Gypsy Rose Blanchard Opens Up on Struggle to Understand Mom's Munchausen by Proxy: 'Not Consciously Malicious' (Exclusive)

Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Photo:Courtesy ABC News Courtesy ABC News In an interview with PEOPLE, Gypsy said she is still “really, really trying to come to a place of forgiveness for her, for myself and the situation.” “It’s a journey, but I’m starting to feel more forgiveness in understanding that it is something that maybe was out of her control,” Gypsy told PEOPLE. “Maybe it was like an addict with an impulse, and that it was not consciously malicious.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Says Her Mom Chained Her to a Bed For 2 Weeks Following Escape Attempt

Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Photo:Nathan Papes-USA TODAY NETWORK Nathan Papes-USA TODAY NETWORK Gypsy Rose Blanchardwas once chained to a bed for weeks after she tried to escape from her mother, she claims in an upcoming episode of a new docuseries. Gypsy gained notoriety after she and her then-boyfriendNicholas Godejohnkilled Dee Dee Blanchard in her home in Springfield, Mo., in 2015. Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison and wasreleased on parole on Dec.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Wants to Grow Her Social Media Following After Prison 'To Create Change' (Exclusive)

Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Photo:Investigation Discovery Investigation Discovery Just released from prison,Gypsy Rose Blanchardis now thinking about what her life on the outside will look like. Perhaps the world’s most famous parolee, she is intent on using whatever influence she might have for good. “I feel like I have been blessed with that ability to possibly create change,” Gypsy told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview shortly before her release. “And that is what I’m trying to do.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard's Husband on Planning Her 1st 'Real Date': 'She's Going to Get All Gussied Up' (Exclusive)

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Cover. ForRyan Andersonand hisnewly freedwifeGypsy Rose Blanchard, they’ve got a busy end-of-year calendar. Gypsy and Anderson’s relationship prior to her release, will be shown in Lifetime’s gripping new docu-seriesThe Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, premiering Jan. 5, and the pair opened up to PEOPLE inexclusive interviewsahead of her release. One thing his wife has asked for to celebrate being free: “My gumbo,” Anderson tells PEOPLE. “I’m from Louisiana and Gypsy loves my gumbo, so I plan on making a big gumbo for everybody.

Gypsy Rose Details Her Most Painful Unnecessary Procedure (Exclusive)

Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Photo:Courtesy ABC News Courtesy ABC News In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE,the newly freed womansaid that it was a surgery “to remove two salivary glands behind my neck.” She recalls that she “didn’t respond very well to the anesthesia,” making the recovery process “really, really hard.” The Louisiana native served eight years behind bars for her role in the 2015 murder of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard. For much of Gypsy’s formative years, she was falsely made to believe she had various illnesses, which resulted in her unnecessarily undergoing the salivary glands surgery.