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[dramatic music]

- [Reporter] Startling new developments

in an already bizarre

murder case in Springfield.

- [Reporter 1] 24-year-old Gypsy Blanchard admitted

to killing her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.

- [Reporter 2] Gypsy shocking many of those who knew her

because she was not using a wheelchair.

It is a twisted story.

- [Reporter 3] Experts say she's the victim

of Munchhausen by Proxy Syndrome

and suffered at the hands of her mother.

- [Gypsy] From a very young age, my mother had claimed

that I had seizure disorders, hearing impairment.

I was forced to use a wheelchair.

As I got older, she started shaving my hair off

and telling people that I had cancer.

- [Kristy] Gypsy was Dee's daughter,

but also her prisoner.

- [Gypsy] Doctors is what I knew,

hospitals is what I knew, surgeries is what I knew.

I wanted that life that I was living to be over.

- [Rod] I was gone a lot, I wasn't the best dad.

I shoulda went and checked, and I had suspicions.

One of the bigger regrets I have

is not making her feel that she could come to me.

- [Gypsy] I met this guy, Nick, online.

I thought that he could be the one that would take me away

from this existence living with my mother.

He starts talking to me about

how he would kill my mother for me.

He arrives at the house, I get down on the ground,

and I hear screaming,

and that's when I hear her call my name.

And she's like, "Gypsy, help me."

And to this day, I can't get that out of my head.

- [Mike] What in the world happened?

You know, we didn't know what to think.

- [Kristy] Oh, if I could go back in time,

I would rewrite the script.

- [Mike] While, yes, she was involved in the murder,

she just went from one prison to another.

- [Reporter] Gypsy pleaded guilty to second degree murder,

she was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

- [Gypsy] Since my incarceration, I am finally free

to build relationships and friendships.

And I have been keeping a secret.

I am engaged!

[chuckles]

- [Ryan] Her story, you know, just hit me.

And I thought, "Gosh, she's cute."

- [Mia] Fan boying huh?

- Well, yeah, well, yeah, at that point,

yeah, at that point I guess I was.

- I wish they would wait a little bit.

- [Kristy] Why now?

Why rush?

- [Reporter] Gypsy Rose reportedly married a man

named Ryan Scott Anderson in 2022 while in prison.

- [Gypsy] He calms,

almost like a storm that's inside my soul.

- Gypsy Blanchard will be set free.

- [Reporter] The Department of Corrections

granted her early release.

- Gypsy Blanchard says she's ready to go home

to Louisiana with her husband.

- [Gypsy] I feel like the Gypsy Blanchard

that entered this institution

has been through a great deal in her life

but has overcome a lot.

- [Mia] When she gets in the real world,

she don't know what it's like yet.

- But wouldn't you prefer her have somebody to lean on?

- [Mia] Yeah, but she has us.

- [Kristy] There will be bumps in the road,

but that's what she has family for.

- I just want her to be happy,

that's all I really care about.

- [Gypsy] I want to live a simple life

that everybody else takes for granted.

I don't wanna be remembered as the girl

who killed her mother

who

was abused by her mother.

I want this to be, okay, you know my story.

Alright, now let's see what I do with my life.

[suspenseful music]

[clock ticking]

- Missouri's most famous prisoners

will be released tomorrow.

Gypsy Blanchard will be set free.

- The state granted her request for parole.

- She served eight years

for the murder of her abusive mother.

- [Reporter] Her case has been turned into documentaries

and a TV series, some even see

Gypsy Rose as a sympathetic hero.

- [Reporter 1] Now the 32 year-old Blanchard

moving forward with the world watching.

- [Reporter 2] Whether you look at Twitter, X or Facebook,

even TikTok, it's trending everywhere.

- Tomorrow she is getting released.

Wonder if she'll get TikTok.

- This woman is iconic, like she's a legend.

- This is insane, like Gypsy Rose Blanchard

is getting out of prison.

[ominous music]

[wind blowing]

[locks clicking]

- Hi.

I'm a little nervous.

- [giggles]

- I don't know, I just always get nervous.

It's like little jitters.

- [laughs] I know, it's so nice.

- I feel like ever since my case was

all over the media, all over the news,

people have been on this journey with me.

And I think that I've outgrown

this prison version of myself that I think a lot

of people have come to associate me with.

I wanna be Gypsy Rose Blanchard,

a survivor,

an advocate for people that have been

through what I have been through.

And I wanna be someone that my family could be proud of.

[uplifting guitar music]

- [Ryan] Oh, you decorating the tree, I like it.

- I like a lot of lights, a lot of lights.

