Gypsy Rose Blanchard

And it wasn't until I got a little older that I started, you know, obviously learning more about sex and sexual acts that, you know, it's sad that my first memories of that has to be like, oh, yeah, that's what grandpa did to me, you know.

And a lot of my family members are not speaking to me now because I have been so public about it.

she was aware after the fact so i had on a car ride to the hospital it was one of my checkups i was riding in the car and i started to tell her about it and she started to cry and she asked me a very specific question and i said yes

And she started to cry.

And I started to backtrack.

I got scared.

I didn't want to see her cry.

So I started to backtrack.

I'm like, no, I know it didn't.

And I just wasn't fully open with her about it because I could see how much she blamed herself.

And it wasn't until much later that she had told me, you know, he did the same thing to her.

And so she decides, hey, you know, we can't stay here anymore, mostly because of the constant drama between her and my grandfather's wife.

Um, it just left the house very super uncomfortable.

And so my mom just thought it would be best for us to leave.

Um, we stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in New Orleans for a few months, actually.

So the Ronald McDonald House is essentially, um...

a lodging home for children and their families while the children are going through their doctor's appointments.

It's a place for them to stay near the hospital.

And it's at a short fee.

So I think it was like five dollars a night for us, I believe.