Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up on a new platform. The 32-year-old ex-convict personality has launched her own YouTube channel and started with a fan Q&A video.
When asked about the first thing she did after being released from prison that made her happiest, Gypsy Rose admitted it was her decision to divorce her husband, Ryan Anderson.
“I filed for divorce and followed my heart in search of true love,” she said, referring to her current relationship with her ex-fiance, Ken Urker. “I felt like I made this choice as a free woman. I made this choice as an independent woman and I think everyone should follow their hearts.”
The reality TV star added: “Life is too short to be sad or feel trapped by anything in your life. I was in a marriage that I wasn’t happy with and I knew my heart was somewhere else. And so I followed that.”
Gypsy Rose said it was the “happiest” moment she had “ever lived”, adding: “I’m not ashamed of it.”
She also referenced her boyfriend’s dog, Parker, when asked if she has any pets.
“We kind of share Parker. Parker is not mine, but since I’m dating him, I’m the girlfriend, so I’m taking on the role of mother to Parker,” she noted.
Gypsy Rose previously open to ET about her regrets regarding her marriage to her ex Ryan.
“I don’t regret the relationship with Ryan, but I do regret getting married in prison so quickly. Living with someone is very different… now in retrospect I understand where (people) were coming from,” Gypsy said in May.
She revealed that the decision to end the marriage was not due to a single incident, but rather a culmination of factors, despite media claims that trivial issues were to blame. “It wasn’t anything like what the headlines were saying about a fridge and food…it was a bunch of things that came together,” she clarified.
She and Ken split in 2019, but Gypsy Rose told ET that the two “remained friends” even after they split.
Ken recently moved to Louisiana to be near Gypsy Rose while she was on parole.
Gypsy Rose went to prison for her involvement in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Gypsy and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, were convicted in 2016 of orchestrating the murder of Dee Dee, who manipulated her daughter’s life and portrayed her as terminally ill.
She was released from prison in December 2023, after serving 85% of her sentence.
ET spoke to Gypsy Rose’s ex Ryan about the sudden separation, who said he was “surprised” by the turn of events.
“I’m surprised how quickly it went from like, ‘I’m staying with my parents for the weekend,’ and then it’s, ‘I’m never going back.’ It was shocking how quickly it went from that to that to now ‘I’m with Ken and in love with him. He’s my soulmate and you married me a week ago,'” Ryan told ET earlier this month. “It’s hard to process as her husband — we’re in the middle of divorce proceedings and everything, so I can’t say much, but I’m surprised at how quickly this happened.”
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