Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s intriguing story has been told through a Hulu TV series, an HBO documentary and countless news stories — and a new Lifetime special will share more details of her life in her own words.
The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Premiere Date, Episode Release Schedule, Where to Watch
Lifetime will release a six-hour documentary series, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, on Friday at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. It airs in three installments (each spanning two episodes), with the second and third parts airing Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET each night. Those with cable can watch on their local Lifetime channel.
Those without cable can watch it online with a live TV streaming service that carries Lifetime, such as DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo or Sling.
Below, keep reading for more details on how to watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online with and without cable, plus where to watch other movies and TV shows inspired by Blanchard.
Where to Stream The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard Online: Watch Free Without Cable
Cord-cutters can watch Lifetime on any live TV streaming service that carries the network, including DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo or Sling. Keep reading below to find out more about each option, including which ones offer a trial to watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard for free.
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DirecTV Stream
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Watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online for free when you sign up for a seven-day trial of DirecTV Stream‘s Entertainment package ($64.99 monthly, guaranteed for the first two years), which offers online TV, on-demand content and more than 75 other channels, including Lifetime, CNN, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, AMC and others. Other plans offer over 105-150 channels, with prices ranging from $83.99 to $154.99 per month.
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Fubo
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Watch Lifetime and more than 170 other news, entertainment and sports channels with a subscription to Fubo, which starts at $74.99 per month and includes a free five-day trial. You can record over 1,000 hours of TV shows, movies, games and more (including Monday, Thursday and Sunday night football) and watch later on your smartphone, tablet or TV.
Other plans include the Elite package (254 channels for $84.99 monthly) and the Ultimate tier that comes with 298 channels, NFL RedZone, Showtime and 4K quality for $100 monthly.
New subscribers can watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online for free during their five-day trial of Fubo.
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Hulu + Live TV
Packages from $76.99 per month
Hulu + Live TV subscription comes bundled with Disney+ and ESPN+ and includes NBC and 75 other major cable news, entertainment and sports channels for $76.99-$89.99 per month (packages available with or without ads). You’ll also get access to live streaming and events on ESPN+, like UFC Fight Night, PGA golf, soccer and baseball.
Hulu + Live TV does not currently offer a free trial.
Additionally, Hulu is home to The Act, an eight-episode limited original series starring Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Patricia Arquette as her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
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Philo
Packages from $25 per month
Philo‘s live TV subscription costs $25 per month and includes Lifetime and more than 50 other classic TV, lifestyle and news channels. Subscribers can stream on up to three devices simultaneously, create up to 10 profiles and save unlimited live or future shows for up to one year. The streamer also offers a seven-day trial, and new subscribers can watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard for free during that period.
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Sling
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Sling‘s Orange plan ($20 for the first month, $40 afterwards) lets you watch Lifetime and more than 30 other local broadcast channels on one device at a time. Sling offers DVR so you can record shows to watch offline later.
Sling is currently offering a deal that gets new subscribers half off their first month, bringing the price down to $20 for the Orange plan. Other packages include the individual Blue tier ($22.50 for the first month) and the combined Orange & Blue plan ($30 for the first month). Note that you’ll need to connect an HD antenna and an AirTV device if you want to watch local channels on your Sling service; get more details here.
Where to Watch the Gypsy Rose Blanchard-Inspired Movies and TV Shows
Blanchard’s story was the inspiration behind The Act, Hulu’s original limited series starring Joey King as the teenage Gypsy Rose and Patricia Arquette as her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Released in 2019, the show spans eight episodes and is available to stream exclusively on Hulu, which starts at $7.99 per month for the ad-supported base plan.
HBO also released a 2017 true-crime documentary, Mommy Dead and Dearest, inspired by Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard. The one-hour, 32-minute film is available to stream on Max, which can be added to DirecTV, Hulu and Prime Video streaming plans.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Where Is She Now?
Now out on parole and living in Louisiana with her husband, Blanchard recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about why she wanted to work with Lifetime on the documentary and her advice for others in her previous situation. She also revealed that she hasn’t yet seen Hulu’s series, The Act, or other documentaries inspired by her story.
“I think the biggest reason why I held back all this time, and am kind of coming forward now, is because I just wasn’t emotionally ready at the time,” Blanchard told THR. “There’s a lot of things to unpack in my life — more than just with my mother. And so I think at the time of doing my previous interviews, everything was so surrounded around my mother and I. So I think now I’m kind of coming to a place where I could be more confident to open up a little bit more and feel like I’m in a safe space enough to [open up]. That’s why I’m so candid in this documentary.”
Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2016 after she pleaded guilty to persuading Nicholas Godejohn, a boyfriend she met online, to kill her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who had forced Blanchard to pretend for years that she was suffering from serious illnesses, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy. She was released on parole from Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center on Dec. 28 after serving 85 percent of her original sentence.
In a statement, executive producer Melissa Moore says, “I’ve been documenting Gypsy’s ‘coming of age’ in prison for the past seven years and over the course of this time, I watched her transform into a woman who holds responsibility for her past and now has the courage to face an unknown new free world for the first time.”