Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Says Hulu ‘Stole’ Her Story for ‘The Act’ & Didn’t Pay Her Life Rights
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is making some surprising claims about the production of Hulu’s The Act six years after its release.
“There’s a lot behind The Act that nobody talked about,” Blanchard claimed on the Monday, June 30, episode of Tori Spelling‘s misSPELLING podcast. “Essentially, Hulu and the producers stole my story and made a huge successful show out of it. Didn’t pay me life rights. Didn’t come to talk to me. Didn’t have any conversations to know what was accurate, what was not accurate.”
She continued, “To this day, a lot of people are like, they will go off of the events that they’ve seen and the details that they’ve seen on The Act. And they are incorrect because it was filler. It was filled in by producers.”
The Act followed the real-life story of Gypsy-Rose, who suffered abuse caused by Munchausen syndrome by proxy from her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. The mother-daughter duo’s toxic relationship resulted in Gypsy-Rose’s then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, murdering Dee Dee in 2015. Godejohn received a life sentence for the crime, while Gypsy-Rose was sentenced to 10 years for second-degree murder.
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She served eight years of her sentence before being released on parole in 2023. Gypsy-Rose has since completed her parole and welcomed her daughter, Aurora, with her boyfriend, Ken Urker.
On the podcast, Gypsy-Rose recalled expressing her disapproval of the show while serving time behind bars. “[I was like,] ‘I don’t support this. This is wrong. You’re taking a tragic event and you are Hollywood-ing it on up,'” she explained. “And now people, when they write me, they’re confused because they don’t know fact from fiction.”
Gypsy-Rose said that instead of The Act, she recommends people watch the 2017 HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest. “One is factual, and one is Hollywood,” she stated.
Despite the inaccuracies Gypsy-Rose noticed in The Act — such as herself owning guinea pigs instead of cats — she applauded Joey King‘s portrayal of herself, even though the actress was allegedly prohibited from visiting Gypsy-Rose in prison.
“I think Joey King did an amazing job playing me,” she shared. “I even DMed her last February — January, February — and I told her, ‘Congratulations. I think you got my stamp of approval. You did a wonderful job.'”
According to Gypsy-Rose, King said “that she hoped that she portrayed me to the fullest extent, that she hopes it met my approval.” She added, “It was a huge undertaking, but it was a great exchange. I really appreciate her courage for taking on such a complex role and story.”
King’s performance in The Act earned the actress Critics’ Choice, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominations in 2019. Her costar Patricia Arquette, meanwhile, scored Emmy and Golden Globe wins for her portrayal of Dee Dee.
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Gypsy should NEVER profit off of her crime!! If you do a crime then nobody should profit off of it. It's bad enough that she planned it, found an autistic boy to do her bidding lured in by love and sex but then she set it up as well as mailed the knife back to his house....she was out in 8 years but he is inside for life!! So unfair! She is more a threat then he is.
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You can't. Its illegal to profit off your crime in the united states
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Unfortunately some states repealed that law. She's been profiting ever since before she was released.
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My exact thoughts!
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The crime was what was done to her period!! The portrayal of her was done Hollywood style not all based on factual events. Gypsy Rose has the only rights to her life story and if anyone is going to make a story of her life she is absolutely entitled to the profits of it!! The ridiculous accusations that are being made are malicious and defamatory. Be careful making these allegations because you could find yourself being prosecuted in a court of law!!!
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Gypsy is that stink that just won’t go away .. like FR?? Girl, please 🙄 you manipulated a special needs man to kill you’re mother for you and people smart enough to do their research don’t buy any of “ the act” that you are feeding to anybody that will listen . Cute video that she posted over the weekend celebrating getting off of parole too btw lol She is obviously still a threat to society and should be spending the rest of her life behind bars just like her co defendant is for his part in the crime ! Let’s stop making people like Gypsy Rose into some kind of D list trashy type of celebrity… her and her Lifetime show are trashy and sends a negative message to the youth in our country
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So true
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Boo hoo, Gypsy. You made more than enough money off of your crime. Go sit tf down.
Gypsy is a danger to society and especially to our young teens who have complicated relationships with their parents. Gypsy was a spoiled little brat who would throw a fit when she didn't get her way. Gypsy wanted to run around with strange older men and her mom didn't approve and she wanted to protect her. Gypsy has real psychological issues due to her microdeletion. If you look up her condition, microdeletion 1q21.1, she shows just about all of the symptoms. For example, microcephaly, strabismus, low muscle tone (which is why she needed a wheelchair at times), psychological issues, large bulbous nose and there are others that I can't think of off the top of my head. She was really sick as a baby if you read her medical records. She is a liar and a fraud. She should not have been allowed to profit off of her crime, but Louisiana doesn't have the Son of Sam law, so there's nothing that can be done. Gypsy is a disgrace and she has no shame. This narcissistic sociopath needs to be canceled.
I wholeheartedly believe that Dee Dee was doing her best and she was trying to take the best care of her daughter as she could. She was a single mother, who wasn't always supported by Gypsy's father. Yes, she conned a lot of people, but she wasn't abusive towards Gypsy. I do not believe Gypsy was physically, mentally, or medically abused. I do think Gypsy abused Dee Dee, though, and in the end killed her.
