Gypsy Rose Blanchard seen for the first time since prison release.Photo:SplashNews
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Gypsy Rose Blanchardhas been seen for the first time sinceleaving prison in Missouri early Thursday morning.
Earlier this year, Gypsy was granted parole. She was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri around 3:30 a.m. local time, the Missouri Department of Corrections confirmed to PEOPLE.
“I’m ready for freedom,” she told PEOPLE in anexclusive interviewshortly before her release. “I’m ready to expand and I think that goes for every facet of my life.”
Godejohn, 32, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2019 following his trial conviction for first-degree murder, theSpringfield News-Leader,KY3andKOAMreported at the time.
Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard.Courtesy Blanchard Family
Courtesy Blanchard Family
Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Courtesy ABC News
Gypsy now says her mother didn’t “deserve” her fate.
“She was a sick woman, and unfortunately I wasn’t educated enough to see that,” Gypsy told PEOPLE. “She deserved to be where I am, sitting in prison doing time for criminal behavior.”
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Gypsy is now set to tell her own story on the new Lifetime docuseriesThe Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, which premieres Jan. 5 on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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source: people.com
