Gypsy Rose Blanchard Has Announced She and Her Husband of Less Than a Year Are Separating

According to reports, Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her husband met while she was in prison. Ryan Anderson decided to write the convicted killer almost on a lark. After watching Tiger King, a friend of his said he wanted to write Joe Exotic a letter. Anderson told him, "OK, well, I'll make a deal with you. You write Tiger King. I'll write Gypsy Rose Blanchard." That was in 2020, and in July 2022 the couple was married.

After serving nearly nine years in prison for aiding in the murder of her mother, Blanchard was released in December 2023 and as such was able to really begin her life with Anderson. She has since deactivated her Instagram, but at one point, she had amassed nearly 8 million followers. Photos of her and Anderson saturated the account. Then in March 2024, a mere three months after her release, Blanchard announced they were separated. This wasn't the first time she made this claim. Here's what we know.

People reported that on March 28, 2024, Blanchard announced she was separating from Anderson via a Facebook post on her private page. "People have been asking what is going on in my life," she began. "Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home [sic] down the bayou." She went on to say that she is being supported by both friends and family and is taking the time to find out who she really is. This is not the first time Blanchard has said they are separating.

In November 2022 after only four months of marriage, Blanchard sent a letter to her family announcing she and Anderson were splitting up, per In Touch Weekly. "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," said the letter. "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." It seems they worked through that hiccup.

Anderson's Instagram, which at the time of this writing has nearly 400,000 followers, is mostly pictures of Blanchard or their dog Pixie. His first post was from August 2023 which suggests he wasn't much of a social media guy and perhaps saw a good reason to get online. The loving way he writes about his now-estranged wife makes the recent separation news all the more heartbreaking.

Like Blanchard's family, Anderson is from Louisiana, where he is a middle school special education teacher, per E! News. Not much else is known about Anderson, whose online presence primarily revolves around Blanchard. We do know their sex life was apparently robust and satisfying because Blanchard was not shy about discussing their chemistry.

He's also very compassionate, said Blanchard to People in December 2023. "God knows, he's so patient with me, because I could be a lot to handle. I could be an emotional handful," she said. Unfortunately Blanchard also told the outlet that she didn't think the couple would have too many issues. "I think this, being in prison, has been the hard part. I think when I'm at home with my family, with my husband's arms around me and I'm surrounded by my loved ones, that is when I will be happy." It seems as if she learned that you need yourself first.