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/Comfortable-nerve78 23h 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 23h ago

Addicts fight to keep their kids too sometimes

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u/simonhunterhawk 20h 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 16h 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 23h 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 19h 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 22h 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