Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Enjoying Pool Time Amid New Freedom

Gypsy Rose Blanchard continues to take pleasure in life after jail, most lately having a pool day together with her stepmom, Kristy.

As The Blast beforehand reported, in 2016, Gypsy accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 10 years in jail for second-degree homicide for her involvement in her mom’s loss of life.

After being launched on parole in December 2023, Gypsy has made up for misplaced time as she reconnects together with her household and experiences “regular” life occasions.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is believed to be a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a situation during which a caregiver fabricates or induces sickness in an individual beneath their care. Her mom, Dee Dee Blanchard, put her by means of years of pointless medical remedies and surgical procedures, convincing everybody, together with docs, that Gypsy had quite a few well being points, corresponding to leukemia and muscular dystrophy, amongst others.

Dee Dee controlled Gypsy by isolating her and utilizing her alleged diseases to get sympathy and monetary help. Gypsy was typically confined to a wheelchair and had a feeding tube, regardless that it turned out that she was bodily wholesome.

Determined to flee her mom’s management, Gypsy deliberate to kill Dee Dee with the assistance of her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, whom she met on-line. After spending eight and a half years behind bars, Gypsy is now a free girl, and lots of are following her and supporting her because of her troubling childhood.

The ex-convict has been sharing a glimpse into her life post-prison together with her followers on social media, together with her current household outing.

“Household recollections,” she captioned the put up, which included three photographs.

The primary was of Gypsy holding a guitar as her dad, Rod, stood behind her. The second was a candid shot of Gypsy and her stepmom, Kristy, sitting round a desk and having fun with seafood. The final image was a solo shot of the ex-convict seated in a rocking chair, carrying a grey t-shirt and white shorts.

The ex-convict appears to essentially be making up for misplaced time as she continues hanging out together with her household, together with her stepmom. On Tuesday, Might 21, Gypsy and Kristy snapped a selfie as they lounged poolside and soaked up the solar.

“Chill’n by the pool,” Gypsy captioned the put up, which additionally included a selfie of Gypsy taking a dip within the pool.

Gypsy and her stepmom have change into very shut over time. In her Mother’s Day video, Gypsy talked about her stepmom, saying she has been the “largest advocate for my freedom, my progress, me and my stepmom have a extremely shut bond.”

“She has at all times stood beside me,” she added. “Whether or not I made unsuitable decisions, proper decisions, she may not at all times agree with my decisions, however she does what she will to information me as a mom determine.”

After spending practically ten years behind bars, Gypsy mirrored on the choice to homicide her mother.

“If I had one other probability to redo every thing, I do not know if I might return to after I was a toddler and inform my aunts and uncles that I am not sick and mommy makes me sick,” she informed PEOPLE Magazine, “or, if I might journey again to only the purpose of that dialog with Nick and inform him, ‘You understand what, I’ll go inform the police every thing.’ I type of battle with that.”

“No one will ever hear me say I am glad she’s lifeless or I am pleased with what I did. I remorse it each single day,” she added.

The ex-convict additionally recalled what it was like rising up beneath her mom’s care. “Clearly, I knew that I might stroll and did not want a feeding tube, however every thing else was a extremely large confusion for me,” she informed the journal, particularly speaking about her epilepsy prognosis.

“Each time I might query it my mom would say I might had a seizure the night time earlier than and did not keep in mind. There was at all times an excuse,” she added.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s story has been informed within the documentary, ‘Mommy Dead & Dearest,’ and will probably be informed within the upcoming Lifetime docuseries, ‘Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup.’