Evan Rosen | New York Daily News (TNS)
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was seen getting matching tattoos with her former fiancé, just days after it was announced she was splitting up with her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson.
Ken Urker, a man who had been engaged to Blanchard in 2018 before they separated while she was still behind bars, was by her side at a tattoo parlor on Monday as the pair allegedly got matching images of huskies on their arms, according to TMZ.
Urker’s mother, Raina Williams, told People on Tuesday that the pair “are not back together,” and that her son is simply helping Blanchard through her divorce.
“They’re very cool. Ken is just being a supportive friend to her and that’s it,” Williams said. “I think she’s a sweet girl. I think she’s made her mistakes and she’s trying to learn from them like anyone else. And I care a lot for Gypsy and I want to see good things happen for her.”
Blanchard’s divorce was reported last Friday, just three months after her release from prison for her role in the death of her abusive mother, who experts believe suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
“Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents,” the 32-year-old Missouri woman said in a statement, referring to her father, Rod, and stepmother, Kristy, who live in Louisiana. “I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now I need time to let myself find… who I am.”
Blanchard and Anderson tied the knot in a private ceremony in July 2022, while she was behind bars.
Ahead of her release from prison, her father said he gave their marriage a “50/50 chance,” noting his daughter “can be spontaneous … and just jump into things without thinking.”
Blanchard pleaded guilty in 2016 to second-degree murder for having persuaded then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn to murder her mom, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. Originally sentenced to a decade, Blanchard was released from prison just ahead of last New Year’s Eve.
Urker had originally reached out to Blanchard after seeing the HBO documentary “Mommy Dead and Dearest,” writing to her while she was in prison and engaging in an on-again-off-again relationship until she moved on and dated Anderson.
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