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Topics: Gypsy Rose Blanchard, US News, Crime
Callum Jones
Topics: Gypsy Rose Blanchard, US News, Crime
In her first TV interview since being released from prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard has claimed that murdering her mom was the 'only way out'.
Gypsy, 32, was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2016 after she pleaded guilty to her role in the killing of her mother, Clauddine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard.
For years, Dee Dee had created the appearance that Gypsy was a terminally ill child, making her use a wheelchair, shaving her head, and forcing her to take medication she didn't need.
Things came to a head when Gypsy met Nicholas 'Nick' Godejohn online. A plan was carried out and Dee Dee was murdered by Godejohn in 2015.
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While she was sentenced to ten years behind bars in 2016, Gypsy was granted release last month after serving seven years of her sentence.
As she prepared to leave prison behind, Blanchard told People magazine she was 'ready for freedom'.
"I'm ready to expand and I think that goes for every facet of my life," she said.
Since being released, Gypsy has bragged about her sex life while also hitting back at ‘jealous’ hate comments criticizing her husband.
Now, the 32-year-old has spoken more surrounding the death of her mother in an interview with Good Morning America.
"I didn’t want her dead, I just wanted out of my situation and I thought that was the only way out," Gypsy said in the sit-down chat that aired on Friday (January 5).
Despite years of abuse, she added: "I don’t believe my mother was a monster. She had a lot of demons herself that she was struggling with."
"I share my story to be a cautionary tale so that the next person that might be in a situation like mine, they don’t take the route that I did," Gypsy said.
While Gypsy is now freed from jail, Godejohn remains behind bars for the foreseeable.
As a result, Gypsy was asked in the Good Morning America interview: "Is it fair that he is incarcerated for life for killing your mum and you’re out?"
She replied: "Well, I’m sure that we both have a lot of regrets. All I can really say is that I did my time, [and] he’s doing his time for his part. And I wish him well on his journey."
Gypsy claimed she was addicted to painkillers and was high when the murder was planned out.
"I don’t blame drugs. I don’t blame anything. I don’t make excuse," she concluded.