
The Act is, for the most part, loyal to Gypsy's real life story. She began dating a man she met online named Nicholas Godejohn in 2012 and she later asked him to stab Dee Dee in her sleep so that they could elope. Gypsy didn't actually kill Dee Dee herself.

Given the context of her child abuse and the crime itself, she was charged with second-degree murder not first-degree murder. Gypsy Rose Blanchard is currently serving a 10 year prison sentence in Missouri's Chillicothe Correctional Center. The Act: Where is Gypsy Rose Blanchard now? How true is it? Where is Gypsy Rose Blanchard now? How true is The Act on Hulu? The Act does an incredible job of telling Gypsy's story without sensationalising it. Gypsy became the subject of national news attention in June 2015 when it was reported that she had been involved in the murder of Dee Dee, who had abused her and forced her to pretend to suffer from multiple severe diseases.

The Act tells the disturbing true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard ( Joey King) and her mum Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette).
