Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s upcoming memoir “My Time to Stand” reveals the moment she decided to plot the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, in 2015. Dee Dee subjected Gypsy Rose to years of abuse under Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy before her death.
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In an excerpt from her memoir shared by PEOPLE, Gypsy recalled the moment that finally caused her to snap and plot Dee Dee’s murder. One month before the murder, her mother allegedly attempted to cut Gypsy’s throat after her voice suddenly became high-pitched. She also revealed that her mother chained her to a bed and forced unnecessary medical procedures. A planned surgery on Gypsy Rose’s throat was the final straw, leading the then-23-year-old to take matters into her hands.
“When the pulmonologist spoke to my mother, it was as if I wasn’t in the room. “Why don’t we do an exploratory surgery of her larynx,” he suggested. “A simple operation of the voice box will get to the bottom of any respiratory or vocal abnormalities.” What I heard was, Let’s cut Gypsy’s throat for no reason at all,” the excerpt reads.
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“I’d had previous surgeries on my neck, and the scars brutalized me. But there was something about this particular surgery that felt more threatening than the others. Even more so than all the other body parts that had been constantly searched, explored, against my will, without my consent. I turned to my mother: “That sounds like it hurts. I don’t want it. I don’t want to do it.” Tears didn’t form; rage did.”
Gypsy Rose was convicted of second-degree murder and served 10 years in prison but was released in December 2023. Her former boyfriend, Nicolas Godejohn, was sentenced to life in prison. The memoir is set to release on December 10 and is available for pre-order.
