Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Having fun with Pool Time Amid New Freedom

Gypsy Rose Blanchard continues to take pleasure in life after jail, most not too long ago having a pool day along 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 dying.

After being launched on parole in December 2023, Gypsy has made up for misplaced time as she reconnects along 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, equivalent to leukemia and muscular dystrophy, amongst others.

Dee Dee managed Gypsy by isolating her and utilizing her alleged sicknesses to get sympathy and monetary assist. Gypsy was typically confined to a wheelchair and had a feeding tube, though 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 lady, 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 along with her followers on social media, together with her latest household outing.

“Household recollections,” she captioned the publish, 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 actually be making up for misplaced time as she continues hanging out along 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 publish, which additionally included a selfie of Gypsy taking a dip within the pool.

Gypsy and her stepmom have turn into very shut over time. In her Mom’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 very shut bond.”

“She has all the time stood beside me,” she added. “Whether or not I made flawed selections, proper selections, she won’t all the time agree with my selections, however she does what she will to information me as a mom determine.”

After spending almost 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’d return to once I was a toddler and inform my aunts and uncles that I am not sick and mommy makes me sick,” she instructed PEOPLE Journal, “or, if I’d journey again to only the purpose of that dialog with Nick and inform him, ‘You understand what, I will go inform the police every thing.’ I sort of wrestle with that.”

“No person will ever hear me say I am glad she’s useless 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 may stroll and did not want a feeding tube, however every thing else was a very huge confusion for me,” she instructed the journal, particularly speaking about her epilepsy analysis.

“Every time I would query it my mom would say I would had a seizure the evening earlier than and did not bear in mind. There was all the time an excuse,” she added.

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