Years before Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker welcomed their first child together, they were once engaged and planning a future together. However, Urker ended the relationship in 2019 while Blanchard was serving time in prison for her involvement in her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard’s murder.

Urker believed that he should give Blanchard "some time to build a self-identity" outside of a relationship, he tells PEOPLE

Ken Urker, who met Gypsy Rose Blanchard while she was in prison for her mother’s murder, said outside influences led him to end their relationship