Gypsy Rose Blanchard plans to move in with her new husband upon leaving jail, having been granted early parole.
Blanchard, 32, is set to be released from prison, where she was serving a sentence for her involvement in her mother's murder by then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn in 2015. She was jailed for 10 years in 2016 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder of Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard.
She will leave Missouri's Chillicothe Correctional Center on Thursday after serving eight years of that sentence. Godejohn is still in prison, serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard said her mother had been abusive her most of her life, keeping her prisoner at home by faking illnesses such as leukemia, muscular dystrophy and asthma, among other serious health issues. She kept her daughter in a wheelchair, away from most people and lied that she had a developmental disorder. Dee Dee Blanchard made her daughter undergo at least 30 unnecessary surgeries, according to Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
It was believed Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from the psychological disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), where a person fabricates psychological or physical symptoms in another individual, usually their children, to garner sympathy.
Once out of jail, Gypsy Rose Blanchard will reunite with her father, Rod, and step-mom Kirsty, but there's one new family member she'll be excited to see.
That's her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, whom she married in 2022.
"We're in love," she told People of her partner.
Anderson is a 37-year-old teacher based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They married in June, but the relationship hit a speed bump just four months later.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard wrote to her family informing them she had decided to split from Anderson.
"It is with a heavy heart that this morning I made a decision to go ahead and file for annulment and end my marriage with Ryan," read the letter. "My marriage ends with no fault to either of us. I believe we are just in different places in our lives, and find it too difficult to walk a path together, at this point."
TV writer Fancy Macelli, who worked closely with the Blanchard family for years on a series about the case called By Proxy, addressed the split at the time.
"It's hard to keep a relationship up behind bars," she told In Touch. "The same thing happened with Ken."
Blanchard got engaged to Ken, surname unknown, in 2019 after they met through a prisoner pen pal program, but they later broke up.
"This is the third or fourth one she's had. It's concerning," Macelli said of the relationship with Anderson.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Anderson eventually reconciled, which her family confirmed in a statement after she received a flirtatious email from The Bachelor star Josh Seiter, who also posted he was in a relationship with her on social media.
"We are fully aware of Joshua Seiter contacting Gypsy. We want him to know that her husband, family, friends and loved ones are fully prepared to support her in every way," family friend Vickie Lewis wrote in April.
"She doesn't need a man because she is happily married to Ryan and in love. She is very busy preparing for her pending parole. She does not need the distractions. He is still attempting to email her and needs to know he will not get another response. He will not be allowed to visit and has been blocked so he need not try. In other words, she has no need for him to contact her again."
Aside from hanging out with her husband, Gypsy Rose Blanchard will also celebrate her release by having a belated Christmas party.
"We're going do Christmas, got a Christmas tree. Got her so many gifts. I went overboard, actually," her step-mom Kristy told Newsnation on Friday. "We're also doing a spa day. We're going to go get her pedicure, manicure, facial, haircut, colored if she wants, you know, the works, bring her shopping. She can't wait."
Uncommon Knowledge
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
");jQuery(this).remove()}) jQuery('.start-slider').owlCarousel({loop:!1,margin:10,nav:!0,items:1}).on('changed.owl.carousel',function(event){var currentItem=event.item.index;var totalItems=event.item.count;if(currentItem===0){jQuery('.owl-prev').addClass('disabled')}else{jQuery('.owl-prev').removeClass('disabled')} if(currentItem===totalItems-1){jQuery('.owl-next').addClass('disabled')}else{jQuery('.owl-next').removeClass('disabled')}})}})})
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7r7HWrK6enZtjsLC5jqCwqaupYr%2Bwv8RmmaWZnpi1or7DZqmymZ5irq%2BwxKuqqKZdn66quIyrnKWdkaiybn2Xbm1pcGU%3D