- [Ryan] Do you? - Oh yeah. [whispering]

- What's her favorite kind of cake?

- White icing with buttercream.

- What do y'all want on it?

- Umm...

- Like on, like letters on the cake?

- Yeah, like a saying.

- [Mia] We're not gonna have

a plain white cake.

- Yeah, just say, "Welcome home Gypsy Rose."

or have like couple roses on it.

- I'm overwhelmed.

Yesterday I was saying, you know,

"Eight years left," and now it's here.

[melancholy music]

Countdown her last night there.

Tomorrow night she'll be with us.

- [Ryan] You need any help dad, you need anything?

- [Rod] No, I'm good right now.

Everybody keeps asking me, you know, "What you think,

"how it's gonna go, you know, are they gonna last or not?"

And I mean, this is a whole new chapter.

Everything's new and she's got stuff to look forward to.

You know, you have to make mistakes

and learn from them, you know,

and everybody could tell her how they feel, and

but, at the end of the day, she's still gonna make her

choice and that's what she did through this you know,

deciding to get married in prison and everything.

And I wanted her to make that choice.

And I want her to like have to live with it

and learn from that.

- [Ryan] Oh man, smells good.

Marrying Gypsy wasn't easy.

Of course, I asked for his approval and he gave it to me.

But you know, you never know if you truly get that approval.

It just smells better and better in here

each time I come, you know.

Right now I just want this to work.

You know, everybody's giving us a 50 50 shot, you know?

But I feel it's 100 percent.

Can you believe this day's actually here?

- [Rod] I know it, bro.

- Isn't it crazy?

I mean, I've only waited three years.

Y'all been waiting eight and a half.

- I know.

- Part of me like has to put that in perspective,

y'all been waiting so long

and I come in and I go pick her up.

- [Rod] Yeah.

I ain't gonna lie, I'm jealous bro but that's all good.

[bacon sizzling]

- [Ryan] And I'm the lucky one that gets to pick her up.

A lot of people wanted that honor, I got it.

I don't know how, I pinch myself sometimes.

- [Rod] I'm going to tell you this though.

- [Ryan] What's that boss?

You pick her up and y'all do

some crazy [bleep], I got a lot of guns.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

- It is hot in here.

It is so hot, man.

- [Gypsy] What makes Ryan like so different from my exes

- [Gypsy] What makes Ryan like so different from my exes

is because I think with my exes, they were in love

with the idea of me rather than they were in love with me.

They were so hyped up

to wanna get to know

the Gypsy Blanchard they saw on the TV screen.

And when I showed that I'm human,

I'm not a character, I have flaws

because

the level of emotional baggage

that I carry,

I put that so deep inside

that the only person that gets to see that

is my significant other.

And I kind of feel like everyone else ran and he didn't.

- [Ryan] [nervous sigh]

I'm super excited, super nervous,

but in a good nervous, like it's ready

for, it's actually happening, you know.

I didn't think this day would come.

I always talked about it and, you know,

I remember when a year happened

and I just made a countdown clock on my phone

and little by little I'd check it

and be like, "Okay, 250 days, 100 days."

Then when it got to like 30, I was like,

"Baby, we're at 30 days," like that month flew by too.

So I think the countdown clock says two days.

So one day,

it's crazy, it's crazy.

[gentle music]

- [Mia] I like Ryan, I do, nice guy, you know, respectful.

But until I see them interact one-on-one together,

I think I will be skeptical

of the whole situation

until I see it for myself.

I don't want anything to hurt her.

But I'm happy if she's happy and I'll support

whatever decision she wants to make,

I'm there 100 percent,

I'll always be there.

How old are you?

- [Ryan] 37.

- [Mia] Wait, your birthday's?

- June.

- [Mia] June too?

- What day in June?

- [Mia] 25th.

- I'm 23rd right on,

you're a cancer too, right on.

- Oh really?

I didn't know that.

- And we gonna get along just fine.

- [Kristy] Gypsy and I, over the years, have created a bond

and, you know, she felt comfortable calling me mom.

And like I told her the first time we went to court,

she thought after we heard everything

that we were gonna leave.

And I do not condone what she did but I understood.

And I put my hand on that glass

and she put her hand and I'm like,

"You know, I will never leave your side,"

because that's what moms do.

We protect,

we love,

we love hard,

we protect harder

but also

the bond.

- [Ryan] Alright, party people.

- [Kristy] Heading out?

- [Ryan] I gotta go.

- [Kristy] Be careful.

- Alright, next time y'all see me,

I will have ole girl with me.

- Go get her brother.

- I will, Dad.

I love you man.

- [Rod] I love you brother.

