Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up. The 32-year-old true crime viral sensation may have deleted her Instagram, but she's still making headlines.in A Night of a Lifetime: A Conversation Panel on Controversy; She made her first public appearance since undergoing nose surgery and opened up about her mental health.
Blanchard, who is back with her ex-fiance, has gone through a lot of changes since being released from prison in December 2023. She amassed millions of followers on social media, was followed by paparazzi and treated like a celebrity.
It took a toll on her mental health, she said. “I'm very introverted. So I came out and this media storm hit me,” she told PEOPLE's Janine Rubenstein. “In the beginning, I was really, really touched by the positivity that people showed me. But then social media started, and as it always does, it turned into something negative. It took a toll on my spirit. My health started to suffer.”
Gypsy Rose told fans in March that she did not consider herself a “celebrity” and deactivated her social media accounts after issuing a public apology “to all those who have been offended by the lack of accountability.” Deleted. A source told PEOPLE at the time that her decision was “on the advice of her parole officer to make sure she doesn't get in trouble and go back to prison.”
But Gypsy is making a comeback to TikTok. She released a video of herself wearing a pink outfit on the beach, showing off the results of her rhinoplasty, and preparing for her panel discussion. She said she knows she will learn her lesson and that she will make some “mistakes.” “I learned not to read the comments and I recently went back to it,” she said during a panel discussion. “I'm just trying to live my life the best way I can.”
Blanchard's love life has also been turbulent and has become a hot topic on social media. She got back together with her ex-fiancé, but ken arker After separation from ex-husbandryan scott Three months after she was released from prison after serving time for her involvement with her mother Dee Dee Blanchard's murder.