{"id":2453177,"date":"2026-06-10T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453177"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:15:01","slug":"what-nicholas-godejohn-said-before-killing-dee-dee-blanchard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-nicholas-godejohn-said-before-killing-dee-dee-blanchard\/","title":{"rendered":"What Nicholas Godejohn Said Before Killing Dee Dee Blanchard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-shares-her-weight-loss-secrets\/\"><strong>Gypsy Rose Blanchard <\/strong><\/a>is reflecting on what ex-boyfriend <strong>Nicholas Godejohn<\/strong> said before killing her mother, <strong>Claudine \u201cDee Dee\u201d Blanchard<\/strong>, in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had asked, \u2018Who are you,\u2019\u201d Gypsy, 34, recalled during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IzRcWmgZaP0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWe Need to Talk\u201d podcast<\/a> episode released on Tuesday, June 9, detailing the night of her mom\u2019s murder. \u201cHe responded, \u2018I am death.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gypsy noted that her version of events has been corroborated by court transcripts and Godejohn\u2019s conversations with his fellow inmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember her calling out for my name,\u201d she continued. \u201cI felt like I wanted to go and help her, but I was terrified at the same time. Like my body was paralyzed. I couldn\u2019t move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gypsy said she was \u201cso focused on trying to breathe\u201d and \u201cblock\u201d out what was actually happening. During the episode, Gypsy recalled hearing \u201cscreaming\u201d coming from her mom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a horrible sound. It was screaming,\u201d she added. \u201cIt was shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gypsy-rose-claims-ex-was-aroused-by-murder-fantasies-in-new-book\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gypsy-rose-claims-ex-was-aroused-by-murder-fantasies-in-new-book\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Gypsy Rose Claims Ex Nicholas Godejohn Was &#8216;Aroused&#8217; by Murder Fantasies<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAbaca Press\/INSTARimages Gypsy Rose Blanchard opened up about her life post-prison in her new memoir, My Time to Stand \u2014 and reflected on some of the darker periods in her past. The book, which hit shelves on Tuesday, December 10, details her relationship with Nicholas Godejohn, who is currently serving life in prison for his [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gypsy said she hid in the bathroom and went into the \u201cfetal position\u201d while Godejohn was in the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just remember one sharp scream and then nothing after that,\u201d she added. \u201cThen I realized it was over.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4351579\" style=\"width: 695px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:147.42857142857%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4351579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Gypsy Rose Blanchard Recalls Ex Nick Godejohn Chilling Words Before He Killed Her Mom\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gypsy-Rose-Blanchard-Recalls-Ex-Nick-Godejohn-Chilling-Words-Before-He-Killed-Her-Mom.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Nicholas Godejohn<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">MDC\/MEGA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gypsy met Godejohn, 37, online before they formed a close-knit relationship, which eventually turned into a romance. She helped him plan the 2015 crime after years of alleged abuse by her mother, who was believed to have the psychological disorder known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, where caregivers exaggerate or fabricate health issues for sympathy and attention. Dee Dee was 48 when she was stabbed to death by Godejohn.<\/p>\n<p>Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and in 2016 was sentenced to 10 years in prison. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-released-from-prison-after-7-years\/\">She was released in December 2023<\/a>. Godejohn, meanwhile, admitted to killing Dee Dee and was convicted of first-degree murder in 2018. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>After the murder, Gypsy said she was \u201cin a state of shock\u201d over what happened. She recalled waiting for Godejohn while \u201ccompletely naked\u201d in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Gypsy explained that Godejohn\u2019s alleged \u201cfantasy\u201d was to assault Dee Dee before killing her. \u201cI felt like that was too far,\u201d Gypsy said, noting that she \u201cagreed\u201d to let him sexually assault her instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I agreed to something I didn\u2019t fully understand, and that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say about that,\u201d she continued. \u201cWhat\u2019s even more horrible is I had to testify in court and I had to \u2014 I\u2019m going to be open and honest \u2014 I had to, basically, say he didn\u2019t rape me because he got me to agree to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A message shared via the podcast\u2019s producers noted that Godejohn has \u201cdisputed\u201d Gypsy\u2019s allegations regarding the encounter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gypsy Rose Blanchard is reflecting on what ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn said before killing her mother, Claudine \u201cDee Dee\u201d Blanchard, in 2015. \u201cShe had asked, \u2018Who are you,\u2019\u201d Gypsy, 34, recalled during the \u201cWe Need to Talk\u201d podcast episode released on Tuesday, June 9, detailing the night of her mom\u2019s murder. \u201cHe responded, \u2018I am death.\u2019\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2453178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,311360],"class_list":["post-2453177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-true-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/What-Nicholas-Godejohn-Said-Before-Killing-Dee-Dee-Blanchard.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453179,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453177\/revisions\/2453179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}