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard reflects on the lessons she learned from her abusive mother
While speaking about her marriage to Anderson, Gypsy Rose Blanchard opened up about the lessons she learned while enduring physical and emotional abuse from her mother.
“Every time someone says, ‘You think because of what you went through you’re going to do that to your children?’ I say, ‘You know what? Absolutely not,’” Gypsy Rose explained. “I have learned what not to do. I’m not worried about my parenting when it comes to that.”
He then spoke about his marriage to Anderson and said he doesn’t see any major difficulties for them. “I think this, being in prison, has been the difficult part. I believe that when I am at home with my family, with my husband’s arms around me and surrounded by my loved ones, then I will be happy.”
Gypsy Rose to Appear in Upcoming Six-Hour Lifetime Documentary Series The prison confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. The series will air on January 5, 6 and 7 at 8 pm ET/PT.
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