Overview
- In a TikTok with influencer Natalie Reynolds using the “We listen, we don’t judge” trend, Blanchard joked about serving eight and a half years, made an X gesture with her arms and a choking sound, and then said it was for killing her mother.
- Viewers flooded the comments with criticism, calling the joke offensive and noting there was “nothing funny” about treating a real homicide as a punchline.
- Some commenters treated the line as a new confession and urged a retrial, yet she already pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and there is no indication of new legal action.
- Blanchard served more than eight years of a 10-year sentence and left prison in December 2023, while Nicholas Godejohn, who carried out the stabbing in 2015, is serving life without parole.
- Outlets documented both condemnation and some defenses that cite her reported abuse history, and the trend’s staged “confessions” format can blur for viewers what is new versus long settled.