Topics: Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Social Media, TikTok, Instagram, Crime, US News
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has apologised for offending people with her 'lack of accountability' before removing her public social media accounts.
Blanchard, 32, quickly turned to social media to keep people updated on her life after she was released from prison in December following the murder of her mother, Dee Dee, in 2015.
As a child, Blanchard was found to have been a victim of Munchausen by proxy, a form of abuse in which a parent or guardian exaggerates or induces illness in a child for attention.
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After being subject to painful medical procedures, Blanchard conspired with her then-boyfriend, Nicholas 'Nick' Godejohn, to kill Dee Dee.
She pleaded guilty to murder and spent eight years behind bars before taking to Instagram in December to share her first 'selfie of freedom'.
Blanchard has since shared updates across various platforms, but on Thursday (14 March), she announced her decision to stop posting publicly on social media.
"To my family, my dad, my husband. All I am is just Gypsy. And they love me for being who I am," Blanchard said in a video shared on her since-deleted TikTok account.
She then went on to discuss where she feels she went wrong with her public appearances, saying: "Number one, to all the people that I offended with a lack of accountability, the first month or so that I was out of prison and the lack of accountability in my interviews, I'm sorry."
Blanchard insisted she is 'learning' and that she takes 'accountability for [her] part'.
"I'm saying this right now. I'm taking accountability. I did a bad thing," she continued, before pointing out that she has been 'given a second chance at life' and therefore hopes her followers can give her 'a little grace'.
"Let my actions match my words. And we'll go from there," Blanchard said.
"I definitely have a good support system. And I think I'm just now starting to get around to listening to my inner self instead of all the noise that's been on social media. So with that being said, thank you so much for watching and hearing me out."
Blanchard reiterated the notion that her video was a 'public apology to anyone that felt offended by [her] lack of accountability', and an expression of her 'regret' around 'coming out of prison and all the interviews and stuff like that'.
"I'm trying to take steps forward, if that makes sense," Blanchard said.
Blanchard acknowledged in another video that she had already deleted her public Instagram account after her dad advised her that 'real life is something you can touch—something you can feel—people you can actually hug'.
"I don't understand why people are so interested in my life, I don't get it," she added.
"I don't see myself as famous. Especially for—for what? Like, I did something bad. I'm trying to make myself a better person now but I don't get it. That's not me, I'm not famous. I'm not anything. I'm just Gypsy."
Blanchard does still have a verified Instagram account, but it has been made private and has just 74 followers.
On the same day she posted her apology, Blanchard removed her public TikTok account.
