Gypsy Rose Blanchard Reflects On Her Failed Engagement

Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s first relationship with Ken Urker finally ended whereas she was nonetheless behind bars, a subject she candidly addresses in her memoir, “My Time to Stand,” launched on December 10.

Within the guide, the 33-year-old displays on experiencing her first heartbreak whereas serving time in jail. Gypsy, who spent eight years in federal custody for her involvement within the homicide of her mom, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, started corresponding with Urker shortly after the discharge of the HBO documentary “Mommy Lifeless and Dearest” in Might 2017.

Their connection started when Ken Urker despatched Gypsy Rose Blanchard a letter to the Chillicothe Correctional Heart in Missouri, the place she was serving her sentence.

“His voice leaped off the web page, as if he have been sitting proper in entrance of me,” she shared in her guide. “Holding the paper, I may really feel his power. He was only a cool man. ‘Hello, my identify is Ken.’”

The connection rapidly blossomed, with the pair talking almost day-after-day by means of letters and cellphone calls.  When Urker finally met Gypsy in person, he sealed his romantic emotions with what he described as “probably the most passionate kiss.”

Only one 12 months later, Urker returned to go to Blanchard, this time with a life-changing query—he proposed. “We saved our engagement personal, solely telling our closest household,” she recalled. “Then ‘The Act’ aired on Hulu, and I went from being identified to a being pseudocelebrity.”

“My private life was a carcass to vultures to feast on,” she admitted. “The media, together with true crime armchair lovers, investigated every part about me, together with Ken. The invasion was actually onerous on him,” particularly she he’s a “personal individual.”

In keeping with Gypsy, the “consideration and scrutiny” from the media took a toll on Urker, significantly after information of their engagement was allegedly leaked by somebody related to a member of the family.

Though she initially held the press accountable for her then-fiancé’s doubts, she now admits that Urker ended their engagement for a wholly completely different cause.

“I believed at first that it was Ken’s discomfort with the recognition of ‘The Act’ and the widening of my repute that led him to finish our relationship,” the ex-con stated. “I used to be fallacious. On the time of this writing, Ken has reached out to clarify and set the file straight.”

“There have been many adults in his life, presumably a lot ‘wiser’ than he, who prompt it wasn’t the appropriate time for me to be married,” she continued. “‘Should you love her, you’ll set her free,’ was the frequent piece of recommendation he’d hear repeatedly. I see now, he believed he was appearing in my greatest by sacrificing his personal wants and desires.”

Gypsy and Anderson’s relationship started in 2020 when Anderson, a particular schooling trainer from Louisiana, initiated contact with Gypsy by writing letters to her in jail. Their correspondence quickly developed right into a romance, and so they met face-to-face for the primary time in June 2021.

The next 12 months, in July 2022, the couple tied the knot in a jail ceremony whereas Gypsy was nonetheless serving her sentence for her position within the homicide of her mom, Dee Dee.

After her launch on parole in December 2023, Gypsy and Anderson’s marriage confronted challenges. By March 2024, Gypsy introduced their separation, citing a must give attention to her private development and self-discovery. The next month, in April 2024, she formally filed for divorce.

The proceedings have been marked by mutual restraining orders, hinting at unresolved private conflicts between the previous couple. Gypsy later mirrored on the divorce as an emotionally taxing expertise, describing it as “heartbreaking.”

Equally, Anderson shared his sorrow over the break up, revealing that he had envisioned an extended future with Gypsy and was devastated by the end result.