Whereas Gypsy Rose Blanchard was abused by her mom, Dee Dee Blanchard, whose dying she helped orchestrate in 2015, the 32-year-old has been fortunate to have an in depth relationship along with her stepmom, Kristy Blanchard. Gypsy Rose grew up other than Kristy and her father, Rod Blanchard, due to Dee Dee’s lies and manipulation. However since being launched from jail after serving 8 of her 10-year sentence on December 28, Gypsy Rose has reunited along with her family members, together with her stepmom.

The connection between Gypsy Rose and Kristy is explored within the Lifetime docuseries The Jail Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, which premieres January 5. Maintain studying to be taught extra about Kristy Blanchard.

Kristy Is Married to Gypsy Rose’s Father

Gypsy’s mother and father, who met in highschool, break up up earlier than she was born. Her father began relationship Kristy when Gypsy Rose was six months previous and so they ended up getting married. Within the Lifetime doc, Kristy says that she and Rod had been shut with Gypsy Rose whereas she was rising up, based on PEOPLE. Nonetheless, they slowly grew other than Gypsy Rose as Dee Dee was mendacity to them that Gypsy Rose was sick with a number of diseases.

Kristy Has Two Kids with Rod

Rod and Kristy share two kids, son Dylan Blanchard and daughter Mia Blanchard, 22. Dylan is extraordinarily non-public and isn’t lively on social media. Mia, in the meantime, is a scholar on the College of Louisiana. After Gypsy Rose was launched from jail, Mia posted an image of the pair in entrance of a “Welcome Home” signal and balloons. “the sweetest hello, welcome home sister ,” Mia captioned her post.

Mia additionally seems in The Jail Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and says that she feels “sorry” for the way her stepsister grew up. “I got to grow up with a loving father and a loving mother, I got to grow up going to school with my friends, hanging out with my friends, learning to do all these things and she never had that,” Mia says, per PEOPLE. “That was taken away from her by her mother.”

Kristy Appeared within the ‘Mommy Dead and Dearest’ Doc

Kristy, Rod, and Mia all appeared within the 2017 HBO documentary Mommy Useless and Dearest, which explored Dee Dee’s homicide by Gypsy Rose and her ex-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.

On the flip aspect, Kristy had no involvement within the hit Hulu sequence The Act, which starred Joey King as Gypsy Rose and Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee. Kristy instructed Vulture that Michelle Dean, one of many co-creators of the present, went in opposition to the Blanchard household’s needs and didn’t embrace them within the challenge.

“With Michelle, I’m very disappointed that she has gone behind our backs, she has lied, she had every chance to get the whole truth and she didn’t. She just cut off communication,” Kristy mentioned. “Michelle has finished us soiled.

Kristy & Gypsy Rose Open Up About Their Relationship within the Lifetime Doc

Kristy has been a significant help system in Gypsy Rose’s life ever for the reason that 32-year-old went to jail. In The Jail Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Kristy says that she visited her stepdaughter in jail and instructed her, “I’m always gonna love you. If you need me, I’m here.” Gypsy Rose calls Kristy the “mom that I always wanted to have” within the doc, per PEOPLE.

Throughout the Lifetime sequence, Kristy additionally talks about how she didn’t need Gypsy Rose to get married to Ryan Scott Anderson at first. Kristy reveals that after Gypsy Rose and Ryan briefly broke up after getting married, Kristy instructed her stepdaughter to get an annulment. Nonetheless, Gypsy Rose and Ryan ended up reconciling and they’re nonetheless collectively in the present day. Gypsy Rose celebrated New Yr’s Eve along with her father, her stepmother, and her husband after getting out of jail.