Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s ex-husband, Ryan AndersonHe speaks after his ex-fiancée Ken Urker‘s death.
“I found out through Instagram,” Anderson, 40, said in the episode that aired on Friday, October 2. The Sarah Fraser Show. “I didn’t believe it at first. I was like no.”
Anderson, who was married to Blanchard, 35, from July 2022 to December 2024, said her “first thought was shock” and “How did this happen?” He noted that he wondered.
Anderson said his surprise quickly turned to concern for his ex-wife and the 21-month-old daughter Aurora he shares with Urker.
“My immediate thought was: ‘How’s Gypsy?’” he recalled. “My immediate thought was: ‘How is he? What about his children?’
We He confirmed that on Thursday, October 1, Urker was found unresponsive at a residence in Raceland, Louisiana, on his 34th birthday.
The Lafourche County Sheriff’s Office said: We He said Thursday that officers “responded to a home after receiving a call at 6:15 p.m.” Police later confirmed Urker was “found dead on arrival”, adding: “We are currently continuing the death investigation.”
According to the police report Wegypsy’s aunt Anita Blanchard She called 911 for a welfare check, claiming Urker was in a “dark place” and didn’t show up for work on Thursday.
Ken Urker and Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
Courtesy of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/InstagramWhen authorities entered the home, they reportedly found drug paraphernalia along with a “brown powdery substance” in the bathroom. A syringe, gun and two shot glasses were also found on the nightstand next to Urker’s bed, according to the report.
Anderson, who fell in love with Gypsy while he was in prison for her role in her mother’s murder in 2015 Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard – He said that he “never agreed” with Urker and expressed his regret for the events that took place.
“You still hate hearing about someone dying, you know what I mean?” Anderson said Friday.
He noted that he and Gypsy had not been in contact for “almost a year” and that he reached out to his father, Rod, to make sure everyone was okay.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s estranged husband Ryan Anderson is speaking out about the one-time couple’s ongoing divorce. “I just want to say, was I given a choice? After what happened, she left me no choice but to try and move on,” Anderson, 38, tells Us Weekly exclusively via text message. “I got married […]
“I texted his dad, Rod,” Anderson recalled. “I said, ‘Hey man, I heard the news. If it’s true, tell Gypsy I’m sorry.'”
He also asked Gypsy’s father to say “I’m here if he needs me” and added: “I was always someone who could make him laugh and comfort him when he was sad.”
Ürker and Gypsy became pen pals after spending seven years in prison. He wrote her a letter of support after watching the HBO documentary about the case, Mommy Dead and Dearest.
Urker later visited Gypsy in prison and shared their first kiss. He proposed to her in October 2018 but they broke up the following year.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is speaking out after her ex-fiancé Ken Urker died on his 34th birthday. Speaking to People on Thursday, October 1, just hours after Urker was found unresponsive in his Louisiana home, Blanchard, 35, said he didn’t know whether his death was “intentional or not.” “Your situation wasn’t good. […]
Gypsy moved on with Anderson, whom she married in a prison ceremony in July 2022. Gypsy was released from prison in December 2023, but her relationship with Anderson did not last long in the outside world and the pair divorced in 2024.
Gypsy and Urker confirmed their reconciliation in April and welcomed their daughter in December 2024. Urker’s sister Autumn Urker said Sun the couple broke up “over a month ago”.
Anderson said in a statement Friday that following Ken’s death, his “main concern is Aurora, Gypsy and their family. I care. I wish him the best.”
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