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Gypsy Rose Blanchard received many charitable contributions while living with her late mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchardbut it’s not something she likes to think about now.
Gypsy Rose, 33, wrote about growing up with Dee Dee in his new memoir, My time to standwhich hit shelves on Tuesday, December 10. During her childhood, Dee Dee allegedly abused her daughter by falsely claiming that she had numerous physical and mental illnesses. According to Gipsy, her mother then sought donations from relevant charities.
“I didn’t know I could think for myself until I started browsing the internet with an HP laptop.” “I was told the computer was a gift from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society one Christmas,” Gipsy wrote, adding that the organization thought she was 13 when she was actually 18. “We’ve gotten a lot of help and gifts from charities along with government entitlements, like food stamps, disability checks and Section 8 housing. It’s a fact that makes my skin crawl.”
Gipsy said she watched her mom “maneuver through the system, shrewdly researching” nonprofits and groups that could help their family.
“I didn’t know it was a scam until about a year after I found my Medicaid card with my correct date of birth on it, when my mom became more physical and violent with me after I questioned her about it again, contradicting her narrative,” she wrote. “Discovering my true date of birth wasn’t my ‘aha moment’ per se, but it did act as a warning siren to be more alert and observant.”
In June 2015, Dee Dee was found dead at the age of 48 in her and Gipsy’s Mississippi home with multiple stab wounds. Gypsy was later arrested along with her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn. She later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In September 2023, Gypsy was granted parole after serving seven years of her sentence, and was released from prison in December 2023. Godejohn, meanwhile, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Earlier this year, Gypsy announced it she is pregnant with her first baby with Ken Urker. She and Urker met while she was still in prison through a prison pen pal program. After they broke up, she got married Ryan Scott Anderson 2022 while she was behind bars, but filed for divorce in April. Later that month, she confirmed that she was back together with her ex-fiancé Urker.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard talks about exploring her sexuality while serving time in prison for the 2015 murder of her mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. “A big part of womanhood is learning to be comfortable with your sexuality, and I haven’t been for years,” Gipsy, 32, said on the Monday, June 10, episode of Lifetime’s (…)
In the book, Gypsy revealed that her first sonogram was scheduled for the ninth anniversary of her mother’s death, which she had previously marked by speaking aloud to her late mother.
“Whether it’s a message, a sign, or the balance of the universe (or all three), what was once defined by scandal, horror, and grief beyond comprehension has now become a day of excitement, joy, and celebration of life itself,” she wrote. “With one phone call and a calendar appointment, a day of darkness was turned into a day of light.”
My time to stand is out now.
