But the overall story - the part where Dee Dee subjected her daughter to horrific treatments she didn’t need and the subsequent murder of Dee Dee - were all very true.ĭee Dee was found stabbed in 2015 and Gypsy Rose pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Some names and personalities were changed for the narrative. Much of this horrifying story is accurate, but not all of it according to Gypsy Blanchard’s family. Her boyfriend Nick Godejohn, whom she met online, killed her mother in a horrific stabbing, at Gypsy’s request, because they feared it was the only way Gypsy would be free from her mother. Gypsy was ultimately on a feeding tube and had her teeth removed.

Dee Dee, who likely had Munchausen By Proxy syndrome, pretended Gypsy was younger than she was and suffering from numerous ailments so she could have unnecessary medications and surgeries prescribed for her daughter. Hulu’s true crime series, The Act, focused its first season on the horrific story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Dee Dee Blanchard.