Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Admits She'd 'Never Watched'The KardashiansBefore Appearing on the Show: 'Kim Was Really Nice'

Mar. 15, 2025

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (left); Kim Kardashian.Photo:Phillip Faraone/Getty; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

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Gypsy-Rose Blanchardwasn’t one of the millions ofKardashiansviewers before herappearance on the showearlier this year.

Speaking on the latest episode ofThe BachelorstarNick Viall’sThe Viall Filespodcast on Wednesday, Oct. 16, Blanchard, 33, recalled having a one-on-one meeting withKim Kardashian, 43, about hopefully getting involved with prison reform. The momentplayed out on the July 11 episodeof the hit Hulu show.

“It was exciting. Kim was really nice. I actually have never watchedThe Kardashians. So going on the show, the producer got a big kick out of the fact that I had never watched the show before,” Blanchard admitted.

When questioned whether she’d seen the show since, Blanchard laughed and said, “My episode.”

Kim Kardashian (left) and Gypsy-Rose Blanchard on ‘The Kardashians’.Hulu

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Despite being “familiar” with the Kardashians, Blanchard admitted she didn’t know much about the family, but she was aware that “Kim was very influential.”

She joked about the famous family, which has amassed hundreds of millions of social media followers between them, “I said, ‘She [Kim] has sisters. Right? Yeah. She has a couple of sisters.’ That’s about what I know about Kim.”

When questioned whether she and Kim had kept in touch after the episode — which saw the pair discussing Blanchard’s incarceration — she responded, “I’ve kept in touch with her producer.”

“I have posted our selfies that we had taken, and Kim had liked them on my social media. I have DMed her a couple times on Instagram. So we’ve had, like, minimal contact. But, I know that that is always a line that is open,” Blanchard said.

In the episode, Kim — who haslong documented her journey to becoming a lawyer— acknowledged that Blanchard could “make a big difference” when it comes to prison reform because she can “really articulate what you went through and how you can get through it.”

Blanchard gave Kim “massive kudos” for working with her, saying on the show, “I think a lot of people are afraid of touching me as a topic, because I’m too controversial.”

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard on ‘The Kardashians’.Hulu

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Blanchard’smom Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchardsubjected her daughter to years of unnecessary medical procedures, as well as convincing her she had a series of illnesses.

Godejohn — who was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2018 — stabbed Dee Dee to death in her Springfield, Mo., home on June 9, 2015.

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source: people.com