Gypsy Rose Blanchard is vowing to honor her late ex-fiancé, Ken Urker, following his sudden death at 34.
“I only have my daughter and my voice ❤️🩹,” Blanchard, 35, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, October 4, referring to 16-month-old Aurora. “In honor of Ken, I am asking for your support for Kenan’s Law. 🤍.”
Blanchard created a petition for “Kenan’s Law” to help combat online harassment and cyberbullying, claiming that Urker had faced “an overwhelming amount of online scrutiny” prior to his death.
“Reports were made across multiple platforms, and far too often, the response was simply: ‘No violation.’ Kenan’s Law is about changing the way social-media platforms handle repeated reports of harassment,” she wrote on Sunday. “This is not about silencing criticism or taking away anyone’s freedom of speech. Public figures can and should be criticized, but public figures are still human beings, and fame should never erase someone’s humanity.”
Blanchard further explained her intentions in starting the campaign, while encouraging her social media followers to “sign and share” the petition.
“Ken’s passing has made me determined to turn pain into purpose,” she said. “I cannot change what happened, but I can advocate for a better system for the next person who feels like no one is listening. Fame does not erase humanity. A pattern cannot always be understood one post at a time.”
Blanchard’s Change.org petition has gathered 382 signatures as of publication.
“Kenan’s Law would ask lawmakers to establish stronger procedures for how major social-media platforms handle serious and repeated reports of online harassment,” she explained in a website description. “I am asking lawmakers to consider requirements including pattern-based reporting … human review … meaningful appeals … evidence preservation … [and] transparency.”
Urker, who welcomed Aurora with Blanchard in 2024, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday earlier this week. A cause of death has not been publicly revealed pending an ongoing investigation.
“Ken was an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved,” Gypsy wrote via Instagram on Thursday, October 1, breaking her silence on Urker’s death. “He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase.”
She concluded at the time, “Above all, Ken loved our daughter, Aurora. She is a beautiful reflection of his enduring spirit, and through her, a part of him will always remain with us. I will make sure she grows up knowing how deeply her father loved her and who he was beyond what strangers on the internet chose to say about him. He will be deeply missed, forever loved and never forgotten.”
In addition to his daughter, Urker is survived by his parents and siblings.
