Loose Women viewers raged ‘why the hell is she on here?!’ and blasted ITV for ‘scraping the barrel’ as Gypsy Rose Blanchard joined the panel on Wednesday afternoon.

The 33-year-old – who served eight years after being convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Claudine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard – appeared on the ITV show to chat about the brand new series of her TV show Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.

Jane Moore, 62, and Denise Welch, 66, got to ask Gypsy Rose questions about her life, after she spent the majority of her childhood in a wheelchair and was told she had leukemia and muscular dystrophy.

Gypsy Rose was convicted in 2016 after Claudine, who had Munchausen syndrome by Proxy, was killed on June 9 2015.

Those watching Loose Women at home were baffled about the segment.

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their confusion about why she was allowed on the programme.

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Loose Women viewers raged ‘why the hell is she on here?!’ and blasted ITV for ‘scraping the barrel’ as Gypsy Rose Blanchard joined the panel on Wednesday afternoon

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The 33-year-old (pictured left) served eight years after being convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother Claudine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard (pictured right)

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 One wrote: ‘In court a video was shown where Gypsy Rose acted out the murder which her then bf did for real as she had told him to, they then had sex in the bedroom next to a dead body, this is not opinion this is fact, why the hell is she on #LooseWomen.’

‘Don’t #LooseWomen interview some s***e, scraping the barrel,’ another said.

A third chimed in: ‘Imagine interviewing a murderer live on TV & being sympathetic about it. She’s evil end of #LooseWomen.’

A fourth wrote: ‘Now why have I come downstairs for my lunch to see Denise Welch interviewing Gypsy Rose?? #LooseWomen.’

While a fifth added: ‘Well, the applause just after that interview seemed just a bit weird #loosewomen.’

The reality star admitted to the panel that she felt as if there was ‘no other way out’ than to do what she did.

Gypsy Rose told Jane and Denise: ‘That is correct, at the time I was very, very sheltered in my life so the avenues in which I cognitively thought to reach out, my mum had told me a lot of lies about my father so I didn’t turn to him for help because I thought he didn’t love me, that’s what my mum led me to believe.

‘I grew up with a mum that basically made me fearful of strangers so I felt like the only person I could confide in was my co-defendant.

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Gypsy Rose appeared on the ITV show to chat about the brand new series of her TV show Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up

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Denise Welch and Jane Moore interviewed Gypsy Rose live on Loose Women on Wednesday afternoon

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‘I wish I would have gone through other avenues, that is forever a lifelong regret, but unfortunately hindsight’s twenty-twenty, so I can’t change the past.’

Gypsy Rose confessed that she has to live with the guilt of her mother’s murder ‘every single day’.

She said: ‘That’s a lifelong sentence.

‘I might have served eight and a half years in prison but that is a lifelong sentence for me.’

And the star explained that she ‘never wanted to villainise her mum’.

She said: ‘All I did was share my story, her past, put that label on her.

‘I never wanted to villainise my mum, I never approved of her being villainised.

‘All I ever did was share my story and unfortunately the sins of her past put that label on her. I however don’t feel she was evil.

‘I feel like she would have needed mental help and I think with that knowledge, we need to shift the narrative of putting her in a box.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard shares details from her life after prison

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‘I think that more mental health awareness, of Munchausen by Proxy, needs to be advocated for.’

Gypsy Rose and her partner Ken Urker welcomed their daughter into the world late last year.

Now that she has her own child, the word mum has a totally different meaning.

‘I had been suffering from the trigger word mum or mother and now that I am a mother now…

‘It has taken on a new meaning to me and I really feel like it’s healing my inner child,’ she told Denise and Jane.

‘Getting to see life and a mother and daughters’ love through her eyes has reshaped everything that I believed a mother was, and it has done so for the positive.’

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player.

WHAT IS MUNCHAUSEN’S?

Munchausen’s syndrome is a psychological disorder where someone pretends to be ill or deliberately produces symptoms of illness in themselves.

Their main intention is to assume the ‘sick role’ so that people care for them and they are the centre of attention.

Any practical benefit in pretending to be sick – for example, claiming incapacity benefit – is not the reason for their behaviour.

Munchausen’s syndrome is named after a German aristocrat, Baron Munchausen, who became famous for telling wild, unbelievable tales about his exploits.

Munchausen’s syndrome is complex and poorly understood. Many people refuse psychiatric treatment or psychological profiling, and it’s unclear why people with the syndrome behave the way they do.

People with Munchausen’s syndrome can behave in a number of different ways, including:

pretending to have psychological symptoms – for example, claiming to hear voices or claiming to see things that are not really there
pretending to have physical symptoms – for example, claiming to have chest pain or a stomach ache
actively trying to get ill – such as deliberately infecting a wound by rubbing dirt into it

Some people with Munchausen’s syndrome may spend years travelling from hospital to hospital faking a wide range of illnesses. When it’s discovered they’re lying, they may suddenly leave hospital and move to another area.

People with Munchausen’s syndrome can be very manipulative and, in the most serious cases, may undergo painful and sometimes life-threatening surgery, even though they know it’s unnecessary.

DIAGNOSIS 

Diagnosing Munchausen’s syndrome can be challenging for medical professionals.

People with the syndrome are often very convincing and skilled at manipulating and exploiting doctors.

TREATMENT

Treating Munchausen’s syndrome can be difficult because most people with it refuse to admit they have a problem and refuse to co-operate with treatment plans.

Some experts recommend that healthcare professionals should adopt a gentle non-confrontational approach, suggesting the person may benefit from a referral to a psychiatrist.

Others argue that a person with Munchausen’s syndrome should be confronted directly and asked why they’ve lied and whether they have stress and anxiety.

People who have Munchausen’s are genuinely mentally ill, but will often only admit to having a physical illness.

If a person admits to their behaviour, they can be referred to a psychiatrist for further treatment. If they do not admit to lying, most experts agree the doctor in charge of their care should minimise medical contact with them.

This is because the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust and if there’s evidence the patient can no longer be trusted, the doctor is unable to continue treating them.

SOURCE: NHS