Gypsy Rose Blanchard goes to be a mother.
The Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup star, 32, — who, after years of being subjected to painful medical abuse, performed a job within the 2015 killing of her mother Dee Dee — is anticipating her first child with boyfriend Ken Urker, 31.
Blanchard shared the thrilling information in a video titled “I’m Pregnant, My Journey So Far” posted on her YouTube channel on Tuesday, July 9.
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In Might, the previous inmate and Munchausen by proxy sufferer opened as much as PEOPLE about rekindling her romance with Urker. Whereas serving time in jail for her position within the killing of her mom, Blanchard was in a relationship with Urker, who first began as a pen pal.
Urker proposed in 2018 and their relationship then ended years previous to her 2023 jail launch. On the time of her launch, Blanchard was married to ex Ryan Anderson, whom she married whereas she was in jail.
“Ken and I reconnected as pals. It wasn’t like, soar out of a wedding after which let me meet up with you, and increase, we’re in a relationship,” she mentioned. “We had saved a friendship for the longest time. He was in a relationship. I used to be with Ryan, and so we had been dwelling completely different lives with respect to our companions, a ‘want you the very best’ kind of factor.”
After her marriage to Anderson fell aside, Blanchard instructed PEOPLE that Urker is who she turned to. “It wasn’t till I knew that my marriage was over that I used to be like, ‘I want to see you and let’s hang around as a result of we by no means received to hang around earlier than once I was in jail’,” she mentioned.
“I’d say that Ken is my old flame as a result of that is once I truthfully felt like a mature love. It wasn’t primarily based off of a fantasy. It was really primarily based on a connection that two individuals have for one another,” added Blanchard.
In Might, Blanchard’s stepmom Kristy Blanchard instructed PEOPLE that Urker was transferring to Louisiana, the place Blanchard lives, to be along with her. On the time, Kristy additionally admitted that she was the one who pushed her stepdaughter to reunite along with her former fiancé.
“It is all my fault, and I will gladly take the blame. I wished them again collectively,” she instructed PEOPLE completely. “I made that occur. Put the warmth on me.”
“Gypsy will lastly get her fortunately ever after,” she continued. “Ken’s transferring to New Orleans to be along with her quickly. He discovered a spot. Gypsy is so excited to have him nearer. A love like theirs comes as soon as in a lifetime.”
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Talking with PEOPLE in December 2023, Blanchard mentioned how she’d have to clarify to her future children about her time in jail, noting that she knew it might be a “onerous dialog.”
“We’re in love,” mentioned Blanchard, who was nonetheless with Anderson on the time. But in addition, “It is onerous as a result of I am going into a brand new life and I am newly married, and I’ll have children sooner or later, and I’ll have to clarify to my children why their grandmother on mommy’s aspect is not round. And that is going to be a very onerous dialog.”
One factor she is not anxious about is hurting her kids the way in which her mom Dee Dee damage her, when for years she pressured Gypsy into quite a few painful medical procedures she by no means wanted.
“Each time somebody says, ‘Do you assume that due to what you went by, you are going to try this to your children?’ I say, ‘You realize what? Completely not.'” mentioned Gypsy, who has gone by years of self-work and continues to obtain remedy. “I’ve discovered what to not do. I’ve no considerations about my parenting with regards to that.”
Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up airs Mondays at 9/8c on Lifetime. The season airs July 22 at 9/8c on Lifetime.
