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Despite living life behind bars for several years, Gypsy Rose Blanchard got married. The 32-year-old officially wed her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, in 2022.
Now that Gypsy Rose is out of prison, she’s looking forward to starting this next chapter of her life with Ryan, 37. They have plans for a family and more. Scroll down to learn more about Gypsy and Ryan’s relationship and her past romances.
Who Is Gypsy Rose’s Husband Ryan?
Ryan is from Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to their marriage license. He’s a special education teacher and sent her a letter while she was in prison back in 2020. “We met when the pandemic was really, really strong and I had a lot of emotional ups and downs because of COVID,” Gypsy Rose tells PEOPLE.
Ryan reached out to Gypsy Rose because of Tiger King, the hit Netflix docuseries. “My co-worker at the time was like ‘I want to write Tiger King.’ I said, ‘I’ll tell you what, if you write him, I’ll write Gypsy Rose Blanchard. I never thought she’d be my wife,” Ryan reveals.
In his letter to Gypsy Rose, Ryan told her “everything” about him. She eventually responded and said the “main reason” she did was because he was from her home state of Louisiana. They began corresponding via email, and he was smitten from the moment he heard her voice.
Gypsy Rose admits in her interview that Ryan has been her “emotional backbone for the last 3 years.” She continues, “Ryan has seen me through some really good times, some really hard times. I would say that he is probably the most compassionate soul that I’ve ever met, and the most patient. God knows, he’s so patient with me, because I could be a lot to handle. I could be an emotional handful.”
The spouses have had their struggles. They appeared to have split shortly after they tied the knot in June 2022 in Missouri. That November, Gypsy informed her family that she was planning on filing an annulment, per In Touch.
“It is with a heavy heart that this morning I made a decision to go ahead and file for annulment and end my marriage with Ryan,” a letter from Gypsy Rose read. “My marriage ends with no fault to either of us. I believe we are just in different places in our lives, and find it too difficult to walk a path together, at this point.”
However, neither Gypsy Rose nor Ryan ever filed the paperwork for an annulment. By mid-2023, she confirmed that they had decided to stay together. In response to former Bachelorette star Josh Seiter, Gypsy Rose blasted him for sending her a flirtatious email.
“I don’t know who you are, or why you chose ME to try and find your 15 minutes of fame, but I have friends everywhere, and I know what lies you’ve told online,” she replied. “I am a married woman, my [husband’s] name is Ryan Anderson, and we do NOT appreciate crazy people like you spreading lies. … I may look cute, but I have a smart-ass mouth, and I’m not afraid to tell you to go f**k yourself.”
After all their ups and downs, Gypsy Rose and Ryan are looking forward to starting their life together. However, Gypsy admits that the situation is a little bittersweet. “It’s hard because I’m going into a new life and I’m newly married, and I’m going to have kids one day, and I’m going to have to explain to my kids why their grandmother on mommy’s side isn’t around. And that’s going to be a really hard conversation,” she tells PEOPLE.
Who Else Has Gypsy Rose Dated?
Previously, Gypsy Rose was engaged to her ex-fiancé, Ken. The former duo met via her prison’s pen pal initiative and got engaged in mid-2019. That August, however, the two broke off their engagement and split.
Before meeting Ken, Gypsy Rose was in a complicated relationship with ex-boyfriend Nicholas “Nick” Godejohn, who killed her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, in 2015. Although she gave him duct tape and a knife to carry out the murder, Gypsy Rose hid in the bathroom because she struggled to hear her mother scream.
Nevertheless, Nick recalled during his 20/20 interview that he felt guilty about killing Dee Dee. “When me and [Gypsy Rose] were in the hotel room … she kept on telling me, ‘Stop crying, stop crying. There’s no reason, reason to cry. It was my idea, it wasn’t yours,’” he claimed. “I … did what I did because I loved her. I really wanted a life with her, I really did.”
When Will Gypsy Rose Be Released From Prison?
Although Nick is serving a life sentence behind bars, Gypsy Rose was released from Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center on December 28, 2023. She was seen leaving prison with Ryan on the day of her release.
