Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Gets Emotional Explaining Why Her First Birthday After Leaving Prison Was So Special

Mar. 15, 2025

Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” Red Carpet Event on January 05, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty

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Gypsy-Rose Blanchardwill never forget her first birthday after leaving prison.

During an appearance on theWednesday, Oct. 16 edition ofThe Viall Filespodcast, Blanchard — who wasreleased from prison on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, afterserving eight years for her role in her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard’s murder— opened up about what it was like celebrating her first birthday as a free woman.

The expectant motherdiscussed what it was like turning 33 on Saturday, July 27, after hostNick Viallasked her what her favorite holiday to celebrate since getting out of prison has been.

“My birthday, actually,” she replied. “I know it’s not a holiday but in the past birthdays for me have been complicated, and in prison the last eight and a half years, my birthdays have been nothing more than my roommates making me a paper card,” she emotionally explained.

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“So my family, my dad[Rod Blanchard], [my stepmom]Kristy [Blanchard], you know,they all had us a little lunch in for my birthday, and thenKen [Urker]hadtaken me to the Ritz Carlton for a fancy dinner,” continued Blanchard.

After explaining that she only ordered french fries and a Caesar salad at their dinner, she laughed and said that Urker made the entire day “so sweet.”

“He made me a cake as well. He burned the first one, and so he had to remake it. There was so much love that went into that cake. I thought it was so sweet,” she said.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker celebrate her birthday.Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram

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“Once I was told my real age, I was able to start celebrating and getting older,” she said.

source: people.com