Gypsy Rose Blanchard Speaks for First Time Since Her Release: ‘I'm Finally Free’

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is speaking for the first time since her release from prison on Thursday.

"Hey everyone, this is Gypsy. I'm finally free," the 32-year-old said in a video posted to TikTok and her official Instagram on Sunday. "I just wanted to send a quick video to thank everyone for the massive amount of support that I've been getting on social media, everyone has been really, really nice and supportive and I really appreciate that."

She's outside in the video, wearing a New Orleans Saints NFL Jersey, her brown hair down and makeup on her face.

"It's nice to be home. I'm back home in Louisiana, enjoying a beautiful day outside and I've got a lot of great things happening really soon," Blanchard continued.

She's been active on social media since her release, posting selfies and images from her homecoming celebration to her platforms, but Sunday marked the first time she spoke to the public in a video.

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Blanchard told her followers about her upcoming Lifetime docuseries, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, which begins on Jan. 5. She also mentioned her upcoming book, Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom, which she said she's "super proud of."

"It's not a rehashing of everything that happened, it's more of my reflection of everything that I've learned and experienced in the last 8.5 years," she said.

"Again, just thank you guys for all the support, and keep watching. Okay, bye," a smiling Blanchard concluded the video.

She served 8 years in prison for her role in her mother Claudine "Dee Dee" Blanchard's murder and was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri on Thursday.

Blanchard and her then-boyfriend Nick Godejohn were charged with murdering Dee Dee after the woman was found dead in June 2015. After Blanchard's arrest, authorities learned that she was a victim of Munchausen, a form of abuse in which a guardian exaggerates or induces illness in a child.

Blanchard pleaded guilty to her role in her mother's murder in  July 2016 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

On Sunday, Blanchard also posted a picture to Instagram of herself wearing her wedding ring. "Finally get to wear my beautiful wedding ring 💗 I love you @ryan_s_anderson_," she captioned the post.

She married her husband, a Louisiana teacher named Ryan Scott Anderson, on June 27, 2022, while still serving prison time.