![]() ![]() Gypsy Rose endured years of abuse with Dee Dee telling her (and everyone else) she had leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and other ailments she didn't actually have. She suffered from a mental illness called Munchausen syndrome by proxy that manifests through a parent or guardian fabricating the illness of a child to gain sympathy and attention. Gypsy wasn't sick at all - but Dee Dee was. Gypsy and online love interest, Nichoal Godejohn, plotted to kill Dee Dee after Gypsy discovered she wasn't as sick as her mother made her believe she was. The Act backtracks the life of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard after their move from Louisiana to Missouri in 2007. To fully grasp the horror of The Act, pictures of the real Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard will show you things aren't always what they appear. ![]() The Act is a dramatized version of the complicated relationship between Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose that ended with Dee Dee's murder and Gypsy Rose behind bars. The tragic and haunting true story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter, Gypsy Rose, have been the subject of an HBO documentary by Erin Lee Carr, Mommy Dead and Dearest, and the first season of Hulu's latest series, The Act, available to stream today.
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