Gypsy Rose Blanchard and ex-fiancé Ken Urker were spotted showing some PDA just days after she announced her separation from husband Ryan Scott Anderson.
Blanchard, 32, and Urker intimately held hands as they stepped out to run errands at a Dollar General in South Louisiana on Wednesday.
The pair picked up a few goodies, new pictures reveal, including sodas and snacks. At one point, Blanchard was also seen taking a quick smoke break outside.
The duo were photographed hitting a Dollar General store for some goodies. Mega / SplashNews.com Blanchard was seen taking a smoke break alongside Urker. Mega / SplashNews.comExplore More
Blanchard appeared to be in good spirits and flashed a big smile as she latched onto her ex.
She was dressed casually in an olive green tank top, black leggings and black sneakers. Urker kept his ensemble low-key in a black hoodie, dark-wash jeans and sunglasses.
Despite their cozy display, they took to TikTok Live on Thursday to confirm they’re not sleeping together.
“We have not had any intimacy. We’re just hanging out as friends,” Urker said, per TMZ.
The pair seemed to be in good spirits. Mega / SplashNews.com Blanchard was dressed casually. Mega / SplashNews.comThey also shut down pregnancy gossip with Blanchard saying, “I’m on birth control. Like, what the hell?”
Earlier this week, Urker’s mother, Raina Williams, revealed that the duo got matching tattoos.
Photos of the newly-minted ink showed they both got husky tattoos – and on opposite arms, so that the dogs would face each other when they put their arms side-by-side.
However, they still insist they’re not dating. Williams told People that her son and Blanchard “are not back together” despite their reunion.
Sh opted for a green tank and black leggings. Mega / SplashNews.com Urker wore a black sweatshirt and jeans. Mega / SplashNews.com“They’re very cool. Ken is just being a supportive friend to her and that’s it,” she said.
Blanchard and Urker became engaged after he wrote to her in 2018 while she was serving her prison sentence. He had reached out after watching the “Mommy Dead and Dearest” documentary based on Blanchard’s childhood story.
They got engaged in October 2018. However, he broke up with her when “The Act” debuted on Hulu in March 2020, according to Blanchard’s e-book, “Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom.”
They recently got matting tattoos of husky dogs. TMZ Urker’s mom confirmed that they are not dating. Instagram/@gypsyrose_a_blanchard“My son has never had any kind of ill intentions towards Gypsy,” Williams told People. “It devastated him when they broke up the first time. But he truly thought that was what was best for Gypsy.”
Blanchard ended up marrying Anderson in 2022 after he also penned her letters while she was in jail.
She and the special education teacher were seen spending time together after she was released from prison at the end of 2023 after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence for the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
They were engaged in 2018. TMZ They connected after he wrote her letters while she was in prison. TMZThey made their red carpet debut at the premiere of Lifetime’s “Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” in January.
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While things seemed to be going great for the couple, Gypsy shocked fans when she announced via her private Facebook Page last week that she and Anderson had separated after one year of marriage.
Blanchard married Ryan Scott Anderson in 2022. Getty Images They made their red carpet debut as a couple in January. gypsyroseblanchard/FacebookShe had deleted her public social media accounts just days prior.
“People have been asking what is going on in my life,” Gypsy said. “Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home down the bayou.”
She added, “I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now I need time to let myself find… who I am.”
Blanchard announced their separation last week. Getty Images “Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home,” she shared. GC ImagesGypsy previously admitted in her documentary that she had feelings for Urker before she tied the knot with Anderson.
The doc covers the story of Gypsy’s incarceration after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for helping her then-boyfriend, Nick Godejohn, plot her mom’s stabbing death.
Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental illness that caused her to seek sympathy from others by pretending her daughter was sick with cancer, muscular dystrophy and other ailments.
