Celebrity News May 01, 2024
Gypsy Rose Blanchard on Her Relationship with Ex-Fiancé Ken Urker: ‘We Are Happy’ (Exclusive)
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard hit the red carpet on Wednesday in support of her hit Lifetime docuseries "From the Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard."
The event marked her first public appearance since a newly blonde Gypsy underwent a rhinoplasty, and she told “Extra,” "I'm feeling good tonight." She went on, "It's my first time in L.A. — taking in the sights.”
Revealing the status of her relationship with her ex-fiancé Ken Urker, Gypsy said, "We're very happy together. We have a long history together. We've always had a really close friendship that made for a great relationship, so we're in a good spot right now."
Next up is her new Lifetime docuseries “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.”
Gypsy served more than eight years in prison for her involvement in the murder of her mother. In 2015, Gypsy’s then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn stabbed Dee Dee Blanchard to death. It was a crime plotted by Gypsy after years of abuse at the hands of her mother, who was believed to have suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Blanchard spoke about her life today and what she hopes people learn from the new docuseries, sharing, "I just really hope that people take away that, you know, I'm just an average woman coming out into society trying to reacclimate, trying to adjust, doing the best she can. My life is going to be full of missteps and mishaps, but some achievements as well. I am learning who I am as an individual. I brought people along with me on this journey because my life is very unique and very not cookie-cutter. I hope people just take away that I'm just a person and just trying to do the best I can moving forward with my life."
In the trailer, Gypsy talks about getting death threats. She told "Extra," "I mean, I've gotten death threats on Instagram and TikTok and social media. I usually just report them with the app itself and hopefully they can take care of it on the back end of things, but I try to just not pay attention to any of that kind of stuff."
Blanchard also clarified comments she made in the trailer that she didn’t feel free.
"You know, that was a very in-the-moment statement," she explained. "I think that at that point in time, I was going through something that those emotions came up very strong in me. Since then, I do feel free. It's just kind of like, you take the ups and the downs, the good and the bad. It’s just part of life."
Posing on the red carpet with her stepmom, Gypsy shared, "My stepmom is an amazing woman. She's very strong and I am very proud to call her 'mom.' I don't even call her 'stepmom' — to me she's just 'mom.'"
Gypsy recently reached out to Joey King, who portrayed her in “The Act.” She said, "It went good! I DMed her on Instagram back when I had my public Instagram up and we had a great exchange. I wanted to show my support because she did do an amazing job portraying me. So, I really just wanted to reach out to her and praise her for that."
Is there anything she is looking forward to?
Blanchard said, "Yes, there are still probably about a million of things I'm looking forward to doing. Getting my driver’s license is a must. I still haven't done that yet because I'm a little chicken on the road, so that's going to be a priority going forward.”
As for her hopes for the new show, she said, "I would be very, very proud if we got an Emmy for our documentary. I think that means it touched a lot of people’s lives and hopefully impacted them in a positive way."
Lifetime’s “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up” premieres at 9 p.m. on June 3.
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