It’s an eight-part series that follows DeeDee (Patricia Arquette) and Gypsy Rose (Joey King). “What started as a fairy tale ended as a horror movie,” She concluded. I felt like this was a fairytale and I was going to be the princess that gets rescued, and then I’d be happy in Wisconsin where I’d be loved, and I’d have my freedom, and have this wonderful new life. “We thought that we would never get caught. I didn’t want her to suffer, because she was still my mother.” She admitted, speaking about her role in the murder. She has since been interviewed about her mother’s death, and has complicated feelings about what happened. She’ll be eligible for parole when she’s 33. Gypsy is now 27 years old and is serving a ten-year sentence in prison. The two fled to his hometown of Big Bend, Wisconsin, but were later caught by the authorities. Gypsy eventually invited Nick over, who then stabbed DeeDee to death whilst she was sleeping. MORE: HBO’s Chernobyl is now the highest rated TV series – we explore why it’s been so popular Gypsy and Nick had a secret relationship for around two years. She couldn’t go anywhere without her mother tracking her down, and had an intense want to be with Nick and have independence. She didn’t have access to a phone or the Internet so spoke to him in secret, eventually desiring more freedom from her own mother.īecause of the constant physical and mental abuse at the hands of her mother, her death seemed to be a last resort for Gypsy. Gypsy Rose Blanchard didn’t kill her mother herself, instead she conspired with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn, after meeting him online. MORE: Series three of The Handmaid’s Tale is coming to the UK very soon How and why was DeeDee murdered? The condition has been explored in other TV dramas, such as Dark Objects, starring Amy Adams and classic thriller The Sixth Sense.

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