Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has come forward.
Blanchard made national headlines when she was arrested for the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. But after her death, allegations surfaced that Dee Dee abused Gypsy-Rose and misrepresented her health.
Gypsy-Rose was released on parole on December 28, 2023, after serving eight and a half years of her 10-year sentence. Since her release, the 35-year-old has been featured on a variety of TV shows and has her own reality show called Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up that premiered on Lifetime in 2024. That same year, she released her memoir, My Time to Stand, in December 2024 and it instantly became a No. 1 best seller. In the book, she shares the painful details of her upbringing, and how she coped with guilt and accepted responsibility for her mother’s death.
“My mother used love as reward and punishment, withdrawing it on demand,” Gypsy-Rose wrote. “She knew the things I was afraid of, like being alone in the dark, and so to punish me, she’d leave me alone in the dark.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “An Evening with Lifetime: Conversations On Controversies” FYC event at The Grove on May 01, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Phillip Faraone / Getty Images
Gypsy-Rose’s childhood and the murder of her mother
When Gypsy-Rose was just three months old, Dee Dee thought she had sleep apnea. By the time her daughter was eight, Dee Dee told Rod, the father, that Gypsy-Rose had leukemia, muscular dystrophy and was paralyzed, but none of those conditions were true. She also used a feeding tube and a wheelchair, and Dee Dee regularly shaved her daughter’s head, allegedly telling her that since her medication would eventually cause her hair to fall out, it was best to shave it in advance. Rod recalled that Dee Dee told him their daughter had a “chromosomal defect” that explained many of her health issues.
Gypsy-Rose attempted multiple times in the 2010s to escape Dee Dee and her control. At the time of her murder, the mother and daughter were living in a rented house in Missouri, and Gypsy-Rose was dating Nicholas Godejohn, whom she met online and kept a secret, knowing Dee Dee would not approve.
In 2015, Gypsy-Rose arranged and paid for Godejohn to travel to Springfield with money stolen from her mother. She planned to pretend to meet him for the first time at a movie theater with her mother, then appear to strike up a relationship based on the supposed chance encounter. Godejohn, who was 26 at the time, claimed that Gypsy-Rose made it clear to him as long as Dee Dee was alive, they couldn’t be together and getting rid of her was the only option.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard speaks onstage during “An Evening with Lifetime: Conversations On Controversies” FYC event at The Grove on May 01, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Phillip Faraone / Getty Images
After Dee Dee went to sleep, Godejohn snuck into their house and stabbed her 17 times in the back. Gypsy-Rose alleges that she hid in the bathroom and covered her ears so she wouldn’t have to hear her mother scream. After they confirmed she was dead, the couple called a taxi and fled to a motel outside of Springfield.
Though keeping up with the act that she was innocent, Gypsy-Rose eventually pleaded to second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Meanwhile, Godejohn was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, an additional 25 years for armed criminal action.
Gypsy-Rose’s life after release
Her story garnered a lot of media attention, especially after Hulu released The Act, where Gypsy-Rose was portrayed by Joey King, Calum Worthy was Godejohn and Patricia Arquette played Dee Dee. The latter won an Emmy Award for her performance, while King was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2019.
Following Gypsy-Rose’s release, she gave several television interviews, including appearances on Good Morning America, CNN and The View. She has also been featured in documentaries.
Gypsy-Rose also started dating other people, and even got married and had a daughter. She married Ryan Scott Anderson in July 2022 while she was still serving her sentence at Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri. They later separated in March 2024 and finalized their divorce later that year.
Afterward, Gypsy-Rose was in a relationship with Ken Urker and had a daughter with him in December 2024, the same time My Time to Stand was released. Nine months after their daughter was born, Gypsy-Rose confided in a friend that she found out that Urker allegedly reached out to a former girlfriend, then stabbed their headboard and carved out “Sleep with your one and only -G.”
According to Blanchard, Urker subsequently threatened to seek sole custody of their daughter, reportedly texting her “You are a danger to yourself and others around you,” and they broke up before Urker died earlier this month on his 34th birthday. Reports say that Urker was found dead at his home next to drugs and a handgun.
Gypsy-Rose now lives in New Orleans and is busy raising her daughter, Aurora. She still continues to make public appearances in the media and reality TV, and is active on social media.
My Time to Stand: A Memoir by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is out now on Amazon.
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