Per the fascinating Buzzfeed article that inspired The Act (the author, Michelle Dean, is the co-creator of the show): She could walk just fine, there was nothing wrong with her muscles, and she had no medication or oxygen tank with her either.Īs Gypsy put it: “The only thing I knew was that I could walk, and that I could eat. How much did Gypsy Rose know that Dee Dee was lying about her health?Īccording to Gypsy Rose, she knew she could walk and eat real food, but that was it. Fair warning, if you’re not familiar with the story, there are some spoilers. Want to know what’s fact, and what’s fiction? I’ve broken it down for you, below.
The Act, being a tv show, has taken a few liberties with the real lives of the two women. The photo below was shared by neighbors when they thought Gypsy Rose was missing.This week the The Act premiered on Hulu with its first two episodes, which fictionalized the stranger-than-fiction murder of Dee Dee Blanchard and the role her daughter, Gypsy Rose, played in it as well as chronicling what led up to it. NOTE: To see Gypsy Rose’s Facebook pages, including archives of pages no longer online, see Heavy’s story here.ĭee Dee Blanchard and Gypsy Rose are pictured below in one of many photos from Dee Dee’s Facebook page, which is still up today. Here are photos of Gypsy Rose, Dee Dee, Gypsy’s then-boyfriend Nick Godejohn, Gypsy’s father, and others connected to the case in real life. It’s been a few years since the murder, and Gypsy Rose has said that she’s actually gained weight in prison because her mother had kept her so undernourished in order to try to keep her looking young and sick. But the overall story - the part where Dee Dee subjected her daughter to horrific treatments she didn’t need and the subsequent murder of Dee Dee - were all very true.ĭee Dee was found stabbed in 2015 and Gypsy Rose pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Some names and personalities were changed for the narrative. Much of this horrifying story is accurate, but not all of it according to Gypsy Blanchard’s family.
Her boyfriend Nick Godejohn, whom she met online, killed her mother in a horrific stabbing, at Gypsy’s request, because they feared it was the only way Gypsy would be free from her mother. Gypsy was ultimately on a feeding tube and had her teeth removed. Dee Dee, who likely had Munchausen By Proxy syndrome, pretended Gypsy was younger than she was and suffering from numerous ailments so she could have unnecessary medications and surgeries prescribed for her daughter. Hulu’s true crime series, The Act, focused its first season on the horrific story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Dee Dee Blanchard.
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