- Alright guys, love y'all.

- [Kristy] Love you too baby.

Be careful.

- Always.

- [Kristy] Try to get some sleep tonight.

- [Mia] Yeah. - I will.

I'm gonna do the best I can.

- So much, honestly, you know.

Just neglect, general neglect, you know.

I mean I could have done so much more,

dug in a little deeper, you know.

I think there's some reconciling that we have to do.

I think we probably both have questions for each other.

But we need to start it on a good foundation

where we can be honest, you know,

of how we failed in the past, things we've done wrong.

Could start something fresh from there knowing

where we stand with each other, you know,

we got a long way to go, I know that.

You know, it's a gonna be a tough balance, you know?

[upbeat music]

- [Ryan] Hey baby.

- [Ryan] Are you?

- [Ryan] Well baby, you know, you gotta think

this is your last day in prison.

- [Ryan] They just asked me what we plan to do tonight

and I said, "love on you, sleep."

- [Gypsy] [chuckling]

- [Ryan] Baby, I wanna say this is the prison calling me.

Can you hold on a second?

- Hang on.

This is Ryan.

- [Ryan] Yeah, hey, what's up Major?

- No sir, I haven't had any, anything that's

out of the ordinary.

- Yeah, what time you thinking?

- [Ryan] Okay.

- Absolutely, absolutely, like I said,

just gimme a call, I'll be in town.

- All right brother. Bye.

- The prison, he was just double checking where I was at.

I tried to get him to tell me

the exact time and he would not do it.

Damn, he wouldn't gimme a time.

- [Ryan] No, I haven't baby, but I will.

- [Ryan] I love you too.

Bye baby.

That's Gypsy Rose.

[gentle guitar music]

She's so good.

I love her.

That's my wife.

Really, man, I'm not even gonna lie, I'm so nervous.

I get to finally have my wife home.

Still, gonna be different, her being at home,

it's a new ball game,

but I'm ready for it, I've been ready.

but I'm ready for it, I've been ready.

[gentle music]

- Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the most famous victim

of Munchausen by Proxy is going to be

paroled tomorrow, December 28th.

- This has been very controversial.

Some people believe that she should not have gotten

any time, some people believe

she should have gotten more time.

- You guys, I cannot stop thinking

about Gypsy Rose Blanchard getting out of prison.

[upbeat rock music]

- Gypsy says that she's bracing herself for the spotlight

and scrutiny she's going to come home to,

but that she's looking forward to spending time

with her father and her stepmother,

and her new husband, Ryan.

[gentle music]

- [Ryan] That's her ring.

Family heirloom.

My mom gave me that for my wife and this is Gypsy's.

I know she wanted that the moment we got there, so.

I've been waiting for this day for three years.

It's finally here.

Nerves are just.

[popping noise]

Oh, there he is.

This is Ryan.

- I'm good man, how you doing?

- [Ryan] I can do that.

- Yeah, I can do that. I'll be there at 3:15.

Thank you buddy.

- [Prison Major] You need something holler. Thank you bye.

- Alright, bye.

Alright.

Alright Ryan, moment of truth.

[tense music]

I am so nervous. Excited though.

I'll spray my cologne on. She loves my cologne.

Put her in the mood.

Alright, all done

[tense guitar music]

- [Prison Radio] 3 point 31-901, for a message.

- How you doing buddy?

- Hey man, stressful.

- Yes sir.

- [Ryan] Okay.

- [Security] Alright?

- [Ryan] Alright thank you sir.

- Yeah.

- Ah.

Yeah.

[signal beeping] - [Ryan] Yeah I got you boss.

There you go.

[radio static]

- [Security] David.

- [Radio] 10-17 out of the hall.

- [Ryan] Yes sir.

[door slams]

So how's she doing? She nervous?

- [Ryan] Good.

[suspenseful music]

[doors clangs closed]

- [Ryan] The boots don't fit?

- [Ryan] Oh no. - [Gypsy] Oh my God.

- [Gypsy] Thank you. - [Ryan] Hey, thank you.

- [Gypsy] [chuckles] [kiss sound]

- [Ryan] I love you.

- [Gypsy] I love you. I'm ready to go.

- [Ryan] You look so good. You look so good.

[Gypsy chuckles] You are so sexy.

- [Gypsy] Oh my God. The car is moving. Oh my God.

- [Ryan] Yeah, baby, we're out.

- [Gypsy] Oh my God I did not sleep.

[camera beeping]

- [Ryan] You didn't sleep?

- I did not sleep. I was like trying to be awake.

- You look so good in regular clothes.

- I know. I just wish that it fit a little better.