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1000% agreed
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List the danger she is too society……. I’ll wait……
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I agree with everything you just said! It's sl crazy to me that GRB is celebrated for being a lying manipulative narcissistic murderer and people are so quick to condemn dee dee when she was not tried or convicted of any abuse or MBP. Gypsy needs to be canceled.
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is this a joke she wants everything but wants to do nothing she killed her mom got out had a baby and now she wants to start all this bs she’s sick and needs help narcissistic behavior all over again
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DeeDee was never diagnosed with MBP. Gypsy had a microdeletion that caused all the symptoms that need procedures done.
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yes they did, do YOUR research. the doctor left a note after they left stating it.
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GR drs notation of a possible suspicion is not a diagnosis on her mother. There's also notation in GR records saying GR was malingering. Do your research, fool.
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Munchausen by Proxy is medical child abuse and not a medical condition. Munchausen by Proxy is criminal behavior. Someone is not medically diagnosed, instead they are identified as having Munxhausen by Proxy by experts that span a variety of fields.
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Nonsense! "Munchausen by proxy, now formally known as Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA), is diagnosed when a person fabricates or induces illness in another, often a child, to gain attention and sympathy from medical professionals and others. The core diagnostic criteria involve falsifying symptoms, presenting the victim as ill, and a lack of external rewards for this behavior." They both were grifting, it was all for external reward. Therefor it was not MBP, it was medical scam from them both.
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Absolutely 💯
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LMAO you stans are so extremely uneducated and full of manure. Dude, it's in the DSM, jfc you people.
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"cry me a river" Gypsy! You're not a celebrity youre a felon!
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Gypsie is a murderer and should stay out of the public view!!! Also her baby daddy, Ken is only around for any $ she, Gyp, is able to keep him with!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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I will never believe anything that comes out of her mouth. She’s putrid.2. She needs to get down on her knees everyday and thank god that she’s not rotting in prison because that’s where she deserves to be. Eight years is a joke. She’s a murderer and a con artist.
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Your not in her shoes , you weren't there , plz stop ,if you were in her what would have done ,Me no I wouldn't kill my Mother ,but it's her life ,and We all no movies add more stuff for people to write stuff like this , People shouldn't judge people with that remember one thing there only one person that can judge us and some day we will be there and Karma b**** and God doesn't like Ugly and some of use people need to remember,
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Wow.
For someone who talks about praying in god, it seems like you haven't even read that book, because I used to believe in all that crap or whatever.But it is filled with stuff about how we're not supposed to judge each other, and all I saw was christians.... doing this. Maybe, if you REALLY believe all that stuff you say you do... then someone else around here needs to hit their knees and pray....
Setting a really great example here.
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No mention in the article that Gyspy instructed Nick to kill her mom and provided him the tool to do so. 😊
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Look at the FOIAs people! Please! I used to be on her side and feel bad for her until I found out the disturbing truth. The MBP is a narrative spun by her defense attorney and unfortunately everyone gobbled it up. Eventually everyone will know what she is. A grifter, con-artist, and a nasty human being!
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Please do your own research into this case everyone!! Everything you think you know about it, is a lie!! The evidence, FOIA's, medical records, text messages, internet history, etc. all prove it. Check out this website to learn more:
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Please fact check, this girl is a master manipulator. And here again going after the mighty dollar, thats what she is about. Playing up "Im a victim " when she was a big part of it.
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They are clearly grifters.
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So? She's a murderer who tf cares? Shouldn't make money off her murder. Do you want to give revenues to every criminal that a movie or tv series was produced on? Insane
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For the real facts google Becca Scoops.
Gypsy has some gall. Nobody stole anything. As a MURDERER, you can not make any money off your crime. Her story was up for grabs.
This is just one example in hundreds where gypsy tries to find loopholes to scam and grift off her crime.
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She still should be locked up. The show showed how guilty she was and that’s why she is mad.
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She was NOT a victim of MBP. You cannot diagnose a corpse. Her legal defense team came up with that bs and her medical documentation shows that all her surgeries were necessary. The Act just perpetuated the lies she already put out there. No one owes her a dime, she is a murderer and a scammed just like her mom.
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She definitely is her mother
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You are not allowed to profit off of a crime.
The hulu documentary is based around the events that led up to and then immediately after the crime that was committed.
No one is stopping her from going and writing a book about her life or whatever and I actually quite enjoy her.I like a lot of her content but no you don't get money from this babe that's not how that works.
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Girl, that show is the only reason any of your little fans know you exist. You should be grateful. Also it even states at the beginning of the show that it’s based off of your story but that events and people have been changed throughout.
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Shoot my feelings exactly, I hate how our world is glamorizing all these crimes, i get it, it was horrible what happened to her, but she needs therapy longterm and I'm sure ssdi for Financials, like normal people who go through tragic situations as a child, she planned her mom's murder when she could have had her boyfriend call child protective service instead, there were choices, she chose the one she did and manipulated someone to help carry it out!! She needs help, I know she had been through alot but as a country why are we making her a rich celebrity for it?? Also them chrisley people, what the world ,they are criminals and we are giving them ANOTHER tv show, what are they even famous for?? There's nothing stand out special besides being criminals, our worlds priorities are messed up!!
