‘Yay! I’m finally free’: Gypsy Rose Blanchard breaks her silence in first TikTok since being released from prison for orchestrating killing of Munchausen-by-proxy mom
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has posted her first post-prison TikTok after serving eight years behind bars for ordering her mother's death.
The 32-year-old prison vet proudly proclaimed her “freedom” — and plugged her upcoming Lifetime docuseries and new book.
She goes on to thank fans for their “support” – days after being released from a Missouri prison.
Filming from her porch, Blanchard failed to plead guilty to the 2016 second-degree murder of her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
She was therefore only sentenced to ten years in prison, while HHer accomplice, a man she met on the Internet, was struck by life. That sentence is still being served, while Blanchard has since remarried.
Given her recent unique life experiences, she is now apparently pursuing a career as an influencer, and took to TikTok on Sunday to promote that fact.
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In the new clip posted Sunday, the 32-year-old prison vet proudly celebrates her “freedom” — before providing plugs for her upcoming Lifetime docuseries and new book
Blanchard (seen at left as a child) filmed from her porch and neglected to mention how she pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in 2016
“Hello everyone, this is Gypsy,” the convicted killer says in the minute-long clip, which has been viewed nearly 3 million times as of 4 p.m.
“I'm finally free,” she adds, sharing a quick laugh before speaking directly to her 1.8 million followers.
“I just wanted to send out a short video to thank everyone for the outpouring of support I've received on social media,” she continued.
“Everyone has been really nice and supportive, and I really appreciate that.”
She continues, “It's nice to be home, I'm back home in Louisiana enjoying a beautiful day outside, and a lot of great things are going to happen soon.”
'My documentary series is coming out – The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard – [and] just released an eBook that I'm super proud of.
“It's not a repetition of everything that happened,” she emphasizes, before specifying, “it's more of a reflection.”
She further reveals that the book, which will be released on January 9, is called 'Release: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom' and is already available for pre-order.
“You can pre-order now,” she says excitedly.
The memoir, she explains, consists of “everything that” [she’s] learned and experienced in the past eight and a half years',
Now married to Ryan Scott Anderson – whom she married behind bars in 2022 – Blanchard previously posted a photo of herself smiling at her followers on Facebook, who were honored on Friday with the caption 'First selfie of freedom!'.
She was the subject of a bizarre media frenzy that led to numerous documentaries and a Hulu series after she ordered her online boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to stab her mother to death.
“Hello everyone, this is Gypsy,” the convicted killer says in the minute-long clip, which has been viewed nearly 3 million times as of 4 p.m.
“I'm finally free,” she adds, letting out a quick laugh before speaking directly to her 1.8 million followers
Blanchard remarried in prison to Lousiana's Ryan Anderson, seen here shoe shopping with the ex-con at a shoe store in Liberty, Missouri, Thursday after her release
The felon was released Thursday after serving eight years of a 10-year prison sentence for orchestrating the murder of her medically abusive mother.
She spent the past eight years at Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, seen here
The teenager is believed to have had one of the most prominent cases of Munchausen syndrome, where her mother's insistence that she was suffering from various made-up diseases led to her having to undergo painful surgeries and take medications with adverse side effects.
It was also alleged that her mother kept her captive and malnourished, and after meeting Godejohn online in 2012, she confided in him about her mother's coercive and sadistic control over her, and they began to hatch a plan to kill her .
Dee Dee was found on the morning of June 14, 2015, after being stabbed seventeen times in her sleep by Godejohn, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole.
Towards the end of her TikTok, Blanchard expressed her gratitude to those who have shown interest in her cause – before timidly urging them to continue with it.
“Again, thanks guys for all the support,” she says with a smile at the end of the clip.
“And keep looking.”
Clauddine, right, was found stabbed to death in her bed at her home in Springfield, Missouri, in June 2015
Claudine convinced Gypsy Rose (left) and others that she was suffering from several diseases, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy. The abuse continued for years until Gypsy Rose ordered her mother's murder to 'escape'
It is believed that Dee Dee Blanchard suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, where her mother's insistence that she suffered from various fabricated diseases led to her undergoing painful surgeries and taking medications with adverse side effects.
The twisted story was told in the Hulu series 'The Act,' starring Dee Dee played by Patricia Arquette (left) and Gypsy Rose played by Joey King (right)