Gypsy Rose Blanchard Out Of Jail

Submission 12,474

Overview

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Out Of Jail refers to the case of high-profile American criminal Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who is expected to be released from prison on December 28th, 2023, after serving seven and a half years for the murder of her mother in 2015. Gypsy’s freedom became a trending topic on social media, with some people eagerly waiting for her to be out of jail as her mother, Dee Dee, mistreated her both mentally and physically for years. Gypsy Rose is well known for being involved in one of the most high-profile cases of Munchausen syndrome (specifically by proxy), which experts believe her mother suffered from.

Background

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, born in Louisiana in 1991, was raised solely by her mother Dee Dee, who throughout her childhood mistreated her both mentally and physically. On June 14th, 2015, Blanchard became a highly commented topic all over the world after her mother was found dead in their Springfield home. On June 17th, 2015, TMJ4 News posted a video^[1] explaining the case (shown below), which amassed more than 1.7 million plays and 8,200 likes in eight years.

Blanchard received a 10-year prison term for taking part in her mother's murder alongside her ex-boyfriend Nicholas "Nick" Godejohn. On March 4th, 2019, her story inspired the TV series The Act released by Hulu. The trailer^[2] (shown below) garnered more than 30 million views and 211,000 likes in four years.

Developments

On December 20th, 2023, The Standard^[3] tabloid revealed that Blanchard had completed 85 percent of her sentence at Chillicothe Correctional Center and that she also fulfilled the requirements for early release on December 28th, 2023.

The news inspired a debate and a series of memes on social media, as well as significant media coverage and discourse. For example, on December 14th, 2023, user @wijodo^[4] posted a video montage of Blanchard with jail bars being opened (shown below) paired with the overlay text “mark your calendars for December 28th.” The post amassed more than 1.5 million views and 9,800 likes in a week.

Gypsy Rose Press Tour

After getting out of jail, Gypsy Rose Blanchard participated in a series of press interviews for TV, magazines, tabloids and other media entertainment companies to share her story about the years she spent behind bars. One of the interviews became a trending topic on X^[5] on January 5th, 2024, after a clip of her participation on The View show was shared by X user @notbrendan. Blanchard is talking about her experience and saying that she got out of her [family] situation "the wrong way." to which the interviewer Joy Behar gets confused by her answer for a few seconds and later says "oh you mean that part," referring to her mother's murder. The scene (shown below) received over 464,000 views and 12,000 likes in a few hours.