Gypsy Rose Blanchard-Anderson is an author, activist, and convicted felon whose freedom from prison is a media phenomenon. After spending 8 years in prison, she is finally free. The media is obsessed with her recent agenda since prison, and she has gained millions of supporters.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is publicly known as a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy who collaborated with her boyfriend at the time, Nick Godejohn, to murder her mother. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness in which a caretaker fakes or causes real illness in their child for attention. Her mother, Claudine or ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard forced gypsy from a young age to use a wheelchair and pretend to have cancer as well as many other conditions. Dee Dee tricked the public and doctors into providing medical care and donating money by claiming to have lost all Gypsy’s medical records in hurricane Katrina. Gypsy’s story was sensationalized by the Hulu show ‘The Act’ staring Joey King and other documentaries depicting the abuse. Gypsy also collaborated with Lifetime to create a docuseries that shows an accurate deep dive into her story and wrote a book, Conversations on the Eve of Freedom, about her 8-year prison sentence for murdering her mother.

Blanchard received her first taste of freedom on December 28, 2024 at the age of 32 after serving her prison sentence. Her release was widely anticipated and celebrated by fans who support Blanchard’s Instagram and TikTok. She has used her platform to advocate for Munchausen syndrome by proxy awareness and promote her docuseries of prison interviews. Fans are following her daily life closely as she reintegrates with her family and husband and gets to live a normal life for the first time. She has received hate and criticism but is ignoring her critics and focusing on using her fame for social justice and to share the new chapter of her life with her fans.