“I can’t think. I’ve screamed until my heart burns.”
She told TMZ Urker did not have a drug problem, and she “had never seen him partake in drugs or other substances”.
She claimed an unidentified substance was found where he died, which has prompted her belief that’s what caused his death.
However, she noted she doesn’t know what the substance was, while remembering him as “a responsible person who was intentional about being a father and partner”.
The couple welcomed baby girl Aurora into the world in December 2024.
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed Urker’s death, telling the Hollywood Reporter they were called at 6.15pm.
“Kenan Urker, 34, was found dead upon arrival. At this time, we are continuing the death investigation.”
Blanchard has described her late partner as “an amazing father and a man who was deeply loved”.
“He will forever be my soulmate and my red string, a connection that time, distance, and even death can never erase,” she told People.
Blanchard and Urker met when he started writing her letters in 2017, while she was in prison.
She was released in 2023, having served eight years behind bars for her role in the second-degree murder of her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard.
He proposed in October 2018 and, after a brief split, the couple reunited in August 2019.
They later split for several years, during which time Blanchard married Ryan Anderson, the year before her release.
They separated in 2024, and she reunited with Urker, while they welcomed Aurora into the world in December that same year.
They appeared together on Lifetime show Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup.
She noted that he faced intense scrutiny and online harassment during their time together.
She said: “The cruelty directed towards him was something no human being should have to endure.
“I believe the tremendous weight of that scrutiny and harassment had a profound impact on him, and I hope his passing serves as a reminder that there is a real person behind every screen, every headline, and every comment.”