I'm like trying not to show too much boob.

- [Ryan] Oh, it's hot.

- [laughs loudly]

- It's so hot.

- Oh, it so feels so weird being in a car.

- [Ryan] Yeah, I get to touch your leg.

- [chuckles]

- Oh, I missed you.

- I missed you too.

[upbeat music]

This all just feels like so surreal right now.

Like, I don't even know how to feel right now.

Woo.

- [Ryan] You're free.

- [chuckles] I'm free.

Woo. This car is going really fast.

♪ Every moment

♪ Led me to this one

♪ Could I shine through the dark ♪

♪ Shine through the dark

[gypsy chuckling] - [Ryan] Here, gimme your hand.

♪ Oh, I feel like my blood rushing ♪

- [Ryan] I can't stop smiling.

- [Gypsy] This whole scenery.

- Got your ring in my pocket.

- Oh, get it, get it.

- You want it?

See a moment at truth, see if it fits?

- [chuckles]

Oh, it's so pretty.

- [Ryan] Isn't it nice?

- Oh, he did shine it up really good.

And it fits perfectly. [chuckles]

- Does it?

Yes! Look at that. Gimme another kiss.

- It fits perfect.

Don't wreck.

- [Ryan] Now Kristy wanted us to call them.

- Oh my goodness, this is all so.

- [Ryan] It's surreal, right?

- It's crazy.

It's all kind of hitting like at once.

Oh, you're calling her right now?

- Yeah.

- Oh.

- Hey!

[indistinct chatter]

- It's, it's feeling a little surreal right now.

- I know.

- [Ryan] We're going straight to the hotel.

- So, we should be alright.

- Yeah, we're gonna try.

Well, I just wanted y'all to say hey.

- I love y'all.

- I love you guys.

- Okay, see you soon.

- Bye guys.

[chuckles]

- [Ryan] They gots to go. It's my time with my wife.

- Oh [chuckles].

[gentle chime music]

- Alright babe, come on, let's roll.

You look so good.

- You just can't stop staring at me.

- I can't.

You want some fries?

- Um no.

- You don't?

- No, I just want

- Want me?

to just be right now.

- Alright, you want me to leave you be?

- No, I don't want you to leave.

I just trying to process.

- [Ryan] Okay. Okay.

Well baby, I got chips.

I got fries. I got whatever you want.

- We don't get fries in there.

- [Ryan] Well, look, taste 'em before I warm 'em up

because they might still be alright.

- Trust me. I'm sure they will be amazing.

- So don't need to warm 'em up.

- They are so good. [laughs]

- I will take a couple.

- Okay.

- [Ryan] They taste alright?

- Mmm-hmm.

Not bad for three in the morning.

- [Ryan] [laughs].

I've never been able to feel this part of your arm.

So it's new to me.

- [laughs] It's different.

- Yeah, it's a different feel.

I know.

- You are gonna get to see me in all my quirky glory.

- Well, good. That's what I've been waiting for, sweetheart.

I've been waiting for that for three years.

- What if I snore?

- Well then we gotta get a divorce right away.

[laughs]

- [laughs] I mean, what do you think? What if you snore?

- I don't know.

Because none of my roommates ever said you snore.

- I'm gonna get get you a

sleep apnea mask and then we'll really.

[laughs loudly]

- Nope.

- I know. You don't need that.

I thought moment I said that.

I thought,

I'm not your mother.

- No. No. I mean I know.

Look at you vaping, like what?

- Tastes so good. You didn't taste this one.

- Alright, let me try it one time.

- [Ryan] Cherry peach Lemonade. Don't hit it too hard.

- [Gypsy] [coughs]

It's just a little harsh. [coughs]

Damn.

- It's harsh at first.

- It's so harsh. Ugh.

- I'm sorry baby. That was harsh.

- Oh, it's okay.

- [Ryan] Are you getting sleepy.

- [Gypsy] Little bit.

This bed feel so comfortable.

- You the one that feels comfortable.

- Just wanna lay in it for a second.

- Lay down.

- Yeah. That feels nice.

- That feel good?

I just wanna hold you.

I missed you.

- I was cold all night, but I'm not cold anymore.

- You not? Look, I can actually rub up.

- [laughs] No one's telling you don't do that.

- That's so hot. I'm actually love on you now.

[guitar strings]

[clock ticking]

- Am I the only one that woke up looking for live footage

of Gypsy Rose being released?

What the heck?

Where's the live footage?

- Gypsy Rose Blanchard is now a free woman.

She has just been released from prison in apparently

a very secretive way.

[dramatic music]

- We don't know where she is or what she's doing,

but it should stay that way until she decides to share.

