Gypsy Rose Blanchard's Boyfriend Ken Urker Reveals How They 'Reconnected' After Her Prison Release (Exclusive)

(L) Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ken Urker.Photo:Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Ken Urkerhas re-discovered love withGypsy Rose Blanchard, and he isn’t letting go. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, the bartender, 31, opened up about how the couple reconnected after calling off their engagement. Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Ryan Anderson and Ken Urker.Phillip Faraone/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty ; Ken Urker/Instagram Phillip Faraone/Getty; Jamie McCarthy/Getty ; Ken Urker/Instagram In October 2018, Urker proposed to Blanchard, though theybriefly called off their engagement before reunitingin August 2019.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and Boyfriend Ken Urker Open Up About Attending Couples Therapy to 'Improve' Relationship (Exclusive)

From left: Ken Urker and Gypsy-Rose Blanchard.Photo:Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchardis opening up about her relationship withKen Urker.In their first joint interview since getting back together, Blanchard and Urker sat down with PEOPLE to discuss season 2 ofGypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up. The reality star, 33, reveals the two are still navigating their relationship and are currently in couples therapy, which she says has been helpful.“I like it because it gives an unbiased opinion,” she explains.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Gets Emotional Explaining Why Her First Birthday After Leaving Prison Was So Special

Gypsy Rose Blanchard attends “The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard” Red Carpet Event on January 05, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty Jamie McCarthy/Getty Gypsy-Rose Blanchardwill never forget her first birthday after leaving prison. During an appearance on theWednesday, Oct. 16 edition ofThe Viall Filespodcast, Blanchard — who wasreleased from prison on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, afterserving eight years for her role in her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard’s murder— opened up about what it was like celebrating her first birthday as a free woman.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Reiterates She Won't Be Sharing Photos of Daughter, Warns of 'Fake Accounts' with 'Random Babies' (Exclusive)

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard.Photo:Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / SplashNews Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / SplashNews Gypsy-Rose Blanchardis reaffirming that she won’t be sharing photos of her daughter. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Blanchard, 33, reiterated onher Instagram Storiesthat she is not planning on posting any photos of her daughterAurora, whom she welcomed with boyfriendKen Urkerin late December. “It has come to my attention that fake Gypsy accounts are posting pictures of random babies with the intent to gain followers and views,” she wrote.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Says Ex Ryan Anderson Is ‘Still Not Out of the Picture’ Despite Completed Paternity Test (Exclusive)

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard (left) and Ryan Anderson (right).Photo:JC Olivera/WireImage; Jamie McCarthy/Getty JC Olivera/WireImage; Jamie McCarthy/Getty “We’re still dealing with some things wrapped around the paternity, believe it or not, getting the paperwork finalized for that,” Blanchard tells PEOPLE. “So it’s like I took the test before she was born, and I posted that Instagram that shut all the rumors of who the father was down, so it was clear, but then you have the court proceeding part of it, you have to follow up on,” she explains.