Mommy Dead And Dearest, the latest gripping crime documentary from HBO, hit the streaming service on Monday night, and viewers were immediately sucked into the tale of abuse, secrets, and murder. The harrowing tale of Gyspy Rose Blanchard, a girl who murdered her mother, Dee Dee, after a lifetime of abuse had viewers riveted. Although Gypsy Rose was told that she was chronically ill and handicapped by her mother from a young age, these diagnoses were actually false and a product of her mother’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Eventually, in order to escape her life and be with her secret boyfriend that she met online, Gypsy Rose murdered her mother. As Mommy Dead And Dearest dove into the insane details of the case and what circumstances drove a girl to kill her own mother, Twitter users were left dumbstruck by the documentary.
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#MommyDeadAndDearest got me fckeddddd up pic.twitter.com/m8pfQLisji
— sidney prescott (@candypattons) May 16, 2017
Hope the girl gets out & sues the doctors,hospitals that drugged & performed unnecessary surgeries #MommyDeadAndDearest
— Dollface Sword🗡 (@DollfaceSword) May 16, 2017
if anyone's looking for a new doc to watch, make it #MommyDeadandDearest. fantastic work by @HBODocs on a totally bonkers true crime story.
— Cristina Everett (@cristinaeverett) May 17, 2017
Holy shit. #MommyDeadandDearest so fucking crazy, weird, & sad. Also, the nephew with the face tat is the most rational person on this doc.
— allie cunningham (@alliedick) May 17, 2017
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Watching #MommyDeadAndDearest like pic.twitter.com/bqumcBqlaA
— Ashley Nagy (@nagyberryyy) May 16, 2017
I can't decide if this girl is a sweet victim or a master manipulator. #MommyDeadAndDearest
— jaclynn k. (@jaclynn_k) May 16, 2017
Me watching #mommydeadanddearest pic.twitter.com/fb3fWh91MD
— babynova✨ (@SandiNowa) May 17, 2017
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I'm not sure whether I'm deeply disturbed or highly intrigued after watching #mommydeadanddearest
— Stacey Joseph (@staceyloujo) May 17, 2017
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If you haven’t yet watched the documentary that has everyone talking, it is currently streaming on HBO Now/HBO Go. You will definitely be left with questions about how the system could have possibly failed one girl so badly and the situations that can push people to commit the most heinous crimes. It’ll definitely leave you feeling ill at ease and yet unable to look away.
