The cryptic message Ken Urker shared with friend in his final weeks before tragic death
Ken Urker, the former partner of reality star Gypsy Rose Blanchard, died recently following a period of mental health struggles. Sources indicate that friends and family were unaware of the severity of his situation prior to his death.
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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ex Ken Urker sent a cryptic message about his mental health just weeks before his tragic death.
“I spoke to him probably about two weeks ago, and I was just checking in,” a source close to Blanchard and Urker exclusively told Page Six.
The source wanted to see how Urker was doing after his breakup with the “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up” star.
“I checked in on him two weeks ago, just saying, ‘Hey, just checking in. ‘Cause I know it’s a hard time for both of you.’ And he was like, ‘I love you to bits. I’m surviving right now. But thanks for checking in.”
The source told us that they didn’t think too much into his messaging about “surviving” and thought he was “doing okay.”
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