Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex-husband has filed for a restraining order against her – just three days after she filed one against him.
Ryan Anderson, 37, hit back at his wife Thursday, hours after she filed for divorce and asked for alimony, saying “he was responsible for the dissolution of the marriage.”
The couple married in a Missouri prison in July 2022, where Blanchard was serving a 10-year prison sentence for plotting the murder of his mother Clauddine “DeeDee” Blanchard in 2015.
She was paroled in December, but the couple split last month when Blanchard told her Facebook followers that she was “learning to listen to my heart.”
“Right now, I need time to figure out who I am,” she added.
Blanchard announced his separation from the 37-year-old special education teacher on March 28; seen in January
Gypsy Rose (left) with her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who was murdered by Gypsy and her then-boyfriend in 2015
Blanchard was convicted three years before her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn (pictured), who was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2019. He stabbed Dee Dee Blanchard to death with a knife Gypsy had given him.
In what became one of Munchausen’s best-known proxy cases, Blanchard spent her childhood pretending to be a wheelchair-bound invalid.
Dee Dee subjected her to years of poor health, shaving her head, giving her unnecessary medication, and convincing the world that she suffered from leukemia and muscular dystrophy.
She cynically paraded the child at charity events and fundraisers, raising sympathy and money for conditions that did not exist and the illness she herself inflicted on her daughter.
Blanchard’s mother’s hold ended in 2015 when she persuaded the boyfriend she met online, Nicholas Godejohn, to break into their Springfield, Mo., home and stab her mother to death.
The divorce filing comes after Anderson exclusively told DailyMail.com that he and Blanchard had separated due to her ongoing relationship with ex-fiancé Ken Urker.
He said: “I’m not coping well. For me, it came out of nowhere. I didn’t know she still had such strong feelings for him.
Just four months ago, Anderson posted about his perfect life on Instagram when he introduced the couple’s adopted dog, Pixie, to his followers in a photo of the dog with Blanchard and wrote, “My two girls favorites… my family is adorable… I’m so lucky. ‘
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has officially filed for divorce from ex-husband Ryan Anderson
It’s been more than three weeks since Blanchard “blindsided” her husband and left their marital home in Lake Charles to move back into her father and stepmother’s house in Cut Off, Louisiana, about three weeks later. hours of driving.
The now estranged couple is seen together shopping in Liberty, Missouri, the afternoon she was released from prison.
The seemingly happy couple caused a stir on social media after Blanchard’s release, with steamy messages to each other left on public accounts.
But the happy ending he thought would follow after Munchausen’s proxy victim was released in December, after serving eight years in prison for his mother’s murder, came to nothing.
Instead, photos emerged of Blanchard holding hands with Urker, who first began writing to her in 2018 after seeing the HBO documentary about her childhood, “Mommy Dearest.”
They broke up shortly before she began her prison romance with Anderson in 2020.
Seemingly without a care in the world, a beaming Blanchard and Urker were seen visiting a Dollar General store in south Louisiana and casually smoking a cigarette together.
They made no effort to hide the matching Husky dog tattoos they had received just days earlier.
To Anderson, it was a cruel and confusing demonstration of their closeness.
He told DailyMail.com: “I haven’t spoken to him so I just don’t know what’s going on. I’m at a loss. I’m really not doing well at all.
It’s been more than three weeks since Blanchard “blindsided” her husband and left their marital home in Lake Charles to move back into her father and stepmother’s house in Cut Off, Louisiana, about three weeks later. hours of driving.
Urker wasted no time flying in from Texas to be by his side and while Blanchard insisted there was “no intimacy” between the two men and that he was simply a supportive friend , Anderson is clear that the relationship is to blame for the ending. of his marriage.
Neither Blanchard’s father, Rod, nor his stepmother, Kristy, were supportive of his marriage to Anderson. For his part, Rod said he gave the marriage a 50/50 chance, “at best.”
The relationship began during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when Netflix’s hit series, “Tiger King,” was garnering huge public attention.
One of Anderson’s colleagues wanted to write to Tiger King, Joe “Exotic Maldonado-Passage,” so Anderson said, “If you write to him, I’ll write to Gypsy Rose Blanchard.”
Blanchard’s family expressed concerns that the relationship was initially just a “challenge.”
But according to a family member who spoke to DailyMail.com, Anderson went into it “with the best of intentions.”
The relative said: “He really loves her. Ryan is a really good guy. You won’t get better than Ryan. But she is marked by everything that happened to her.
“We thought Gypsy was okay, but she’s not. Ryan is in counseling and I know she is court mandated to do so, but it’s like there are forces inside Gypsy pulling against her.
Blanchard’s traumatic childhood and early adulthood have informed documentaries, films, books and countless magazine, newspaper and online articles.
In recent years, Blanchard has spoken about her desire to live a normal life and enjoy “the simple things,” but her existence with Anderson since her long-awaited release has clearly not lived up to her hopes.
The family member told DailyMail.com: “I don’t know if either of you have spoken to divorce lawyers, but the rift is real. It’s done.’
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The now estranged couple was seen in Midtown Manhattan during Gypsy Rose’s New York press tour in early January, days after her release.
The seemingly loved-up couple attracted attention during their trip to the Big Apple
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Ryan Anderson confirmed that he and his wife Gypsy Rose Blanchard have split due to her ongoing relationship with ex-fiancé Ken Urker.
Meanwhile, according to TMZ, Blanchard told family and friends that her marriage ended due to Anderson’s argumentativeness and constant jealousy over the time she wanted to spend with her father.
According to the report, Blanchard wanted to rebuild her relationship with her father after so many years behind bars, but instead of supporting her efforts, Anderson attacked them.
Announcing the split in a private Facebook post obtained by People, Blanchard simply wrote: “People ask me what’s going on in my life. Unfortunately, my husband and I are going through a separation and I have moved in with my parents on the bayou.
“I have the support of my family and friends to help me get through this. I am learning to listen to my heart.
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