Sydney, Australia – Gypsy Rose Blanchard slammed the “disgusting” speculation that she had any involvement in her ex Ken Urker’s sudden death in a new sit-down interview.
The 35-year-old opened up about the loss of her former fiancé in an emotional chat with 60 Minutes Australia, where she admitted that she struggled to come to terms with Urker’s death last month at the age of 34.
“I just kept saying, ‘No, no, no, no.’ This isn’t true. You’re lying, you’re making this up,” she said.
While police did not find any evidence of foul play in Urker’s death, speculation arose online that Blanchard, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of her mother Dee Dee, may have been involved.
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Blanchard fiercely shut down the notion and said it was “disgusting to hear.”
“That was the love of my life. That’s the father of my child,” she said. “I’ve known Ken for almost nine years. No other man, no other person had my heart like he did.”
Urker’s cause of death has not been publicly disclosed, but Blanchard has told the media that she believes he overdosed. Urker was found with drugs and drug paraphernalia at the time of his death.
Urker’s sister fueled some of the chatter around Blanchard’s potential role in his death, claiming that Blanchard was “to blame for his death because all of this started because of her.”
But Blanchard said in the new interview that Urker struggled with the public scrutiny of him and their relationship, saying that accusations of Urker being a “child predator” were the final straw for him.
“That was one that really got to him because he’s a father,” she explained. “People had been calling him that since the start of our relationship in 2017 because they would look at me, and they’re like, ‘She’s small in stature. She has kind of a high-pitched voice. It’s kind of childlike. Well, he must be into that kind of thing, huh?'”
She also said the leak of prison calls between the former couple took an especially significant toll on Urker’s mental health in his final days, fueling his drug use.
After his death, Blanchard shared a petition demanding changes to the way social media platforms respond to harassment and cyberbullying, and despite initial tensions, Urker’s family ultimately invited Blanchard to his funeral.
