Comparing Ryan Anderson and Ken Urker: Fans See Double-Standard

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was engaged to Ken Urker, 31, whereas she was behind bars, serving her 10-year sentence for her involvement in her mom’s homicide. Nonetheless, shortly after the drama “The Act,” starring Joey King as Gypsy Rose, was launched, Ken broke it off because of the consideration and added scrutiny from the general public.

She then went on to marry Ryan Anderson, however the two introduced their separation earlier this yr. Gypsy has since gotten again along with Ken.

As followers proceed to comply with the divorce of Gypsy and Ryan and the rekindled romance between Gypsy and Ken, some are actually speculating that there’s a double commonplace from the general public relating to each relationships and people.

After seeing followers bash Ryan Anderson but idolize Ken Urker, one social media user referred to as out the “double commonplace.”

“What bothers me is what number of occasions I’ve seen individuals give attention to Ryan being bizarre and creepy as a result of he reached out to a lady and married her in jail, however I virtually by no means see that very same vitality with Ken?” the person stated. “Did Ken not do the very same factor?”

For the document, sure, sure, he did.

Each Ryan and Ken contacted Gypsy after seeing the 2017 documentary “Mommy Lifeless & Dearest.” Nonetheless, followers, for no matter purpose, are likely to overlook that they usually solely assault Ryan (not Ken) for a way he met the ex-convict.

After Ken wrote her a “letter of assist,” Gypsy stated they began speaking by way of letters each week. “We turned quick associates,” she informed E! News. “It was fairly quickly after that that we began speaking on the cellphone. We might spend hours on the cellphone. I talked to him like I had recognized him my entire life and vice versa.”

Gypsy and Ken ultimately received engaged in 2019, however Ken quickly broke it off. Gypsy went on to marry Ryan, however the two separated three months after she was launched on parole.

The social media person then speculated why this may very well be, citing each appears to be like and the truth that Ryan went by with marrying Gypsy whereas Ken broke off their engagement.

“I simply really feel like there is a double commonplace in the case of Ryan vs Ken, primarily the entire ‘he’s creepy for attempting to get with a prisoner who killed her mother’ and so forth.,” they stated. “However I’m not seeing the identical vitality about Ken, at the least not as usually.”

“I do know Ryan is within the highlight proper now due to the collection, however nonetheless, they need to be judged the identical means in the event that they did the very same factor,” they concluded, referencing Lifetime’s docuseries “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.”

After studying the social media publish, many different followers took to the feedback part to precise their opinions, together with one person who admitted that whereas they “don’t even assume it’s essentially creepy to succeed in out to somebody in jail,” the explanation Ryan is receiving backlash is because of his “controlling and overbearing” conduct that’s proven within the docuseries.

For many who haven’t but seen the Lifetime challenge, Ryan has been under fire for a number of interactions he had with Gypsy, together with their first evening collectively after she was launched, the place he “rubbed all on her” and seemingly solely cared about having intercourse.

“Additionally, when she was on an necessary cellphone name together with her PO, and he actually received upset and tried to seize the cellphone from her, she even needed to inform him to hush,” the social media person added, referring to a scene within the first episode.

Many different social media customers additionally identified that Ryan is receiving extra hate than Ken as a result of he is the one being shown in the docuseries. Lifetime has confirmed that Ken can even be part of the challenge, however he will not seem till later episodes, greater than doubtless after Gypsy and Ryan name off their marriage.

“I do not disagree, however I believe lots of the hate for Ryan is flat-out as a result of we have seen him in interviews, we have seen him boss her round and act controlling and possessive of Gypsy,” one social media person wrote in response to the double commonplace publish.

“We’ve not seen Ken try this but, so individuals are doubtless keen to present him extra of an opportunity to show himself at this level,” they added. “Additionally Ken apparently backed out of an engagement together with her already, in order that may very well be seen as him not attempting to change into well-known off her, and so forth.”

Since followers haven’t seen a lot of Ken Urker, apart from the few stay movies Gypsy has posted to her social media accounts, they really feel they can’t kind an opinion on him till they see extra of him within the Lifetime docuseries.

“Ken is an enigma,” one social media person stated. “We do not actually know a lot about him aside from the bit from when she was in jail. He left her shortly after they introduced their engagement, and he is executed properly to date to maintain out of the media.”

“I don’t know something about Ken. We haven’t seen him but on the present,” one other wrote.

Followers must wait and see all of it play out as new episodes of “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up” air on Mondays.