Gypsy Rose Blanchard Chops Her Hair Off And Fans Have Thoughts: 'What Is This?'

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is embracing change in more ways than one.

The 32-year-old, who recently welcomed a new baby, is showing off a bold new look, debuting a chic bob haircut over the weekend.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard took to Instagram on Saturday to unveil her new hairstyle, revealing that she had chopped off the majority of her hair.

Gypsy showed off her short brown hair, which is captured in a close-up selfie, wearing a white halter-neck top against a subtly textured, light grey background. Her makeup is subtle, with a light application of blush on her cheeks and a nude-toned lipstick.

"New year, new mom, new haircut, new me," she captioned the photo, which gained a mixed reaction from her followers.

"No!!!!!!! I loved the way your hair was," one social media user said.

"Gyp what is this," another asked as a third wrote, "girl what the hell is this."

Others supported the new look. "Everyone needs a change once in a while and I've always viewed that you're cutting away all the negativity that your c just, you're so beautiful," one of her fans said.

This isn't the first time Gypsy Rose has opted for a short hairstyle. The motivation behind her first cut is particularly poignant.

After enduring years of alleged abuse at the hands of her late mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, Gypsy Rose has committed herself to helping others. “I want to give back in any way I can,” Gypsy Rose shared, highlighting her ongoing mission to support abuse survivors and those in need.

“So what I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time is to donate my hair to a charity that makes wigs for people that have hair loss or that are going through cancer,” she said in the video at the time, explaining that her hair has been donated to a charity called The Great Cut.

“I have had my own personal experience with hair loss not by means of health reasons but if you know my story you’re very familiar with those reasons why," she added.

Gypsy Rose was released from prison in December 2023 after serving 85% of her 10-year sentence for pleading guilty to second-degree murder of Dee Dee Blanchard.

Her story drew national attention as it was revealed that Gypsy Rose had been a victim of Munchausen by Proxy. Many believe Dee Dee fabricated her daughter's illnesses and subjected her to unnecessary medical treatments for years.

As told in the documentary, "Mommy, Dead, And Dearest," Dee Dee subjected Gypsy Rose to unnecessary medical treatments, surgeries, and medications. Gypsy Rose underwent procedures such as having a feeding tube inserted, undergoing surgeries to remove her salivary glands, and taking unnecessary medications that caused side effects and health complications.

Dee Dee also allegedly manipulated Gypsy Rose into believing she had several medical conditions, which led her to believe she needed a feeding tube and a wheelchair, among many other things.

"I always had this stuffed animal or a Barbie doll, [and Dee Dee would] just tell me [to] 'play with your Barbie doll, and when the doctor comes to examine me, just stay in the wheelchair; be calm; play with your doll, and don't move your legs,' " Gypsy revealed of her doctor visits.

"I was just as much in the dark as much as everyone else," Gypsy stated in the 2017 documentary. "[The] only thing I knew is that I could walk. As for everything else, the leukemia the epilepsy, I was taking medication that [Dee Dee] said was cancer medicine."

Over the course of nine years, Dee Dee took Gypsy Rose to the hospital over 100 times, per medical records shown in the documentary.

As told in the 2017 documentary, Dee Dee received financial benefits and donations from charitable organizations, such as Make-A-Wish Foundation, due to Gypsy Rose's false medical conditions.

She used Gypsy Rose's fake illnesses to gain sympathy and financial support, a symptom of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.

After the now 33-year-old discovered the abuse she was enduring, she conspired with her then-boyfriend to help murder her mother. Dee Dee was stabbed to death in her home.