In The Act, a character based on Gypsy Rose Blanchard undergoes numerous medical procedures at the direction of her mother. Which ones really happened?
The executive producer of Hulu's "The Act" talks about the real-life saga of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, her "act of mercy" in killing her mother Dee Dee, and casting the new series.
A new Lifetime movie about a child "forced to believe she was ill by her controlling, abusive mother" is based on the true story of a woman who went through the same ordeal before murdering her mom.