Ryan Anderson Admits Marrying Gypsy Rose Blanchard 'Wasn't Easy'

Earlier this year, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, announced that she and her husband, Ryan Anderson, 37, separated just three months after she was released from prison.

Gypsy was serving a 10-year sentence for her involvement in her mother's murder. After eight and a half years behind bars, she was released on parole in December 2023. The now 32-year-old began adjusting to everyday and married life, quickly moving in with the special education teacher, whom she married in a prison ceremony in July 2022.

The first episode of Lifetime's new docuseries, "Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up" aired on Monday, June 3, and Ryan Anderson was heard admitting that marrying Gypsy Rose Blanchard "wasn't easy."

The couple first married in 2022 during a small ceremony in prison. Following Gypsy Rose Blanchard's prison release, she and Ryan Anderson planned a second wedding, which they called a "re-do wedding."

"We want a proper wedding at some point," Ryan told PEOPLE Magazine earlier this year, adding that Gypsy "deserves" it.

"Gypsy deserves a white dress moment. I know every female deserves that. And Gypsy's already got the style of dress she wants. And it kind of shocked me," he continued. "Somebody asked her that question the other day, and I was like, 'Wow, that was specific,' and she had it ready. So I wanna give her that moment."

Gypsy chimed in, claiming "We do plan on having a reception/redo wedding with all of our family and our friends and the dress and the cake and everything because we deserve that. I deserve that. He deserves that."

"Our prison wedding was just something to where we can make our vows to each other. It was something that meant something to us. And I think the party is kind of for everybody else and us, but mostly for everybody else," she added.

The first episode of "Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up" aired on Lifetime on Monday, June 3, and began with the moments leading up to Gypsy Rose Blanchard's release.

Gypsy's family and Ryan Anderson were seen getting ready to welcome the 32-year-old home, talking about ordering a cake, putting up Christmas decorations, and cleaning up the kitchen.

In one scene, Ryan told the cameras, "Marrying Gypsy wasn't easy."

"Of course, I asked for his approval, and he gave it to me, but you never know if you truly get that approval," he added of Gypsy's father, Rod Blanchard. "Right now, I just want this to work. Everybody is giving us a 50-/50 shot, but I believe it is 100%."

The special education teacher then called himself the “lucky one” because he got to pick Gypsy up from prison. “A lot of people wanted that honor, I got it. I don’t know how,” Ryan Anderson added of the honor. “I pinch myself sometimes.”

Gypsy Rose Blanchard then spoke about her relationship with Ryan, explaining what makes him stand out from her exes.

“I think with my exes, they were in love with the idea of me rather than they were in love with me,” she explained in the docuseries, adding that everyone else “ran” from her emotional baggage, but “he didn’t.”

Earlier this year, Gypsy Rose Blanchard announced her separation from Ryan Anderson.

"Unfortunately, my husband and I are going through a separation, and I have moved in with my parents down the bayou," she announced at the time. “I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. I am learning to listen to my heart."

Gypsy has since gotten back together with her ex-fiancé Ken Urker.

“Ken has consistently been brought up in a way that I can never let go of my feelings, but I put them on the back burner to do what was best for my marriage,” she told US Weekly. “And so, having that be a point of contention has been a thread throughout, but I didn’t leave Ryan for Ken.”

Gypsy Rose Blanchard's story will continue in Lifetime's upcoming docuseries, "Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up," including what happened to her marriage to Ryan Anderson.

New episodes of "Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up" premiere on Lifetime on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.