Editors' note: This article was updated late Friday, March 29, 2019 with comments from the stepmother of Gypsy Blanchard, along with a screenwriter the family is working with.

During a phone call from the family home in Cut Off, Louisiana late Friday, Gypsy Blanchard's stepmother confirmed that the Blanchard family and a business partner are considering legal action against the creators of "The Act," a fictional Hulu show based on Blanchard's life.

Gypsy Blanchard did not participate in the making of the star-studded Hulu show, she and family members have said. On Friday, Kristy Blanchard, Gypsy's stepmother, told the News-Leader they are upset at Michelle Dean, a writer and producer tied to "The Act."

They say Dean cut off contact with the Blanchards while "The Act" was in development. They had been promised some of the proceeds from the show, the family said, and earlier, they had cooperated with Dean as she reported a 2016 BuzzFeed piece about the case. They also said there were no plans for Gypsy to profit from any TV proceeds, but they hoped to create a "nest egg" for her care following her prison release. (Gypsy won't be eligible for parole for several years.)

"I reached out to Michelle, but she's blocked me on everything," including Instagram and Facebook, Kristy Blanchard told the News-Leader late Friday. "I sent her a voicemail, 'Hi, how you doing?' Nothing rude, and when she called my phone, and I think when she recognized it was from Louisiana, she hung up the phone right away."

That call took place in September, Kristy said. The family also sent Hulu a certified letter, which was returned unopened, they said. (The News-Leader reached out to Hulu and Dean for comment but has yet to hear back.)

"We are looking into what our legal rights would be," said Franchesca Macelli, a screenwriter that the Blanchards are working with to develop a rival TV drama, dubbed "By Proxy."

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"At this point," Macelli added, "I have the legal life rights to the story, and I'm the only person who has the official story from all sides, and I'm even working with the Godejohns at this point."

The Godejohns are the family of Gypsy's former boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, now serving a life sentence for stabbing Gypsy's mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, to death. Meanwhile, the 27-year-old Gypsy is serving a 10-year sentence for her role in the 2015 killing.

As the case was investigated and went through the courts, it became clear that for years Gypsy suffered from medical child abuse, often called Munchausen-by-proxy or factitious disorder, perpetrated by Dee Dee. A clinical expert on the disorder called the Blanchard case "unprecedented" in a 2016 interview with the News-Leader.

Kristy Blanchard said Friday that recently published comments from Gypsy Blanchard indicating that the family would indeed sue Hulu were premature.

"I am unable to watch 'The Act,'" Blanchard said in an emailed statement to online women's magazine Bustle, referring to conditions of her prison sentence.

"However," she added, "I feel it is very unfair and unprofessional that producers and co-producer Michelle Dean has used my actual name and story without my consent, and the life rights to do so. Therefore, there will be legal action taken against the show's creators. I want to share my story and bring awareness about Munchausen by proxy, in the hopes that I can encourage those who might be experiencing abuse to speak up, because someone WILL listen. No child should ever be abused especially from their parent."

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Bustle published an initial story March 19, then updated it later with Gypsy's statement. It's not clear exactly when. Entertainment website The Cheat Sheet reblogged the story Friday before the News-Leader published Gypsy's comments. (The News-Leader reached out to Bustle but has not yet heard back.)

Gypsy's stepmother said the interaction between Gypsy and Bustle came a few days after Hulu premiered "The Act" on March 20, and that the family was not aware a journalist had contacted Gypsy until after the updated story posted.

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Gypsy's comments were fueled by strong emotions following the show's debut, her stepmother said.

"I think she was so upset," Kristy Blanchard said. "They don’t understand that this child that we’re trying to protect, and she is getting hell for it, it’s not like she can call somebody and say 'hey, I need somebody to pick me up and clear my head.'"

Macelli, the screenwriter, added, "Unfortunately, Gypsy has been very sheltered her entire life. For her to make a statement — she didn’t know what she was saying. Based on her limited understanding of how the real world works, being sheltered — ahe doesn't understand exactly the process. It wasn’t like she was trying to mislead anybody."

Macelli and Kristy Blanchard both declined to comment directly on the content of "The Act," saying they planned next week to release a statement outlining their views on the Hulu true-crime drama and other media adaptations of Gypsy's life.

They did say that media adaptations "based on" or "inspired by" the Blanchard case have been inaccurate. Macelli said she and the family recognize that true-crime fiction takes liberties with the underlying facts to tell a yarn.

"But the liberties that are being taken aren't the right liberties," she said.

Kristy Blanchard said, "Media-wise, I think this is — they don't care who they're hurting in the process. If they would care, they would contact us like you have been."