- [Ryan] Alright, baby.

- [Gypsy] Did I show you my first selfie?

That's first selfie.

- Oh.

Fine as ever.

- [Gypsy] [giggles] It looks good?

- [Ryan] Yeah. Looks really good.

- [Gypsy] How do you text people back?

- [Ryan] Alright, so you click on messages.

- Okay.

- [Ryan] And you text the person

and well, you'll learn sweetheart.

- Wow, it's even got like smart thingies

where I said we're just leaving the,

and it says house, office, airport.

Creepy.

- It is so cute. How you don't know that stuff. Gimme kiss.

So cute.

- This is my first cell phone.

- [Ryan] I know. It is adorable.

- [Gypsy] So once we get out of town,

I'm gonna wear these boots that don't fit.

- [Ryan] Right, I gotta.

- To get out into the car.

- [Ryan] Yep.

- And then we're gonna go find somewhere

where we can get some shoes that do fit.

- Oh, last night was great. Great.

We got to, yeah, we got to love on each other.

- We got to consummate our marriage.

- [Ryan] We did get to do that. She was so nervous.

- [Gypsy] Not for long. [laughs loudly]

- [Ryan] Not for long. She got into it.

- [laughs]

- [Ryan] No, it was great.

- That's all the details y'all get.

- [Ryan] It was great, I married the right woman.

Let tell you that

- [Gypsy] He always use to say

'I'm a dynamo'.

And I'm like, every guy says that.

No, he's a dynamo.

- Y'all heard that?

[clicking noises]

- Oh my God.

- It's cold.

Alright back seat.

Woo it's cold.

[upbeat music]

- Where's my brush? My hair looks like [bleep].

- It's fine.

- [Ryan] Alright, we're rolling out.

- [Gypsy] Alright.

Whew okay now,

long car ride.

[upbeat music]

So this is Chillicothe.

This is where I've been living this whole time.

- [Ryan] Yep.

Oh, I love your glasses.

- [Gypsy] I know they are adorable.

Yeah, okay, I can see a little better though.

- How was it being in the room by yourself?

- When you went to take a shower?

- [Ryan] Yeah.

- I was putting on my makeup

and it was really nice.

It was just kind of.

- [Ryan] It's just nice being a alone.

- It was just nice kind of doing my own thing.

- Yeah, that's what I'm what I'm saying.

- It's just a whole different feel to life.

[gentle guitar]

- [Rod] Oh, hey.

- [Corrine] How are you?

- Good.

- [Corrine] Good.

- Better than I've ever been, I guess.

- [Kristy] Oh God, Mike.

- What's up buddy?

How you doing?

- [Mike] Good. How are you doing?

- Good man.

- [Mike] I've been doing this for sixteen and a half years.

I've handled probably over four thousand cases.

There's really never been one like this.

It was extremely hard for me to accept that

her going to prison was going to have to be an outcome.

This is the final chapter of

what I worked so hard on.

And what I really hoped would be the outcome

for Gypsy is she finally gets to come home to her dad,

to her stepmom, and she gets to live a normal life.

- I don't know what y'all have planned today,

but y'all, could even sleep on this. [laughs]

I mean.

- We're here.

- [Corrine] Yeah, that's what we had planned.

- [Mike] Yep.

- [Rod] Awesome.

- It's too important.

- Broadway Shoes. There we go.

- [Gypsy] Okay.

Okay, I gotta walk in these things.

- [Ryan] Baby, just for a minute.

- Alright.

Oh it's cold.

- Ah.

- Thanks.

- [Ryan] Welcome sweetheart.

[trunk lid clunks]

You're covered. [chuckles]

- [Gypsy] [laughs] - I'm huge.

- [Gypsy] It's warm. - [Ryan] Alright.

- [Gypsy] All right, hold my hand.

- Come on baby.

- [Gypsy] I'm trying to not walk extremely fast

so I don't trip and die.

- [Ryan] Who is that? People we don't know.

[tense music]

- [Man] Where we going? Where you going?

[tense music] [Gypsy speaks indistinctly]

- It was fun.

- Bought these new shoes.

- Lots of them.

- Nope.

[car doors thud]

- What the hell? Who was that?

- You see him? He's in the car right now.

Like, I just don't want these [bleep]

to know where we're going.

[suspenseful music]

We're, we're being followed.

Can't we like call the police?

- [Gypsy] Ugh.

[engine revving]

- [Ryan] Damn I just want to go.

- Don't crash.

- [Gypsy] Hey dad, we're being followed

by media right now,

but we don't know what to do.

