Gypsy Rose Blanchard released a new statement thanking fans in the wake of her on-again, off-again fiancé Ken Urker’s death.
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has reached out with love, prayers and condolences,” the “Life After Lockup” star wrote via Instagram Stories on Monday morning.
Noting that she was unable to “respond to every message,” the 35-year-old added, “Please know I see them, and I’m so grateful.”
She concluded, “All I ask is that you please sign and share my petition.”
Blanchard first shared the online harassment petition, notably, over the weekend, taking aim at the “overwhelming amount of online scrutiny” Urker suffered, which she claimed “crossed the line into targeted harassment and cyberbullying.”
She wants “Kenan’s Law” to change “the way social-media platforms handle repeated reports of harassment” since “public figures are still human beings, and fame should never erase someone’s humanity.”
Blanchard, who is determined to turn her “pain into purpose,” added, “I cannot change what happened, but I can advocate for a better system for the next person who feels like no one is listening.”
Urker was found dead in his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday Thursday.
While Blanchard made headlines for saying Urker died of an overdose, his cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
Urker was found with drug paraphernalia and a gun at the time of his death.
He and Blanchard were not together when he passed, with Page Six breaking the news Friday that the couple quietly split up prior to the tragedy.
“They officially broke up about a month ago, but then they were living apart for about two months,” a source told us Friday.
The insider alleged that after “trying to work it out for a bit,” the duo “both just amicably, a month ago, said let’s just leave it here, have our space, and see where we’re at.”
We hear “it was nothing nasty,” with the source insisting, “It was just a mutual agreement. They were co-parenting. … They were in touch every few days checking in on Aurora.”
In her initial statement about Urker’s death, Blanchard wrote, “Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved. He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance and even death can never erase.”
She went on to post a touching tribute to Instagram with never-before-seen photos of Urker, writing, “You will always be my greatest love story. You will be remembered and loved forever. 
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Her and Urker’s love story began in 2017 while Blanchard was serving time for second-degree murder over the role she played in mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard’s 2015 death.
The pair got engaged in 2018, called it quits the following year then reconciled — after Blanchard married and divorced Ryan Scott Anderson — in 2024.
They welcomed daughter Aurora, now 1, that December.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
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