Gypsy Rose BlanchardHer feelings towards her late mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” BlanchardShe's changed over the years – and she explains how in her new memoir, My time to stand up.
“Regardless of everything my mother and I went through with each other — what I did to her and what she did to me — I now hold her grandchild,” Gypsy, 33, wrote in the book, which hit shelves Tuesday. December 10. “Later in the day, when I see my baby on the doctor's screen, I hope my mom is here for this.”
In June 2015, Gypsy and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohnwas arrested after Dee Dee was found dead in her home at the age of 48 with multiple stab wounds. Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Godejohn, now 35, was found guilty of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Since December 2023 paroleGypsy hasn't been shy about opening up about what really led to Dee Dee's murder, and her memoir is no exception.
“When Dee Dee Blanchard was 24, she gave me life. When I was about 24, she took my life from her,” Gypsy wrote. “I firmly believed that by doing so, I was saving the life she had guarded with all her might.” : my life”.
Keep scrolling for the biggest reveals about Dee Dee from My time to stand up:
Gypsy Rose Blanchard received a lot of charitable donations while living with her late mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, but that's not something she likes to think about now. Gypsy Rose, 33, writes about growing up with Dee Dee in her new memoir, My Time to Stand, released on Tuesday, December 10.
How Dee Dee saw her daughter
According to Gypsy, she served as an “emotional support surrogate” for her mother even in her youngest days. “I'm all for 'us against the world' if you're a fierce single mom, raising strong daughters, and modeling what's possible when you stick together,” she wrote. “But our 'us against the world' slogan seemed to stick with me. When I was very young, that stickiness was as sweet as molasses.
Gypsy went on to write that she and her mother shower together, sleep in the same bed, and watch the same TV shows. “Her interests are science fiction, fantasy and People's Court “It became my passion,” she recalled. When I showed curiosity in separate items, like Barbie dolls, she was there to shrug: “Now, you don't want those dolls when you have so many stuffed animals to play with.”
Alleged abuse
The book goes into horrifying detail about the alleged physical and verbal abuse Gypsy suffered at the hands of Dee Dee. After Dee Dee caught her daughter talking to a man named Dan on the phone, she called her a “bitch” and punched her legs “like she was boxing and I was a piece of meat hanging in the freezer cupboard.”
After another encounter with Dan, Dee Dee allegedly “tied” Gypsy's hands to a dog leash and strapped him to her body. “If she fell asleep, I couldn't move without waking her,” Gypsy recalled, noting that the leash lasted for two weeks. “I was at her mercy for everything – going to the bathroom, to eating, for everything. As punishment, she didn't feed me every day, just a little broth every other day. I often felt hunger pangs. She was next to me and ate whatever she wanted. She kept a knife next to her bedside table, which she said was for protection if she tried to escape or do anything to leave.
Abaca Press/INSTARimages Gypsy Rose Blanchard opened up about her life after prison in her new memoir, My Time to Stand, and opened up about some dark periods in her past. The book, which was released on Tuesday, December 10, details her relationship with Nicolas Godejohn, who is currently serving a life sentence for[…]
BB Gun Incident
At one point, Gypsy shot her mother with a BB gun, shooting her 10 times after she again asked to leave her home. “I saw the wounds on her body, and I felt sorry and apologetic that it had escalated to this point,” she recalls. “She didn't hit me or tie me up again. I think she was afraid of me. … I was less afraid of her, and she was less afraid of me.
Movie theater aftermath
After Gypsy tried to meet Godejohn at a movie theater, Dee Dee allegedly locked her in an outdoor shed overnight. “When I woke up, I was disoriented,” she wrote. “I looked around the shed and I could see some sunlight filtering in. My fingers and toes were numb, and I must have slept badly because I had drool running down my cheek. She left me there all night, alone and afraid.
Real disease 1
While Gypsy says her mother made up most of the claims about her health, there was a real allegation, and Gypsy initially believed her mother used the anomaly as a “smoking gun” to justify other unnecessary medical treatments.
“I actually have what is known as a microdeletion, 1q21.1, which is a chromosomal change in which a small piece of chromosome 1 in each cell is deleted,” she explained. “This tiny deletion is known to 'increase the risk of developmental delay, intellectual disability, physical deformities, and neuropsychiatric problems.'” Wow. What a coincidence. Every disease my mother claimed I had fell under all of these umbrellas. Except I didn't have One of them actually.
However, Gypsy eventually realized that the microdeletion test did not occur until two decades after she had contracted a set of fake diseases. “Either my mother knew I had the condition before the 2012 test, researched the possible outcomes, and ran with them…or, this time, the disorder she claimed to be for me turned out to be real (despite having no real symptoms).” books. “This was a rabbit hole my mind fell down and I still can't get out of it. The different scenarios keep me up at night.
Law & Crime/YouTube Gypsy Rose Blanchard made headlines for more than just a murder. Gypsy was released from prison in December 2023 after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence. She was granted parole in September of that year. Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016, a year after her mother, Claudine[…]
How do you think Dee Dee would feel now?
In the book's epilogue, Gypsy assumed that her mother would forgive her for her actions—partly because the ninth anniversary of her death coincided with the day Gypsy had her baby's first ultrasound. I'm expecting with my boyfriend Ken Orker.
“I like to think my mother is telling me that she wants me to move on with my life, and that she forgives me,” Gypsy shared. “And what I will do on this anniversary is her way of helping me change the way I think about myself every June 10th. Maybe now, with my freedom, we can be free from our purgatory. Maybe now she can be free, too,” she said. We are always two sides of the same coin.
