Gypsy Rose Blanchard has found herself at the center of a fierce social media storm after posting a TikTok video that many users have labelled 'insensitive' for seemingly making light of the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
The viral TikTok in question featured Gypsy Rose using a trending audio clip to reference her troubled past, including her role in her mother's death.
The post quickly drew sharp reactions from across the internet, with countless users accusing her of exploiting a homicide case for views and social media engagement.
The backlash was swift, widespread, and unrelenting.
Appearing on the Viall Files podcast to defend her actions, Blanchard offered an explanation.
She described 'dark humor' as her primary coping mechanism in the aftermath of years of abuse under Munchausen syndrome by proxy — a condition in which her mother fabricated and induced illness in her.
The whole matter Blanchard spent over eight years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
