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

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.

Gypsy and boyfriend Ken Urker got engaged in 2018 but he called it off a few months later following the public scrutiny surrounding their relationship.