{"id":934017,"date":"2026-10-19T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934017\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:12:25","slug":"gypsy-rose-blanchard-us-influencer-involved-in-car-crash-two-weeks-after-death-of-ex-fiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934017\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: US influencer involved in car crash two weeks after death of ex-fiance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has been involved in a non-life threatening car crash just weeks after the death of her ex-fiance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">According to Louisiana State Police Department, a minor collision occurred over the weekend between the American influencer, 35, and a man who has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">No injuries have been reported, and no arrests have been made \u2014 however, the incident did result in minor property damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Blanchard has not publicly addressed the crash, though a Facebook user is believed to have posted about the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201c2026 is wild. Just got sideswiped by Gypsy Rose. FML,\u201d the user allegedly wrote, according to <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/18\/gypsy-rose-blanchard-accused-of-hitting-driver\/\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1fd1e3372c649bd2a7d7ff52183bee37e28d0914.png\" alt=\"Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and her former fiance Ken Urker.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconGypsy-Rose Blanchard and her former fiance Ken Urker. Credit: Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The close call comes after the sudden death of the Blanchard\u2019s former fiance Ken Urker on October 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Blanchard and Urker share young daughter Aurora, born in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The father was found dead on his 34th birthday by Blanchard\u2019s brother inside a Louisiana home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The former couple had first connected while she was serving time in prison for the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, after years of abuse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1410d80c379ed5e83d09ef5e60bcf9dd52bf5e88.jpg\" alt=\"Gypsy-Rose Blanchard\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconGypsy-Rose Blanchard Credit: BANG &#8211; Entertainment News<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Blanchard recently launched a petition lobbying to pass \u201cKenan\u2019s Law\u201d, which would alter how social media platforms respond to repeated cyberbullying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cBehind the screen was a real person. A father and partner. Someone who was loved,\u201d Blanchard wrote on social media following Urker\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cKenan\u2019s Law is about turning awareness into change. It is about recognising the cumulative impact of cyberbullying and pushing for stronger protections and accountability online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Urker\u2019s death remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has been involved in a non-life threatening car crash just weeks after the death of her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,995],"class_list":["post-934017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}