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Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s estranged husband Ryan Scott Anderson is opening up about their split, which viewers will see play out on “Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Life After Lockup.”
“Extra’s” Melvin Robert sat down with Ryan, who revealed that he hasn’t seen Gypsy since they had “a disagreement” and she left, though they have communicated.
Gypsy and Ryan called it quits in March, just three months after her release from prison.
Anderson said he was “blindsided” and is still “in shell shock mode” over how fast things happened with their divorce and her rekindling with ex-fiancé Ken Urker.
“Me and Gypsy, the love we have for each other hasn’t changed,” he said. “It’s just a lot of things have taken place, but love was never our issue.”
He added, “I’m still in processing, still reflecting and trying to piece things together… It’s one of those where I’m just trying to pinpoint. There’s really no one answer.”
Ryan insisted, “We were married, everything was good, and all of a sudden, we’re no longer married and we don’t see each other.”
He described it like a “snowball” effect, explaining, “It just kept going and now it’s so big, you can’t stop it, and it’s depressing.”
Anderson declined to reveal what their big argument was about, only saying it was “random stuff.” When asked if Ken was part of the conversation, he said, “Possibly.”
Ryan denied that Gypsy kept up a relationship with Ken while they were together. “It wasn’t like people think,” he said. “There were other things that happened.”
He also claimed, “It was another influence that kept pushing Ken on her… thought somebody had our back and was wanting us to fail.”
Ryan revealed that he learned of her correspondence with Ken only after she left. He said, “I confronted her about it and she told me the truth.”
He shared, “I saw them together. I saw a picture and all that. A lot happened.”
Ryan also denied that he was ever physically threatening or overly aggressive toward Gypsy.
“I’ve never physically threatened Gypsy at all, and she knows that,” he maintained. “She’s even said that. She’s not afraid of me, and there’s no reason to be.”
He admitted of their disagreement, “Gypsy said some hurtful things and I did get angry. I got upset. It’s hard to hear stuff when you’re going through something and she tells you something. It’s hard to hear. As far as me in her face screaming, if that’s what she gathered from that, I hate that.”
He continued, “It didn’t happen quite like the friend said. It’s just a disagreement and it snowballed from there. Gypsy does struggle with PTSD from what her mother did, and I hit a trauma trigger that night and she fled. It was one of those where I saw it, it happened and I immediately stopped and tried to check on her, and by then it was like that fight or flight PTSD moment happened.”
As for the claims that he controlled her, Ryan called the suggestion “ludicrous.”
He said, “I disagree with that completely. If anybody knows Gypsy, they know that she is not going to be controlled. Anybody who knows Gypsy knows that she does what she wants, when she wants. Just look at what she’s been doing.”
Ryan brought up an incident that’s been cited when he supposedly wouldn’t let Gypsy go swimming. He said, “It was February when she wanted to go swimming. That’s in the middle of the winter, the pool was closed… That was the only thing I ever told her no to, and the reason was we were both sick and she’d have gotten pneumonia if she went swimming. But that’s the one thing that they latch onto that I was controlling about.”
While Anderson has struggled these past two months, he noted the importance of “dusting yourself off and picking up the pieces.” He said, “I had to keep living.”
Amid the heartbreak, Ryan shared that he’s getting love and support from his family, friends and dog Pixie. “In the docuseries, you’ll see how we get Pixie and all that,” he said. “It’s a beautiful dog. But I got the dog.”
Ryan said his love for Gypsy hasn’t changed, but would he want to try to make things work again?
He answered, “That’s a hard one with everything that’s happened. You know, like my pride gets in the way, my ego. You know, a lot has happened. It would be a lot of steps that have to be taken.
“The love I have for Gypsy has never gone anywhere. It’s still there. You know, I married her. But it would be hard… I don’t think that conversation’s gonna happen, I really don’t. Who knows though.”
When asked if he had any regrets about the relationship, Ryan answered, “I know that my intentions were pure, genuine, and I was there for Gypsy. So, as far as regret, I don’t really have any regrets on my behalf.
While people may think they know who Ryan is, he said, “People are gonna make all kinds of judgments and assumptions. You know, it’s hard to hear that because I’m just a normal guy who just fell in love with Gypsy Rose Blanchard.”
Anderson also dished on the beginnings of their relationship, which started after he wrote her a letter and included his email.
He recalled, “She reached out and it started from there. It went from emails to phone calls, and that’s how it happened.”
Ryan was drawn to Gypsy’s voice, saying, “It’s very different, but I also love her laugh. She was able to make me laugh and I was able to make her laugh. We still have that… just love laughing with her.”
A year and a half after they connected on the phone, the two met in person while she was in prison. He said, “Once we met, we decided to commit to each other and it just went from there. It wasn’t anything I was wanting to happen. It just organically took place.”
Anderson noted that they had “a good emotional connection” and their decision to get married wasn’t made hastily.
If they had stayed together, the two would have celebrated their second wedding anniversary next month.
“Gypsy Rose Blanchard: Life After Lockup” airs Mondays on Lifetime.