Gypsy Rose is considering donations to a fake illness charity

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Received many charitable donations while living with her late mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” BlanchardBut it’s not something she likes to think about right now.

Gypsy Rose, 33, wrote about growing up with Dee Dee in her new memoir, My time to stand upwhich hit the shelves on Tuesday, December 10. During her childhood, Dee Dee allegedly abused her daughter by falsely claiming that she had many physical and mental illnesses. According to Gypsy, her mother then asked relevant charities for donations.

“I didn’t know I could think for myself until I started looking online with an HP laptop. I was told the computer was a gift from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society one Christmas,” Gypsy wrote, adding that the organization thought she was 13 when she was actually 18. “We got a lot of help and gifts From charitable organizations along with government rights such as food stamps, disability checks and housing in Section 8. This is a fact that makes my skin crawl.”

Gypsy said she watched her mother “maneuver her way through the system, slyly researching” nonprofits and groups that could help their family.

“I didn’t know it was a scam until about a year after I found my Medicaid card with my correct date of birth on it, when mom became more physical and violent with me after I questioned her again about it, and pushed her story,” she wrote. “Discovering my true date of birth wasn’t my ‘aha moment’ per se, but it served as a warning siren to be more vigilant and take a closer look.”

In June 2015, Dee Dee was found dead at the age of 48 in her and Gypsy’s home in Mississippi with multiple stab wounds. Gypsy was later arrested alongside her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Gudgeon. She later pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In September 2023, Gypsy was granted parole after serving seven years of her sentence, and she was released from prison in December 2023. Gudgeon, meanwhile, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Earlier this year, Gypsy announced this she is pregnant With her first baby with Ken Orker. She and Orker met while she was still incarcerated through a pen pal prison program. After they broke up she got married Ryan Scott Anderson in 2022 during her time behind bars, but she filed for divorce in April. Later that month, she confirmed that she was back together with ex-fiancé Orker.

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In the book, Gypsy revealed that her first ultrasound was scheduled for the ninth anniversary of her mother’s death, which she had previously marked by speaking aloud to her late mother.

“Whether it’s a message, a sign or the balance of the universe (or all three), what was a date defined by scandal and horror and sadness beyond comprehension has now become a day of excitement, joy and celebration of life itself,” she wrote. “With one phone call and a calendar appointment, a day of darkness turned into a day of light.”

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