So, what happens if they're gonna show up,

they follow us to the Airbnb? What are we gonna do?

- [Rod] I would say just come here darling.

- [Mike] Yep.

- Just come here.

Y'all can park in the garage.

- [Gypsy] Alright.

- [Rod] And we'll just close the curtains. I mean.

- We'll deal with it. - [Rod] We won't let 'em come on

the property or anything.

- [Gypsy] Alright.

- Alright, will do, I think we're about 30 minutes out.

- Well, can't wait to see you, darling.

- [Gypsy] I know. I love you.

See you soon. Bye.

See you soon. Bye.

- [Ryan] That's just crazy, baby.

They must have been on us the whole time.

- Maybe. Maybe they knew what hotel we were in.

[clocking ticking]

[clock ticking]

- We now have the details of Gypsy Rose

Blanchard's prison release

and the first pictures of her since she's been freed.

- And as she was leaving, people noticed

that she did not have on any shoes.

- Literally this picture of her bag went viral

because people were talking about

and debating every single item that she had in this bag.

- Buying new shoes, Gypsy was asked if she had any plans.

And she responded.

- Lots of them.

- And she's already planned her first outing.

She's going to be going apparently to a Chief's game

and hoping to meet Taylor Swift.

- Even though she knows Taylor may not be there

because of her tour schedule,

she's still going to the Chiefs game

because apparently she's a big football fan.

- All we can hope is that Gypsy is happy

and able to live her best life.

- Look, you see that right there?

- Oh, okay.

- That white car.

- Okay, that white utility looking truck.

- [Ryan] Yeah.

- Hope, okay, he's going the other way, so hopefully.

- No he's not, he's right there.

- Oh, nevermind.

- [Ryan] Just pulled in behind him.

I hope he didn't get my number.

- [Gypsy] I don't know how that works.

- [Ryan] I got a voicemail.

Let's see who this voicemail is from.

- Alright, I better call him.

- [Ryan] Here you go.

- Yeah.

- We'll call 'em right now.

- Alright.

- [Officer] Interstate this is.

- Hi, this is Gypsy Blanchard.

- Umm...

- Umm, is... - Ah, I...

- Yes, that is correct.

I had pre-okayed that with my parole officer way before

and I haven't gotten to give him a call yet

because I got released at like three o'clock in the morning.

So I was waiting for a decent hour

and right now we're headed to Kansas City.

- To meet her family,

- To meet up with my family.

Like I discussed

with the IPO in Chillicothe Correctional Center.

And so I was just getting ready to call my PO so I can kind

of know what my reporting directives are.

- No they don't.

- Uh-huh.

- Drive.

- Our plan was we were gonna,

- Our plan was already set.

- Our plan was already set

to stay a few days in Kansas City.

- Yeah with our P.O.

- Shh!

And with my parole officer's permission.

He said that that's fine.

And to report to him in Louisiana after the holiday.

- Yes. - Yes, he does.

- On New Year's Day. - The 1st.

- Okay.

- Okay. That sounds good. I will do that.

- Okay, that sounds good. I'm sorry

for the miscommunication, you know?

- Okay, thank you.

- [Officer] Okay, thank you ma'am.

- [Gypsy] Okay, bye-bye.

- [Officer] Bye-bye.

[phone beeps]

- Jesus. - [Ryan] They need to chill.

Like you need to go to Louisiana now.

- I'm like, we've already, clarified.

- No we've cleared this [bleep] so...

[traffic whoosh] [gentle music]

- Well ,I mean, what are your thoughts on the Chief's game?

The media portraying it as you know, she's going there

to meet Taylor Swift.

- Right.

It could be bad.

- [Mia] I don't like it.

- [Rod] Considering her past

meeting all the celebrities

and using her illness to get her to meet all these people.

- [Corrine] Right. That's what her mom trained her to do.

- [Rod] After the murder, they found a bunch of receipts

and stuff from charitable foundations,

from some country music singers,

like some checks and things.

That's resurfacing some of that mentality.

- Exactly.

- And something her mom used to get her to those

celebrities, and now.

- [Corrine] Right.

- I just don't wanna see that fester in her.

- [Mia] I don't think it was a smart idea at all.

But at the same time, I feel like she's just ready

to do whatever she wants to do without anybody telling her

what she can and can't do.

And she wants to experience and that's what she's doing.

And it's not like she's gonna really listen to us.

She's gonna do whatever she wants regardless, but.

- [Mike] And then you've got Ryan in the mix too.

So I mean we don't have just,

it's not just talking to Gypsy now.

You have to take into account that

she does have somebody there also offering advice and.

