Pregnant Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, Boyfriend Ken Urker Share Holiday Embrace Ahead of Daughter’s Birth: ‘A December to Remember’
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker are celebrating their last Christmas before becoming parents.
The Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup star, 33, posed with Urker, 31, along with her father Rod Blanchard and stepmom, Kristy Blanchard, for a holiday snap on Christmas Day.
In the pic shared via Urker’s Instagram, Gypsy smiles as she rests her hands on her growing baby bump. Urker, standing behind her, is seen with one of his hands on the lower area of Blanchard’s belly as he smiles for the camera.
Rod and Kristy are also in the photo, standing in front of a decorated Christmas tree.
“A December to remember! Merry Christmas to all!” Urker captioned the photo.
The picture marks the couple’s last Christmas together before welcoming their first baby. Gypsy-Rose announced her pregnancy on her YouTube channel in July and is due next month.
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The photo also marks Urker and Gypsy-Rose’s first Christmas together since she was released from prison in December 2023. The Munchausen by proxy victim served time in prison for her role in the killing of her mother,
Urker first proposed in 2018 before their relationship ended temporarily. She then married Ryan Anderson, whom she filed for divorce from in April. After that split, she was seen rekindling her relationship with Urker. Gypsy-Rose and Anderson’s divorce was finalized earlier this month.
In July, Gypsy-Rose confessed to PEOPLE that she was “very surprised” to find out she was pregnant.
“I literally had taken that out of my mind as a possibility,” she said in her first interview since announcing her pregnancy.
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“I’m not going to say that I think that a baby will help a marriage or a relationship, because obviously there’s the added stress. I know that realistically, there’s going to be arguments too,” said Blanchard of her relationship with Urker. “But [Ken and I] both come from divorced parents and one thing we absolutely agreed on from day one, even back when we were dating in 2017, is that when we have a child, we will stick together for the long haul. This is a forever thing because we don’t want our child to grow up in a broken home.”
She also reflected on the type of mother she hopes to be, adding, “I want to be kind, that my kids come to me for any kind of advice, just like my stepmother,” she says. “I have seen how she has parented her children — and I think she’s a kick-ass mom. She’s supportive and not overbearing. She lets her kids find their dreams while also being able to pick up the pieces when those dreams fall apart sometimes — so that’s kind of the mantra I want to live by.”
