Gypsy Rose Blanchard will attend Ken Urker’s Texas funeral despite public feuding with his sister, a source confirmed.
The insider, close to the late bartender, said exclusively that Blanchard, 35, “plans to go” to the family’s memorial service. She has already been welcomed by the Urker family and traveled to Louisiana this past weekend for a small viewing at a local funeral home.
“Gypsy and his family are fine and have been grieving together,” the source shared. “She has been welcomed to his Texas funeral.”
That family solidarity stands in sharp contrast to the open warfare between Blanchard and Ken’s sister, Autumn Urker. Last week, Autumn said that the Urker family is “disgusted” with Blanchard’s behavior after Ken’s death. She also alleged that Blanchard lied about discovering Ken’s body after he failed to respond to her happy birthday text.
Blanchard fired back immediately through the outlet, framing Autumn’s attacks as a distraction from the real loss. “At this time, I do not want the focus surrounding Ken’s passing to become centered on negativity or disagreements between Autumn and me,” she said.
She traced the roots of the conflict back further. “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,” Blanchard continued.
She also denied Autumn’s claim that she had cut off Ken’s loved ones. “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 added.
The couple’s romantic relationship had actually ended before his death. The outlet exclusively reported that Blanchard and Urker, 34, began living separately two months ago and officially split one month before he died. “They both just amicably, a month ago, said let’s just leave it here, have our space, and see where we’re at,” the source said.
Despite the breakup, they remained bound together as co-parents to their one-year-old daughter, Aurora. They were in constant communication about the child, and the separation stemmed from Urker’s struggles with mental health problems, according to the insider.
Ken was found dead in his Louisiana home on Oct. 1, his 34th birthday. The Lafourche Parish Public Information Officer stated that investigators did not suspect foul play. A police report detailed what deputies discovered: “Deputies walked in the direction of the room and located paraphernalia (syringes and spoon) in the bathroom next to a brown powdery substance,” the report stated. “Deputies located a syringe and a handgun on the nightstand next to the bed.”
Blanchard took to social media shortly after news broke and stated that he died of a suspected overdose, though no official cause of death has been released. She described him as having endured “relentless” cyberbullying and “an unimaginable level of public scrutiny.” She asked followers to sign an online harassment petition in his memory and slammed the gossip surrounding him while requesting kindness from the public.
The pair first connected in 2017 while Blanchard was serving prison time for the murder of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard. They became engaged a year later, then split. Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson in 2022, but that marriage ended after two years. She and Urker eventually reconciled and welcomed Aurora in late 2024.
Blanchard has not indicated whether she will bring Aurora to the Texas service.