- Brings in another element of navigating.

- Correct.

- We'll have to stay tight with them

regarding everything she's doing.

I know she's got a obviously check in with a parole.

- [Mike] Correct.

When you're on parole, you are still under the custody

of the Department of Corrections.

And so you don't have the same freedoms

that the average person does.

She is going home today, but she is not free yet.

[dramatic music] [traffic humming]

- [Ryan] Damn [bleep] right there.

I could lose him right now.

- [Gypsy] You know, Dad said just drive safe.

Don't get in a car crash worrying about losing him.

- [Ryan] I know.

- That's stressing me out.

- What's stressing you out?

- Just drive safe please.

- Okay baby I will.

- Thank you.

- I feel my heart getting faster.

Faster and faster.

If I wanna run about ten laps,

'cause I have all this nervous energy.

I'm on two and a half hours, three hours of sleep

and not too long she's gonna be here.

My mind just keeps going.

[can pops open]

I still can't believe that it's here.

- Look, he stopped in the mid-traffic.

[bleep] [bleep]

- Be safe.

- He's about to see where we turn.

- [Mia] They're here.

- [Rod] Coming in hot. He ain't lying.

[tense music]

- Did they get in the garage?

- [Kristy] Yeah, I hear the door.

Okay. Shut these.

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- Yes.

- The institution wanted me to go directly to Louisiana

and I said I'd called my PO

in Louisiana

to work out.

- Alright, okay.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music] [Officer] It doesn't matter.

- [Gypsy] Okay

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Alright.

- [Gypsy] Okay.

- Thank you. Bye.

[phone beeps]

- That's some bull [bleep].

Nun-uh, [bleep] you man.

You do not have permission.

- [Gypsy] So we can just go back to Louisiana

and they're happy, la-di-da.

It is what it is.

[paper rustling]

You know?

- [Ryan] That's a thirteen hour trip.

- [Gypsy] I know.

- [Mike] Okay, now I'm getting nervous.

- Oh y'all I'm shivering.

- Okay, let's go inside.

Let's try to be joyous.

- I know. It'll be all right.

[gentle music]

- Might as well leave our stuff in the car.

- Yeah, might as well.

♪ I know that we don't have to

♪ Walk this road anymore

♪ I will find

- [Gypsy] Hi!

♪ My way back

♪ My way back

- You made it.

- Hi.

- You made it.

Little scared?

- Yeah, a little bit.

- Yeah?

- A little bit.

It was a little scary there for a second.

- You look beautiful baby.

- Thank you.

[uplifting music]

- [Gypsy] I know.

- [Rod] Gypsy's home!

- I'm crying on you right now.

- I've been crying off and on all day, okay.

- My sis.

- You had a good time? Your first night?

- Yes.

Mike, come give me a hug.

- Little bit.

You made it.

- Good to see you.

- It's good to see you too.

- [Kristy] So...

- Welcome to the crazy world. All eyes on you.

- I welcome it.

- [Kristy] I had just said, we're gonna run into them.

I look into my rearview mirror I saw your lisence plate so...

- Oh goodness. It was a little scary for a second.

- Really?

- Yeah, a little bit. - I bet.

- A little bit.

- The best thing just to come here though, you know?

- Yeah.

- We'll just leave the windows closed.

- Yeah, that's probably good idea.

- Hopefully they'll leave us alone.

- Yeah, I'm hoping. I'm hoping.

- We'll be fine here.

- Yeah, I'm hoping. I'm hoping.

We got another situation going on though.

- She has to get to Louisiana now.

- Really?

- [Ryan] And we were like, we cleared this, like your P.O.

we're reporting on the third

and like he knows that.

That's when our intake is and he's like,

nope, I don't care.

You gotta go to Louisiana now.

So I'm trying to get in touch with her P.O.

So that's why we were still in the car.

'cause that just happened.

- Wow.

- [Mike] Looks like I am gonna be working today.

- [Kristy] Yep.

- [Rod] We'll figure out what's going on.

- Yeah, what we need to do.

- We'll talk to somebody and.

- [Ryan] It was just crazy.

He said we got reports she's going to a Chief Bengals game.

Y'all can't go to the Chief Bengals game.

- Let me see what I can find out.

I think this is an example of how things are going to be

for Gypsy herself.

I don't think this is something that would be an issue

for anybody else.

Because of the media frenzy, probation and parole

wants her to get to Louisiana

wants her to get checked in

so that Louisiana can take over supervision.

If this were just any other person,

I don't think it would've even registered on anyone's radar.

- [Ryan] Alright, there, you wanna talk?

Right here.

- Hello?

