Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, opened up about her regrets on a recent episode of Loose Women
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has opened up about her biggest “lifelong regret”.
The 33-year-old, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, has spoken out about the physical, mental and medical abuse she received from her mother which led to Dee Dee’s death.
Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women from the US, Gypsy, who committed the murder with her then-partner, updated viewers on her life since being paroled in late December 2023 after serving eight years in prison. She said: “I wish I had gone through other avenues that are forever a lifelong regret, but unfortunately, hindsight is twenty-twenty, so I can change the past.”
Jane Moore asked if she felt guilt over her involvement in her mother’s murder and Gypsy responded: “Of course! Of course, I have to live with that every single day, and that’s a lifelong sentence. I might have served eight and eight and a half years in prison, but that is a lifelong sentence for me.”
When questioned if she felt there was no other way out at the time, Gypsy replied: “That is correct, at the time I was very, very sheltered in my life so the avenues in which I cognitively thought to reach out, my mum had told me a lot of lies about my father so I didn’t turn to him for help because I thought he didn’t love me, that’s what my mum led me to believe.”
“I grew up with a mum that basically made me fearful of strangers so I felt like the only person I could confide in was my co-defendant. I wish I would have gone through other avenues, that is forever a lifelong regret but unfortunately hindsight’s twenty-twenty so I can’t change the past.”
Towards the end of her conversation with the Loose Women, she added: “I never wanted to villainise my mum, I never approved of her being villainized,” reports the Mirror.
Gypsy said that “all she ever did was share her story” but sadly “the sins of Dee Dee’s past put that label on her”. However, Blanchard was quick to assure viewers that she “doesn’t feel her mum was evil”.
“I feel like she would have needed mental help and I think with that knowledge, we need to shift the narrative of putting her in a box. I think that more mental health awareness, of Munchausen by Proxy, needs to be advocated for.”
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