Online petition asks Taylor Swift to meet super fan Gypsy Rose Blanchard after she’s freed from prison NEXT WEEK: subject of Hulu true crime series set for early release from lockup after killing Munchausen mom
An online petition has been launched to get Taylor Swift to meet superfan Gypsy Rose Blanchard after she is released from prison next week.
Blanchard, 32, is being released early from the Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri, where she is being held for the murder of her Munchausen-suffering mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
The then 23-year-old woman plotted with her boyfriend to kill her mother after years of medical abuse, with Clauddine tricking her into believing she could not walk and could only eat through a feeding tube.
The murder gripped the nation after it became the subject of the true crime Hulu miniseries “The Act,” after the extraordinary lengths Clauddine went to convince her daughter she was sick were exposed.
Blanchard is released after seven years and now her supporters are desperately trying to introduce her to the pop sensation.
Supporters of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who plotted to kill her mother after suffering years of medical abuse in Munchhausen, have launched a petition to have her meet her idol Taylor Swift after her release.
Blanchard, pictured in a childhood photo with mother Clauddine Blanchard, was convicted of the murder in 2016 and sentenced to ten years in prison
While in prison, the convicted killer said she drew strength from Taylor Swift's music and reportedly bought tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs game in hopes of seeing her idol support new beau Travis Kelce
'Gypsy Rose Blanchard's story is one of resilience and strength. After enduring years of abuse and hardship, she has become a symbol of survival for an entire generation Change.org petition reads.
Her journey has touched the hearts of many, including mine, and I believe meeting her idol, Taylor Swift, would bring immense joy not only to her, but to countless others who have followed her story.”
Blanchard told it earlier TMZ that Swift's song “Eyes Open” had helped her cope with the trauma of her mother's abuse, with the outlet reporting that she also bought a ticket to the Kansas City Chief's New Year's Eve game to meet the new beau Travis Shake it Off singer sees Kelce in action.
Swift is an idol of Blanchard, who revealed she often used her commission money to buy the star's latest albums.
The convicted murderer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to murder her mother in 2016, along with her then-lover and accomplice, Nick Godejohn, who was given a life sentence.
Clauddine was found stabbed to death in her bed at her home in Springfield, Missouri, in June 2015.
She suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome and convinced everyone that Blanchard was terminally ill.
As part of the scheme, she said the then-teenager had the mind of a seven-year-old who suffered from muscular dystrophy, leukemia and other ailments.
Blanchard, whose story is the subject of Hulu's The Act, will be released from prison in Missouri on December 29
Blanchard served seven years for planning to kill her mother, while her accomplice Nicholas Godejohn (right) received a life sentence.
Blanchard shocked the world after she walked into her first court hearing unassisted.
Everyone who knew her believed she was wheelchair-bound, while her mother convinced health professionals of the diagnosis.
Clauddine moved to Springfield when Blanchard was a child and claimed they fled Hurricane Katrina.
The two lived in a house built by Habitat for Humanity, and Clauddine was a full-time caregiver for Blanchard.
She even had her daughter shave her head to make it look like she was losing her hair from chemotherapy.
Her ruse even fooled doctors, who handed out prescriptions and performed surgeries on Blanchard.
The mother also accepted financial donations and the two went on charity-funded trips to Disney World. She had denied her daughter access to school after kindergarten.
The murder plot began after Blanchard met Godejohn online, with the two deciding to kill Clauddine so they could be together.
Gypsy Blanchard takes the stand during the trial of her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in Springfield, Missouri.
Clauddine, who suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, had led everyone to believe that her daughter was a terminally ill teenager with the mind of a seven-year-old.
The gypsy, pictured in hospital, was prescribed numerous medications and underwent multiple operations as a young girl – before rebelling against her mother's controlling ways
Godejohn slipped into the house and allegedly stabbed Clauddine while Blanchard hid in the bathroom. The couple then removed “several thousand dollars” from a safe in the house and spent some time in Springfield after her death.
Surveillance footage at local businesses showed Gypsies wearing various disguises and walking alone before taking a bus 600 miles to Wisconsin.
A shocking Facebook status from Clauddine and Gypsy's shared account on June 14, 2015 read: 'That B**** is dead', prompting alarmed neighbors to call the police.
A second, more disturbing post read: 'I cut that **** and raped her sweet, innocent daughter. ..HER SCREAM WAS SOOO LOUD LOL.”
The Facebook messages were traced to Godejohn's home in Big Bend, Wisconsin, and the two were arrested on June 16, 2015.
He remains incarcerated and is serving his sentence without the possibility of parole.
Meanwhile, Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson of Saint Charles, Louisiana, while behind bars KPLC.
So far, the petition has only a handful of signatures. She will be released on December 29.