Gypsy Rose Blanchard has broken her silence on the final phone call she shared with Ken Urker before his sudden death.
Blanchard, 33, posted an Instagram Reel on Tuesday recounting the conversation, which she said took place while she was securing a new apartment. She claimed Urker, who died on his 34th birthday on Oct. 1, expressed fear about escalating attacks from his own sister, Autumn.
“He was like, ‘Be careful,'” Blanchard recalled of Urker’s warning. “He was worried about me. He was worried about people harassing me.”
According to Blanchard, Urker told her that Autumn had been “blowing [my phone] up, threatening me, saying she’s going to go even harder on me online with talking s–t and the hate.” The threats came after an old prison call between Urker and Blanchard resurfaced, in which he had complained about his sister.
Blanchard wrote that Autumn “never approved” of their relationship and had spent the last six months “giving us nothing but hell,” She added, “I tried to keep quiet. I tried multiple times to make peace with her and it was not working out.”
The former couple, who share 1-year-old daughter Aurora, had broken up one month before Urker’s death due to his struggles with mental health problems, though they were reportedly co-parenting peacefully and remained in constant communication about their child.
Blanchard insisted that Autumn lacked “any sort of insight or information as to [their] relationship” and has been “spewing all these lies and bulls–t,” She continued, “Just because someone is family does not mean they are privy to every detail of a person’s life. Autumn wasn’t close with Ken and Ken wasn’t close with Autumn.”
The dispute between Blanchard and Autumn has intensified since Urker’s passing. Autumn said last week that her brother “had to sleep with a gun every night” because he was receiving “death threats” and being “doxxed.” She also claimed she spoke to Ken the night before his death and that he made plans to check in with loved ones the following day.
“I don’t think he would ever do this to Aurora or my mother, and the family doesn’t think he did this on purpose, either,” Autumn shared with the outlet.
Blanchard fired back that Autumn was exploiting the tragedy. “A child lost their father, I lost a partner, a mother lost her son and it’s disgusting to see a family member take this as an opportunity to cash in,” she said in her Reel.
Blanchard has maintained her belief that Urker died of an overdose, though an official cause of death has not been released. Reports said that drug paraphernalia was found with his body. Autumn, however, blames Blanchard for the hate her brother received and does not take responsibility for it.
Since Urker’s death, Blanchard launched an online petition called Kenan’s Law in his honor, aimed at “changing the way social-media platforms handle repeated reports of harassment.” She claimed she has been supporting Urker’s family financially without Autumn’s involvement.
Blanchard rose to national attention after serving eight years in prison for her role in the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who had subjected her to years of medical child abuse. The case inspired the Hulu series “The Act” and made Blanchard a true-crime figure. She was released in December 2023 and documented her post-prison life in the Lifetime series “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.”
Despite the tension with Autumn, Blanchard will attend Urker’s funeral in Texas.