- [Gypsy] Yes, this is Gypsy.

- Our plans was to stay a few days in Kansas City

and drive back on the first to Louisiana.

- Okay.

- Okay, thank you so much sir.

[laughs]

- [Gypsy] I know.

I don't wanna do anything in violation of my parole.

I'm a very responsible woman that just wants to do right.

And what she's told and whatever that means.

- [Gypsy] Alright.

Thank you so much and we'll let you know

if we know anything.

- [Gypsy] Bye.

- [Mike] That's a really good P.O.

He seems to understand the situation

and is willing to work it out with you.

- Thank you.

- [Rod] Don't worry.

- [Gypsy] Oh God.

- [Rod] We good. We good.

Yeah, worst case you'll have to leave in the morning.

- Right.

- Which we can have a great time today.

- Right, we can have it. We still have today.

- We got today planned out perfectly.

- Right, let's have a good time today.

- It's not going nothing like we planned yet.

[Gypsy laughs] We'll get there.

- [Rod] Which is good.

[Gypsy gasps]

[Gypsy laughs]

[phone ringing]

- [Gypsy] Hello?

- Yes. I understand.

- Okay.

- Yes, make sure the [indistinct]...

- Okay, sir, my name is Mike Stanfield

and I was her attorney during the case.

We just spoke to her Louisiana probation

or parole officer on the phone.

He has no problem with her not being in Louisiana

until after the first of the year.

- So the issue is, is you just want her out

of the state of Missouri.

- Well, so they've been up since one o'clock this morning.

So her traveling from Kansas City where she is

to Louisiana tomorrow morning would not be sufficient.

[Indistinct whispers]

- [Gypsy] [sobbing]

- [Mike] Okay, they're not, their office isn't

open until January 3rd.

She couldn't report there,

if she got to Louisiana by 8:00 AM tomorrow,

she couldn't report tomorrow.

- Okay.

She literally has already reported

to the Louisiana officer.

I spoke to him personally 30 minutes ago.

- [Gypsy] I just need a minute, okay?

[sobbing]

- [Kristy] It's, baby.

Listen. Listen to Mom.

Listen. It's okay.

It's okay. You did the hardest part.

[Gypsy sobbing]

- [Kristy] They're not gonna send you back.

[Gypsy sobbing]

- [Kristy] They not gonna send you back Gyps.

- [Gypsy] [sobbing] I'm so sorry.

- [Kristy] Don't be sorry, please.

- [Gypsy] I'm sorry.

I feel like I've got all these people.

- [Kristy] No, no listen. These are your people.

There is nothing to be sorry about. Not a thing.

- [Gypsy] This was supposed to be a good day

and I wanna have a good day with everybody else too.

But I also just want to do what I'm supposed to on parole.

I don't understand why I have to be different.

I don't understand what makes me different.

Because to me I'm just another average bear.

And I guess I'm getting a huge culture shock.

So.

At the end of the day I will still do whatever it takes

to make me free.

I do not feel free right now.

I feel like I am

in a different form of prison.

I had a nightmare about my mom.

It's not easy to live with.

- [Man] Gypsy can we get a quick selfie?

- [Ryan] Come here.

- [Gypsy] I have my freedom now.

[Gypsy laughs]

Whoa!

- I'm terrified.

I don't know how to cook.

- That's so bad.

- It's not bad.

- It's so bad.

- Hadn't had a sex life to speak of.

We consummated our marriage.

- Apparently the D is fire son.

- Oh my God!

- [Gypsy] I feel like everything I do is on a microscope.

Am I at risk for dangerous people?

I've been getting death threats.

My parole officer received a complaint.

My biggest fear is going back to prison.

I don't wanna be the old Gypsy.

[uplifting music]

- What would you change about your nose?

- The bump.

I am kind of rushing into things

and wanting to do everything all at once.

- She's 30 years old.

She's making 17, 18-year-old person type decisions.

- What?

- If something happens with Gypsy

and Ken, that's going to be your fault.

- [Ryan] He's trying to weasel his way back in

because now Gypsy's out of prison.

- We had sex. It wasn't protected.

- Are you pregnant?

- Who is that?

Who are you texting?

- You're mad at me

because I confided in someone.

Are you happy?

- [Ryan] I'm very happy with you.

- [Gypsy] I just think I would be happier

somewhere else.

- Go call Ken.

You're probably already talking to him anyway.

[tense music]

- [Ken] I've never been on camera before

talking about anything like this.

- [Ryan] I need to have faith that you always come back.

- [Gypsy] I sent him a text and I'm like,

I'm gonna want a divorce.

- Hey you!

[chuckles]