The second episode of The Act devotes a significant amount of time to Gypsy Rose’s teeth. Gypsy gained 14 pounds in the 12 months she spent in Greene County Jail before her plea. “Most of my clients lose weight in prison,” Stanfield pointed out, because the food is so bad. Per the same Buzzfeed article: She’s off all her medications, and there have been no health problems in the year she’s been out of her mother’s control. Wait, so there was nothing medically wrong with Gypsy Rose?įriends, the only medical problems she had were a direct result of her mother’s actions and all the medications she had to take. Per the fascinating Buzzfeed article that inspired The Act (the author, Michelle Dean, is the co-creator of the show): She could walk just fine, there was nothing wrong with her muscles, and she had no medication or oxygen tank with her either.Īs Gypsy put it: “The only thing I knew was that I could walk, and that I could eat. How much did Gypsy Rose know that Dee Dee was lying about her health?Īccording to Gypsy Rose, she knew she could walk and eat real food, but that was it. Fair warning, if you’re not familiar with the story, there are some spoilers. Want to know what’s fact, and what’s fiction? I’ve broken it down for you, below. The Act, being a tv show, has taken a few liberties with the real lives of the two women. This week the The Act premiered on Hulu with its first two episodes, which fictionalized the stranger-than-fiction murder of Dee Dee Blanchard and the role her daughter, Gypsy Rose, played in it as well as chronicling what led up to it.

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