What to Know
More than two years after Gypsy-Rose Blanchard was released from prison and gained her freedom, the 34-year-old has created a life for herself with partner Ken Urker and their daughter, Aurora. Though she was already well known for the trial that resulted in a second-degree murder charge for the killing of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, at the hands of her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, the world has gotten to know her even better since she became free again in December 2023, thanks to both her Lifetime reality series and her social media posts.
Now, Gypsy is sharing the way she feels about her life today, and the “mistakes” she’s made along the way.
Gypsy looks unrecognizable in one of her latest Instagram posts.
Though Gypsy has been wearing wigs recently while she lets her natural hair grow and become healthy, for this post, she decided to go without.
“If you ask me who I am, this is where I begin,” she wrote. “I’m 34 years old. I’m a mother to a beautiful daughter and a partner to a loving man. I’m a daughter, a friend, and a woman still learning who she is becoming.”
She acknowledged that she’s been given labels by people who don’t know her.
While she said that some people do see her as “human,” others tend to project their own thoughts and labels on her.
“To others, I exist somewhere in between labels, not quite the hero, not quite what they expected. And to some, I’m cast as the villain. Titles have followed me louder than my own voice at times,” she continued. “I’ve made mistakes. More than I can count. I’ve fallen short more times than I’d like to admit. I’ve broken rules, crossed lines, and lived seasons I wouldn’t wish on anyone. But I’ve also grown.”
Gypsy went on to say that she refuses to live in the past. “I don’t exist in trauma’s peak or in a moment frozen in time for public consumption,” she wrote. “It is 2026. I am a law-abiding, grounded, functioning member of society with a family of my own. The words and actions of my former self no longer define or control my present, and neither does the mindset I once carried. My perspective, my priorities, and my inner world have changed.”
She wrote that she is “committed to becoming better.”
She concluded, “What matters is this: I am committed to becoming better. A better woman. A better partner. A better daughter. A better friend. And above all, the mother I once needed, so my daughter can grow up safe, loved, and free. That journey doesn’t end. And I will keep going, no matter the noise.”
It seems like there are plenty of people willing to cheer her on in that journey, judging by all of the supportive comments on her post. Her life (and her past) might look a lot different than everyone else’s, but it sounds like she is determined to make a better future for herself.
