Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up in her first sit-down TV interview since being launched from jail.
Appearing on Good Morning America on Friday, the 32-year-old mirrored on her newfound freedom and the “regrets” she has about her previous. For starters, the sufferer of Munchausen syndrome by proxy mentioned this of stepping out of jail in late December after serving over half her sentence:
“I felt a little bit like I was dropped in a different world. Because you don’t realize how much you’re restricted in prison. I felt like I was in a black-and-white world and I just stepped into technicolor. It was amazing.”
She was additionally greeted by her husband Ryan Anderson. So that was a superb perk, too!
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If you don’t know, Gypsy was sentenced to 10 years in jail after pleading responsible to second-degree homicide for orchestrating her mom Clauddinne “Dee Dee” Blanchard‘s killing in 2015. She had conspired with her boyfriend at the time, Nicholas Godejohn, who got life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. When asked whether she thinks it’s “fair” that she is now strolling free and he by no means will, Gypsy replied:
“I’m sure that we both have a lot of regrets. All I can really say is that I did my time. He’s doing his time for his part. And I wish him well on his journey.”
It’s undoubtedly been a journey for her, too. After years of present process pointless surgical procedures and being compelled to make use of a wheelchair and a feeding tube whereas her mom portrayed her as a frail, disabled little one regardless of not really struggling actual medical issues, Gypsy admitted going to jail was a step up for her in some methods, explaining:
“Honestly [it] wasn’t that much of a difference. […] But I also had more freedom in prison than I ever had with my mother.”
That’s wild. When proven a photograph of her youthful self and Dee Dee, she candidly mirrored:
“I don’t even associate with that little girl anymore. … Like, I know that’s me. But at the same time, that isn’t me anymore.”
Despite every thing she went by means of, she one way or the other nonetheless has empathy for her late mom, insisting she wasn’t a “monster” like she’s been made out to be. The former prisoner expressed:
“She had a lot of demons herself that she was struggling with. I didn’t want her dead. I just wanted out of my situation. And I thought that was the only way out.”
Jeez. So unhappy she thought that was her solely possibility…
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The criminal-turned-media sensation is about to interrupt down much more about her life within the upcoming Lifetime docuseries The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, which can start airing on Friday night time. And it’ll include some huge reveals — like the actual fact she was hooked on painkillers. Opening up about this with GMA, she mentioned medicine took her “down a really dark path,” however they had been additionally her “only way to cope for a time.”
And, sure, she was on them when she got here up with the plan to have her father or mother killed! Jeez. Despite being excessive on the time, she is adamant that wasn’t an excuse for her actions:
“I don’t blame drugs. I don’t blame anything.”
Very mature of her, actually. Gypsy has now been sober for 4 years and added that she doesn’t “feel the need to” use substances. As for why she’s going so public together with her story now, she hopes her life might be a “cautionary tale” and “bring awareness to mental health issues, to Munchausen by proxy, to abuse victims,” including:
“So that the next person that might be in a situation like mine, they don’t take the route that I did.”
And, yeah, she’s not ignorant to the truth that some would possibly discover her reputation and fame unusual. Even she is “conflicted” about it! The Released writer famous:
“I always said I think I’m infamous and that I came out famous. There is this massive amount of support. And I appreciate that. But I’m dealing with a lot of self-guilt and regrets myself. So it’s a battle going on in my heart and in my mind.”
Noting that she’s a shy individual, she defended herself:
“I don’t think that I’m doing anything that anybody else wouldn’t do. I’m being myself.”
As for what the long run holds? She and her hubby are having fun with attending to be collectively bodily for the primary time — and everyone knows she’s LOVING his D recreation, LOLz! But when the “hectic” side of her launch subsides, she’s considering of turning into a mom herself. Ryan shared:
“We just don’t know when at this point.”
Wow. That can be fairly full circle. Hear her reveal all this and extra (beneath):
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[Image via Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department & Lifetime/GMA/YouTube]