Gypsy-Rose Blanchard – who admitted masterminding her mother’s murder to escape years of abuse – will be released from prison late next week – and meeting Taylor Swift is at the top of her post-incarceration bucket list.
Blanchard, now 32, will be released on Dec. 28 — more than seven years after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison when he pleaded guilty to his role in the 2015 death of his mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, CBS News explained.
Just two days after her release, Blanchard and her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, had tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs game – where she hoped to meet her idol Taylor Swift, TMZ reported.
Swift’s song “Eyes Open” helped inspire Blanchard to overcome the hardships of her young life, and she admiringly referred to the singer as a “kicking chick,” the outlet said.
Blanchard has also used commissary money sent to her by her father to buy all of Swift’s albums, according to TMZ.
If the Dec. 31 show doesn’t work out, Blanchard also plans to appear on the New Orleans leg of Swift’s Eras Tour next fall, the outlet added.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard pleaded guilty to masterminding her mother’s murder. circulation
Whether she meets Swift or not, Blanchard’s post-prison life is set to be a world away from the first two decades of her life, where she suffered serious physical and mental abuse from her mother, who experts now believe suffers from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, said CBS.
For most of her childhood, Blanchard — and the rest of the world — believed she was terminally ill and had the intellectual capacity of a seven-year-old, according to PEOPLE.
Dee Dee even confined her daughter to a wheelchair – despite the fact that she could walk without assistance – and told others that she had leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and other ailments, the magazine explained.
Blanchard was abused for two decades by her mother, Dee Dee.
The truth only came to light after Blanchard’s then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, stabbed Dee Dee to death in their home in Missouri in June 2015.
Blanchard and Godejohn went on the run, but were tracked down thanks to a series of troubling posts they made on Blanchard and her mother’s shared Facebook profile, CBS News said.
Godejohn — who is on the autism spectrum — told police he stabbed Dee Dee to death at Blanchard’s request, using a knife she gave him, the outlet continued.
He also stole cash from the house and sent the knife to his own home in Wisconsin before the couple fled there.
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard will be released on December 28. MDC/MEGA Nicholas Godejohn told police he stabbed Dee Dee at his daughter’s request. MDC/MEGA
Investigators eventually determined that Dee Dee faked her daughter’s illness for financial gain – noting that she had used their plight to channel donations from various organizations over the years.
Godejohn was found guilty of Dee Dee’s murder and sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years.
Dee Dee and Gypsy Blanchard’s story immediately made the rounds in the media in the form of podcasts, documentaries and television specials.
In 2019, the mother and daughter were played by Patricia Arquette and Joey King in the Hulu series “The Act.”
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard hopes to meet Taylor Swift after her release. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Blanchard’s own account of her years under her mother’s thumb will be shared in her upcoming Ebook “Released,” which will be published on January 9, according to Penguin Random House.
“While imprisoned for her role in her mother’s death, Gypsy saw her story told by others again and again in the media, from news reports and podcasts to TV series like The Act (Hulu),” the producer’s statement said.
“Now, granted early parole and ready to start a new life, he is free to speak directly to his supporters and the world.”
With Postal wire
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