An online petition has been launched to get Taylor Swift to meet super fan Gypsy Rose Blanchard after she is freed from prison next week.
Blanchard, 32, is being released early from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri where she is being held for murdering her Munchausen-suffering mom Clauddine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard.
The then 23-year-old concocted a plan with her boyfriend to knife her mother death following years of medical abuse in which Clauddine made her believe she could not walk and could only eat via feeding tube.
The killing gripped the nation after it became the subject of true crime Hulu miniseries ‘The Act’, after the extraordinary lengths Clauddine went to to convince her daughter she was sick were uncovered.
Blanchard is set to be released after serving seven years and now her supporters are desperately trying to get her an introduction to the pop sensation.
Supporters of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who conspired to kill her mom after suffering years of Munchausen-based medical abuse at her hands, have launched a petition to get her to meet her idol Taylor Swift after her release
Blanchard, pictured in a childhood photo with mom Clauddine Blanchard, was convicted of the murder in 2016 and sentenced to ten years in jail
While in prison the convicted killer said she drew strength from the music of Taylor Swift and has reportedly purchased tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs game in hopes of spotting her idol supporting new beau Travis Kelce
‘Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s story is one of resilience and strength. Having endured years of abuse and hardships, she has become a symbol of survival for an entire generation,’ the Change.org petition reads.
Her journey has touched the hearts of many, including mine, and I believe that meeting her idol, Taylor Swift, would bring immense joy not only to her but also to countless others who have followed her story.’
Blanchard previously told TMZ that Swift’s song ‘Eyes Open’ had helped her deal with the trauma of her mom’s abuse, with the outlet reporting that she has also purchased a ticket for a Kansas City Chief’s game on New Year’s Eve to see the Shake it Off singer’s new beau Travis Kelce in action.
Swift is an idol of Blanchard’s, who revealed she would often use her commissary money to buy the star’s latest albums.
The convicted murderer was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiring to kill her mother in 2016 along with her then-lover and accomplice, Nick Godejohn who was given a life sentence.
Clauddine was found stabbed to death in her bed at her home in Springfield, Missouri, in June 2015.
She suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, and convinced everyone that Blanchard was terminally ill.
As part of the scheme, she said the then-teenager had the mind of a seven-year-old who suffered from muscular dystrophy, leukemia and other ailments.
Blanchard whose story is the subject of Hulu’s The Act will be released from jail in Missouri on December 29
Blanchard has served seven years for plotting to kill her mother, while her accomplice Nicholas Godejohn (right) was given a life sentence.
Blanchard shocked the world after she walked into her first court hearing without assistance.
All who knew her believed that she was wheelchair-bound, with her mother convincing health professionals of diagnosis.
Clauddine moved to Springfield when Blanchard was a child, claiming they had fled from Hurricane Katrina.
The two lived in a home built by Habitat for Humanity, and Clauddine was a full-time caretaker for Blanchard.
She even made her daughter shave her head so it appeared as though she lost her hair through chemotherapy.
Her ruse fooled even doctors, who doled out prescriptions and performed surgeries on Blanchard.
The mother also accepted financial donations and the two went on charity-funded trips to Disney World. She had barred her daughter from attending school after kindergarten.
The murder plot began after Blanchard met Godejohn online, with the two deciding to kill Clauddine so they could be together.
Gypsy Blanchard takes the stand during the trial of her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in Springfield, Mo
Clauddine, who suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, had led everyone to believe that her daughter was a terminally ill teenager with the mind of a seven-year-old
Gypsy, pictured in the hospital, was prescribed numerous medications and underwent multiple surgeries as a young girl – before rebelling against her mother’s controlling ways
Godejohn slipped into the house and allegedly stabbed Clauddine while Blanchard hid in the bathroom. The couple then took ‘several thousand dollars’ from a safe in the home and spent some time in Springfield following her death.
Surveillance footage at local businesses showed Gypsy wearing different disguises and walking on her own before they took a bus 565 miles to Wisconsin.
A shocking Facebook status from Clauddine and Gypsy’s shared account on June 14, 2015, read: ‘That B**** is dead’, which prompted alarmed neighbors to call police.
A second, more disturbing post, read: ‘I – SLASHED THAT **** AND RAPED HER SWEET INNOCENT DAUGHTER. ..HER SCREAM WAS SOOOO LOUD LOL.’
The Facebook posts were traced to Godejohn’s house in Big Bend, Wisconsin, and the two were arrested on June 16, 2015.
He remains incarcerated and is serving his sentence without chance of parole.
Meanwhile, Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson of Saint Charles, Louisiana, while behind bars according to KPLC.
So far the petition has only a handful of signatures. She is due to be released on December 29.