Andrea Dunlop

You know, I mean, back in the early 2010s was when this situation was happening in my family.

And there was – that was before the story of your case.

And sort of watching that progression of awareness in the public and in the media has been profound.

I mean that's the thing that when I'm having that strange dinner party conversation of like, what do you do for a living?

And I decide to answer that question, honestly, instead of just being like, oh, I'm a writer and stuff.

But, you know, when I tell people that and then the minute I say Munchausen by proxy, I mean almost everyone is like, oh, yeah, the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case.

Right.

And obviously that has it's it's fraught because there were, you know, some very sensationalized versions of your story that we can kind of talk about.

And I'd love to know kind of how you feel about some of the ways in which your story has been represented and misrepresented there.

And I also know that you didn't choose to be the face of this and that that was not an active choice on your behalf to bring it out of the shadows.

And so I just want to recognize that that has – I see where that has come at the cost of your work.

well-being, safety, mental health.

And I'm sorry that it had to be that way.

And just know that like within my community of people, the professionals who've been working on it for decades that I've been so lucky to connect with, the survivors, the people that listen to the show, very much, very much rooting for you.

And so obviously your story has been the subject of, you know, in addition to sort of the tabloid gossip and the sort of, you know, writing about you and every single thing you're doing and your romantic relationships and et cetera, et cetera, has been the, and on and on and on, has been the subject of a couple of really, you know, substantive documentaries and dramatization, the act.

And I think it has led to this idea that you personally have somehow cashed in in this big way on the events that happened to your life.

And I don't think that perception is in line with reality.

And you have been involved or not involved in some of these projects directly.

Some of these projects happened, to my understanding, without your involvement or even your consent.

So can you talk a little bit about how you were involved with some of these products and just sort of like what people may not understand about what it is to be a person who is famous in the context of being, you know, the victim and an accessory to a crime?