Gypsy-Rose Blanchard IS invited to ex-fiance Ken Urker's funeral... despite claims she 'humiliated' him shortly before his tragic death

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has received an invitation from Ken Urker's family to attend his upcoming funeral following his tragic death. 

Urker was found unresponsive inside his home in Louisiana on Thursday, October 1, the same day he was celebrating his 34th birthday.

It comes despite Urker's sister Autumn claiming that her brother had been 'terrified' and 'humiliated' by Blanchard. 

Family sources told TMZ that Blanchard was invited to the funeral service which is set to take place in his home state of Texas at a future date. 

Blanchard, 35, has a good relationship with most of Urker's family, including his mother Raina, per the sources, and his parents don't believe she was involved in his sudden passing. 

Blanchard, who welcomed 21-month-old daughter Aurora with Urker, is interested in attending the funeral, but also wants to hold an additional service in Louisiana for her loved ones to also attend, the family insiders told TMZ. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to reps of Blanchard for comment, but has yet to hear back. 

Just days earlier, Blanchard visited Urker's casket with their daughter over the weekend. 

Blanchard, whose relationship with Urker began during her seven-year prison sentence for her part in the murder of her abusive mother, Claudine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard, was present for a small viewing at a Louisiana funeral home on Saturday.

She arrived in a black dress and a necklace that Urker gifted her for their two-year anniversary, family sources told TMZ.

During one heart-wrenching moment at the viewing, their daughter Aurora reportedly recognized her father and said, 'Daddy.' Blanchard was also given private time to say goodbye.

Others present at the viewing included Urker's brother, two of his sisters and his mother Raina.

His sister Autumn did not attend, despite sources claiming she was in Louisiana at the time. 

It comes after Autumn's claims to the Daily Mail that Urker told her in their final phone call he was 'terrified' that Blanchard would not keep their daughter 'safe.' He also allegedly said that Blanchard had 'humiliated him.'

The day after the casket viewing, Blanchard and Urker's relatives reunited to have lunch at IHOP, where they shared memories about him.

Urker's family also arranged for one of his siblings to care for his dog, Parker.

On Monday, it was also revealed that Blanchard's last text conversations with Urker were about their daughter Aurora. The former couple welcomed Aurora on December 28, 2024.

A source close to the former couple told Page Six that in the weeks prior to his death their texts were 'normal' and 'basically all about Aurora' and how they would co-parent.

'She was talking more like a friend kind of level. Just co-parent level,' the source said. 'So it was like, "Hey, how's your day going? Cool."'

The insider added that Blanchard avoided flirting in her texts because she knew that Urker was struggling with his mental health and wanted to give him the space to get better, despite wanting to eventually get back with him.

'Once Gypsy accepted that [their relationship] was over is when she stopped the whole kind of relationship vibe,' the source claimed.

Urker's body was found at his Louisiana home last Thursday with syringes, a spoon, a holstered handgun and a 'brown powdery substance' nearby, according to police.

Blanchard took to her Instagram Story on Monday to thank friends, family and followers for their condolences.

She wrote: 'Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has reached out with love, prayers, and condolences.'

'I'm sorry I can't respond to every message, but please know I see them and I'm so grateful.'

Blanchard began corresponding with Urker in jail in 2017 after he watched an HBO documentary about her and decided to get in touch.

Urker proposed in 2018 only for them to split months later, after which she married special education teacher Ryan Anderson in prison.

Blanchard was granted early parole and released in December 2023, and as a free woman she divorced Anderson and reunited with Urker in 2024.

In the immediate aftermath of Urker's death, Blanchard publicly expressed the belief he had succumbed to an overdose. 

'I don't know if it was intentional or not. He was not in a good state of mind lately,' she said. 'I’m in disbelief. I can’t think. I’ve screamed until my throat burns.'

Blanchard has further claimed Urker was 'relentlessly cyberbullied' before his untimely passing, in a statement provided to TMZ.

She noted that she texted him on the day of his death to wish him a happy birthday but never received a reply. 

'Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved,' she began, adding that Urker would 'forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase.'

Blanchard said that he went through an 'unimaginable level of public scrutiny' while being with her and that the 'cruelty directed toward him was something no human being should have to endure.'

She noted that the online harassment had a 'profound impact' on Urker.

Regarding their infant daughter Aurora, Blanchard vowed to 'make sure she grows up knowing how deeply her father loved her.'

Blanchard said that she would also ensure her daughter knew 'who [Urker] was beyond what strangers on the internet chose to say about him.'

Urker's sister Autumn also recently accused Blanchard of lying about her relationship status with Urker before his death. 

In a statement to TMZ, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office said: 'We responded to a residence in Raceland today after receiving a call at 6.15pm. Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.'

Family sources told the publication that Urker was discovered at home by Blanchard's brother, Dylan.

According to People, Dylan and his wife had planned to go out to dinner with Urker before they arrived at his home.

They added that the tragic news had left both Blanchard and Urker's families in shock.

Urker's sister, Autumn, reportedly confirmed his death after going live on TikTok. She said her brother's last words to her had been, 'I love you.'

Aurora's birth coincided with the one-year anniversary of Blanchard's release from prison after she served seven years behind bars for her part in the murder of her abusive mother Dee Dee.

Blanchard was a victim as a child of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, after her mother Dee Dee forced her to pose as an invalid by remaining in a wheelchair at all times in public.

Dee Dee shaved Gypsy-Rose's head and kept her drugged to convince the world that her daughter had muscular dystrophy and was battling leukemia.

But their warped relationship came to an end in 2015, when Gypsy-Rose's boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, crept into their home in Springfield, Missouri, and stabbed Dee Dee to death. She was 48.

Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent seven years in prison before being released in December 2023 after being granted an early parole.