Gypsy Rose Blanchard hits back at explosive allegations from ex-fiancé Ken Urker’s sister
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Reality star and convicted murderer Gypsy Rose Blanchard has hit back at explosive claims made by ex-fiancé Ken Urker’s sister Autumn following his sudden death.
On Friday (local time), Autumn accused Blanchard of lying about the details surrounding his death, including reports that Urker’s body was found after he failed to reply to a birthday text from Blanchard.
Blanchard and Urker were together for a total of four-and-a-half years over their on-off romance. Instagram/@gypsyrose_a_blanchard
“Gypsy had no right to lie and say that it was because of some text that she sent to him,” Autumn, 31, told the US Sun.
She also claimed Blanchard and her brother “were not together” and said Urker had ended the relationship “over a month ago”.
Blanchard, 35, has now hit back in a statement to US Weekly.
“At this time, I do not want the focus surrounding Ken’s passing to become centred on negativity or disagreements between Autumn and me,” she said.
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“It is no secret that Autumn did not approve of Ken’s relationship with me, and there has been significant tension between us, including public comments she made about me in the months leading up to his passing,” she continued.
“I remain in communication with Ken’s family, and aside from my relationship with Autumn, those communications have been positive and respectful during an incredibly painful time.”
She also claimed that Autumn “threatened” Urker, which caused him severe distress before he passed.
“[He] said that Autumn had repeatedly threatened to ‘go harder’ publicly and further contribute to the negative commentary and scrutiny he was already experiencing,” Blanchard said.
Urker was found dead at his Louisiana home on Thursday, his 34th birthday. He and Blanchard share one-year-old daughter Aurora. Instagram/@gypsyrose_a_blanchard
Urker was found dead at his Louisiana home on Thursday (local time), which was his 34th birthday.
The Lafourche Sherriff’s Office said in a statement to E! News: “We were notified about this at 6:15pm CDT and responded. He was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.”
In a statement to TMZ shortly after news of his death broke, Blanchard claimed Urker was “relentlessly cyberbullied” online before his death and endured an “unimaginable level of public scrutiny”.
She and Urker shared daughter Aurora Raina Urker, one, and Blanchard promised to “make sure she grows up knowing how deeply her father loved her”.
