After Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s release on Dec. 28 2023, the internet has made her a living sensation. This overwhelming affection for Blanchard has accumulated over night as people realized she would be released soon. 

Blanchard and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, killed her mother, Dee Dee. While it was Blanchards idea, Godejohn killed her while Blanchard sat in the next room over. 

 “The Act” is a TV series made up of what people believed Blanchard’s life was like. The show gives a not-so-accurate version of Blanchard and her boyfriend murdering her mother. Blanchard later said that she has not watched the show and does not plan to watch it because some of the key details are missing or inaccurate.

Since her release, the internet now raves about how great Blanchard is and how she is an internet sensation. She is an internet sensation, but not for good reasons. 

Why do we continue to make bad people famous?

Although her mother did abuse her in ways no one could understand, she did kill someone. She and her boyfriend knew exactly what they were doing. She even asked him to do it.

Godejohns conditions were that he would kill her, but he would need to rape Dee Dee before killing her. Blanchard knew she couldn’t let her mother go through that so she told him that he could rape her instead.

Blanchard allowing herself to be raped is proof that she had absolutely no remorse for her dying. Dee Dee might’ve been a horrible person but that also makes Gypsy a horrible person for planning and helping execute the murder. 

Directly after her release, she headed to social media to entertain her “fans.” Social media ultimately feels bad for her. They feel pity for someone who planned to kill her mother and helped her murderer hide the weapon. Many say that Gypsy is a “perfect embodiment of crime and celebrity.”

Since she has spent years in prison and has never experienced real life, Blanchard might not be the person the internet is making her. Generally prison is a place for seclusion and self reflection, but for others it is a hell. 

Many people claim that becoming overly obsessed with true crime could mess with your mental health which could happen to the “Blanchard crazy” social media personalities. 

Blanchard should not be glorified as a person who has done nothing wrong. In that case we should treat Godejohn the same.