Gypsy Rose Blanchard Sets Record Straight on Paternity of Unborn Baby

Published: 9:07 AM PDT, July 12, 2024

As Gypsy Rose Blanchard put it in her first sit-down interview since announcing her pregnancy, “I know that I’m not perfect.”

Six months after being released from prison — and in the midst of a divorce — the viral figure, who was incarcerated for second-degree murder of her mother, has made headlines once again, this time with her personal milestone. During her first televised interview since the news, she answered questions from ABC’s Juju Chang, many of which fans may also have on their mind, including estranged husband Ryan Anderson’s reaction and whether there is a chance this baby could be his. 

However, as she declared, “This is absolutely 100 percent Ken’s baby.” Ken Urker is her former fiancé with whom she rekindled a romance seemingly around April, the same month she filed for divorce from Anderson after nearly two years of marriage. 

Blanchard explained she left Anderson in mid-March and there was “never any question of paternity.”

As for how her ex may react to the news she’s welcoming a child with someone else, the 32-year-old reality star told Chang she wishes him the best “emotionally.”

However, she also made clear that having a healthy pregnancy is her top priority right now as she enters into a new chapter of her life as a first-time mom, notably after suffering years of Factitious disorder imposed on another (formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy) at the hands of her mother, Dee Dee.  

While she acknowledged that people will question whether she should be a mom herself after her criminal history, Blanchard insisted that she does know “right from wrong.” 

She’s also given thought to the day her child will inquire about Blanchard’s childhood and criminal history, telling Chang that she and Urker will sit down with them and explain it “in the most honest way possible.”

However, that moment — and every other one in her baby’s life — will not be shared with the world. Despite assuming her own public platform in the months since her release, Blanchard has decided not to do the same with her kid. “I will not be putting my child in the media at all,” she said. “This world is so cruel and unsafe that there is a level of responsibility that I have to make sure that my child is protected.”

While she’s been sharing new content to YouTube, the Lifetime personality told ET in May that the end of her own public life is “coming really soon.”

“I think everything has been very hyped up, and I’ve had wonderful opportunities, but I don’t see those lasting, and I think there comes a time where I have to make a choice,” she said. “And that is, when do I say enough is enough? And I think after so long of having my name in the spotlight, that time is coming really soon.”

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