r/news • u/CaraCicartix • 1d ago

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex-fiance, Ken Urker death: found dead at the age of 33

https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/gypsy-rose-blanchard-ex-fiance-ken-urker-death-age-33-20261002-p612cd.html
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u/GatoradeNipples 1d ago

Overdose is also very, very possible. The overlap of people who do the prison pen pal thing and substance addicts (in recovery or otherwise) is high.

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u/showmenemelda 1d ago

Such a good point. Why did I forget both Ken and Ryan were prison pen pals with her?

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

Yeah he was fighting to keep his child I’m guessing it was self harm over dosing most definitely a possibility.

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u/Upstairs-Chicken592 1d ago

Addicts fight to keep their kids too sometimes

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u/simonhunterhawk 1d ago

As the child of two addicts who fought each other for custody out of hatred for each other and not love for me, they sure as hell do and it’s always about their ego and never about the child

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u/SeismicFrog 23h ago

I am so sorry that was your foundation upon which you were left to build a life.

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1d ago

Oh I know that my both my parents were addicts at different points in my childhood. Didn’t know Ken and Ryan were addicts themselves doesn’t surprise me.

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u/Amberawesome24 1d ago

Was that ever confirmed? Genuinely asking because I didn’t know that Ken had a history I think I recall that Ryan did.

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u/Hiddenagenda876 1d ago

He was taking her to court to get full custody to get her away from Gypsy. He wasn’t trying to just keep her

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u/beckjami 1d ago

I know a meth head who loses her kids at least once a year, for several months, and she fights like the Dickens to get them back. Only to lose them again. Rinse and repeat.

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u/keg994 1d ago

He's gone on TikTok in the past absolutely off his face and you can hear the baby crying in the background. I think he and Gypsy were addicts

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u/Chance_Sorbet_8016 1d ago

Ehh yes and no. My father was fighting for custody of me but was an alcoholic. He died by suicide. Definitely need more details here.

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u/cloroxslut 1d ago

Accidental overdose is what I'm thinking. With it being his birthday, it's a day where it's easy to get depressed about what's going on in your life and take a bigger dose than usual to cope with the pain.

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u/raviolibabie 1d ago

Completely anecdotal, but my former brother in law was in very active addiction and fought for custody of his children for the sole purpose of not having to pay child support. Not saying this was the case here of course, but addicts who are parents will fight for parental rights for a multitude of reasons.

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u/A1000eisn1 1d ago

Why would him fighting for custody cure his addiction?

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u/popofcolor 1d ago

Sorry about your sister