Who is Ken Urker? All About Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Ex-Fiance, How They Met, & Full Relationship Timeline

Gypsy Rose Blanchard‘s ex-fiancé, and the father of her child, Ken Urker has suddenly died at the age of 33.

If you didn’t know, Gypsy, 35, first connected with Ken when she was serving her prison sentence after being convicted in the death of her mother Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.

While she was still in prison, they were briefly engaged, but later split up and Gypsy went on to marry someone else.

After her release from prison in December 2023, Gypsy reconnected with Ken, they got back together, and welcomed a daughter.

Following news of his death, we’re taking a look at the pair’s relationship timeline so that you can get to know more about Ken.

Ken writes to Gypsy after watching HBO’s Mommy Dead and Dearest documentary

Ken first reached out to Gypsy in 2017 while she was in prison after watching the HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest, which detailed her early life and the abuse she suffered from her late mother Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.

In an interview with E! News in 2019, Gypsy talked about her relationship with Ken, revealing that he first sent her a “letter of support” and after corresponding on a weekly basis, they “became fast friends” before they started dating.

“It was pretty soon after that that we started talking on the phone,” Gypsy said. “We would spend hours on the phone. I talked to him like I had known him my whole life and vice versa.”

Ken comes from a big family

Ken was one of five children and has a big family, and they support their relationship.

“He has a big family and so do I. My father’s side is pretty big,” Gypsy shared. “It’s something I am relieved about because it’s like, a lot of people in here they don’t always have that family support.”

She continued, “I was very concerned when we first started dating, because I was like, ‘Oh my god your family is going to think of me like I’m in prison for murder!’ And he was like, ‘No my mom has watched the documentary and my grandma has watched the documentary and my grandma, my brother and everybody has watched it so they know your story and they do have a heart for you.’ So I didn’t have to explain everything, it was sort of already known when I came into the picture.”

Ken proposes in 2018

After a year of dating, Ken proposed to Gypsy in October 2018.

“This was something we had discussed for a while, so it wasn’t out of the blue,” Gypsy told E! News. “We bounced around the idea, we have a pretty solid thing going and we’re pretty sure this is what we want. So, on the October visit, he held my hands close and told me how much I meant to him and he’s like, ‘I would really, really be honored if I could have your hand in marriage,’ and I said yes.”

He first gave her a silver band, but it was confiscated in prison, so he bought her a new one.

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