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She did NOT complete her probation last year, but it WAS completed just a few days ago this month, June 25, 2025!! Just FIVE DAYS AGO, NOT last year. Doing just a little research, you could have had this very important fact correct.
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It said she was released on parole in 2023, not that she had completed it then. It then says she has recently completed her parole, meaning recently as in a few days before this article. 😏
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You should check the facts, this article was written on June 30, 2025...and YES she was done!! See how EASY that was?
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She has already written a book, has tv shows and makes public appearances, so she is profiting from her crime…….she just wants more money and this is an opportunity.
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Wow!! What a piece of work ??!! You want to profit off of your mother’s death! 🙀😳
(At your hands NO doubt) 😢😢😢 Shame on you !! You are so very sad …..🤯
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I think Gypsy knew what her mom was up to when she figured out hey I can walk and I'm not really that sick. Gypsy went along with her mom DD because she liked the gifts and attention hence why her mom DD was doing it for from the start. I don't care for Kristina she is a fake!!! Money hungry as well. You can just tell with people like her !They all need to face reality they are making money off of a unalived person.
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Gypsy is looking for yet another payday. She deserves nothing from this. Hey gypsy, this story isn’t just about you, you narcissist. It’s your mother’s story. And Shane on all these media’s saying DeeDee had MBP. She did not. Was never diagnosed and cannot be now because she is deceased. By the hand of her own daughter by proxy. Deedee was not perfect and running some scams, but she never hurt Gypsy. She spoiled her and covered for her many many times.
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She can't make money off her crime. She shouldn't be allowed on the internet where she manipulated a mentally handicapped man on the internet.
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No sympathy for the person who tried to defend her life the only way she was taught.
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Gypsy, any narrative you approve of is fiction too. Your mother did not have MBP, and you murdered her and should be serving life.
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It is very frustrating that this girl continues to lie and is put on display as some celebrity. She is nothing more than a narcissistic liar. The proof is there.
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard should be flipping hamburgers. She should not be a millionaire for savagely killing her mother the way she did. There was no reason for she could’ve escaped. She did escape she could’ve gone to the police station and said listen, This lady is crazy. That’s all she had to do, but no, she had to go and savagely, kill her mother And then she got rewarded for it. What does that say to the Gen Z years of today? You don’t like somebody kill them you’ll get a show.!
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She doesn’t understand we didn’t want to know about her we wanted too know about her mother who is dead because she killed her her mother was crazy
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I think its interesting that she's making this claim when she has done the same thing? Made money off the unaliving of her mom 👩 in lifetime series , books and appearances and im still wondering how people can be ok with this glorification of a criminal ?
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She should still be in prison instead of the mentally handicapped boy she manipulated. Nobody owes her anything. For real it's only a matter of time before she gets mad and kills someone else.
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First of gypsy stop whining.you shouldn't get nothing.you facilitated the brutal murder of your own mother.and you continue to profit off it.i thought there were laws preventing this.nothing ever excuses murder.sick of you acting like a victim.
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So now she wants ti say something only to to re.ake abs actually make money who cares if you cats or a pet bird i want to know what facts if the crime wasn't true
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Why does she think it's ok making money off from killing her mom and putting a sick man in jail that needs help if it wasn't for gypsy he would of never been in jail and would of gotten the help he needed
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Gypsy is a manipulator and should have a life sentence. She uses men as toys and the Father of precious Aurora should take that child so far from Gypsy as he can. I believe that he stays with her for money not for love a women that can kill a Mother can kill a child
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Don’t pay her a dime she is a murder not a victim the show only help her narrative lies about DeeDee she was never diagnosed with munchausen by proxy Gypsy was never abused by her mother or medically she needed what was done because of her chromosome deletion she’s a horror and should still be behind bars for the rest of natural.
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How can a murderer have so much fame, something wrong with our country
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I don’t think it matters if she had guinea pigs or cats. She still guilty. 🙄
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GRB should be embarrassed.
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........wow Kaylee. Just wow. What a d*ck.
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You need to quit wining you killed your ma you might not of did the act but you set it up you should of got life also
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MBP was not diagnosed. When will media stop the wrong narrative? GRB doesn't deserve any life rights. She manipulated and orchestrated an unaliving... That should be enough to put her in her place. Nick deserves a second fair trial to put things in perspective.
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Honestly people need to give it a rest they were not there in gypsy's home with dee dee to know what was going on . I don't condone her actions but you all are quick to judge. Even some other people said dee dee wasn't all that won't go into detail but litterally they flushed dee dees ashes down the toilet didn't even give her a service and that was dee dees family.
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So DD's murder is justified because she was an awful person? No person has the right to steal someones life.,
I doubt your opinion will remain the same after reading the FOIAs and do your own research.
The truth shall prevail. Gypsy is a bad person who planned a murder. She used sex and mind games to manipulate an autistic man to do her bidding. She was going to set him up. She mailed the knife to HIS HOUSE. Watch the whole interrogation video
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