Who is Gypsy Rose Blanchard's husband? All about Ryan Scott Anderson ahead of bombshell prison confessions
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: ‘The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’ is all set to release on January 5 on Lifetime. While the world is familiar with Gypsy Rose Blanchard's story, here's everything you need to know about her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson.
However, for the unversed, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a Missouri woman persuaded an online boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy, and other serious illnesses in 2015.
Now, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, a perfectly healthy individual, who was released Thursday, December 28, from prison on parole after serving 8 years of a 10-year prison sentence, is all set to share her story of survival, chronicling a lifetime marked by silence and the pervasive abuse she endured.
Who is Ryan Scott Anderson?
Gypsy Rose Blanchard married her husband Ryan Scott Anderson while she was still in prison for the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Anderson is from Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he works as a middle school special education teacher.
How did Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ryan Scott Anderson meet?
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Anderson and Blanchard connected in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the height of the 'Tiger King's popularity on Netflix, Anderson's co-worker expressed her desire to write a letter to Joseph "Joe Exotic" Maldonado-Passage, a central figure in the show.
In response, Anderson made a deal with her: if she wrote to Joe Exotic, he would correspond with Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Surprisingly, Blanchard responded, and they began a back-and-forth email exchange in May 2020.
Blanchard was drawn to Anderson's personal approach and the sacrifices he made for his family, including helping raise his nephew.
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Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Blanchard and Anderson couldn't meet until July 2021. While the details of their initial meeting remain unclear, Blanchard had reportedly engaged with men through a pen pal program before. She was previously engaged to a man named Ken in 2019, but they eventually separated.
Surprisingly, Anderson and Blanchard obtained a marriage license in Chillicothe, Missouri, on June 27, 2022, while she was still incarcerated. A month later, on July 21, 2022, they exchanged vows in an intimate prison ceremony with no guests present.
Does Gypsy Rose Blanchard have children?
While Blanchard doesn't have any children, she shared with PEOPLE her aspirations of starting a family and having children.
Given her complicated relationship with her own mother, she mentioned facing questions about the kind of mother she'll be, which has been emotionally challenging.
She said, "Whenever someone says, do you think that because of what you went through, you're going to do that to your kids? And I said, You know what? Absolutely not. I have learned what not to do."
Blanchard highlighted Anderson's mother and her own stepmother as strong maternal figures who serve as examples for her parenting approach.
She said, "I have other mother figures that are around in my life, friends that are mothers," adding, "So I have a lot of good people around me to pull advice from when that time comes. I don't think that there's going to be a manual that says you've won mom of the year, but I definitely have no concerns about I think my parenting when it comes to that time."
What is ‘The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’ about?
‘The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’ delves into the harrowing life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy who garnered national attention due to her involvement in her mother's brutal murder.
As the six-part series unfolds, Gypsy Rose reflects on her emotional journey from enduring severe abuse to the drastic decisions she made for survival. The narrative unfolds within the confines of her prison cell on the brink of a parole hearing, shedding light on her struggles as a captive child under her mother's control.