Gypsy Rose docuseries shows family doubted marriage months before separation: 'You have to make mistakes'

Before the couple separated in March, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's family seemingly had concerns over the convicted criminal and Munchausen syndrome by proxy victim's 2022 prison marriage to Ryan Anderson — and, no, it wasn't because of Blanchard's public review of Anderson's "fire D."

Blanchard's father, Rod Blanchard, and half-sister, Mia, both expressed concerns about Gypsy Rose's marriage to Anderson on Monday night's hour-long premiere of Lifetime's new Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup docuseries, which follows the 32-year-old in the immediate aftermath of her release from jail over her involvement in the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.

The episode picks up in December 2023, 36 hours prior to the early end of Gypsy Rose's 10-year sentence for second degree murder, of which she served more than eight years at Missouri's Chillicothe Correctional Center. Before she's released, however, the family is shown preparing a meal and getting their home ready to welcome Gypsy Rose back into their lives — and Rod voices his doubts over the longevity of his daughter's relationship with Anderson.

“Everybody keeps asking me, ‘What do you think? How is it gonna go? Are they going to last or not?’ This is a whole new chapter. Everything is new and she’s got stuff to look forward to. You have to make mistakes and learn from them," Rod says in a confessional. "Everybody can tell her how they feel, but at the end of the day, she’s still going to make her choice. That’s what she did through deciding to get married in prison. I wanted her to make that choice, and I wanted her to have to live with it and learn from that.”

Later, Mia also says she feels "skeptical of the whole situation," but admits that she likes Anderson and thinks he's a good person.

In a confessional of his own, Anderson says the family's hesitance to fully embrace him isn't exactly a secret.

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“Marrying Gypsy wasn’t easy. Of course I asked for [Rod's] approval, and he gave it to me. But, you never know if you truly get that approval," Anderson says. "Right now, I just want this to work. Everybody’s given us a 50/50 shot, but I feel it’s 100 percent."

The series filmed the couple leading up to their March 2024 separation, which Gypsy Rose confirmed in a statement at the time.

"People have been asking what is going on in my life. Unfortunately, my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home down the bayou. I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now I need time to let myself find… who I am," she wrote.

Gypsy Rose rose to international infamy following her assisting then-boyfriend Nick Godejohn in killing Dee Dee. Though she served jail time for the crime, it was eventually revealed that Dee Dee abused her daughter via Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a disorder that involves a caretaker inducing or embellishing elements of their dependent's conditions to inspire sympathy or financial gain.

Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup — which follows Gypsy Rose as she navigates life immediately after her prison sentence — airs Mondays at 9 p.m. PT/ET on Lifetime.