Gypsy Rose Blanchard reveals how she rekindled her romance with Ken Urker

Gypsy Rose Blanchard don’t keep her new relationship in the dark.

After filing for divorce from her ex-husband Ryan Andersonthe 32-year-old rebounded with his ex-fiancé Ken Urkerbut she makes it clear that her new relationship isn’t just a fling.

“We remained friends even though we broke up in 2019,” Gypsy told E! News in an exclusive interview on May 1. “Even though it’s long distance. So it wasn’t until I was going through my divorce that we reconnected.” (For more with Gypsy, log on to E! News tonight May 2 at 11 p.m.)

And Gypsy, who was engaged to her ex-fiance from October 2018 to August 2019, plans to rebuild what she had with Ken this time around.

As she said: “We both have a lot of hope for what the future holds.”

After his release after nearly nine years in prison for involvement in his mother’s murder Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, Gypsy is still navigating a life of complete freedom and the spotlight. And although some of these daily challenges will be documented in the next issue of Lifetime Gypsy Rose: Life after confinement docuseries released on June 3, it continues to evolve.