Travis Barker Dismisses Ongoing Speculations About His Relationship with Kim Kardashian: 'Absolutely Absurd'
Travis Barker dismisses ongoing speculation of a romantic involvement with Kim Kardashian as utterly absurd
Travis Barker and Kim Kardashian. Getty Images (2)
Travis Barker clarified his position regarding Kim Kardashian amidst ongoing speculation surrounding their relationship. In an interview published on Sunday, October 29, the 47-year-old musician told the Los Angeles Times, "Kourtney's fans are concerned about Travis being a womanizer. But they should stop it. I openly shared my experiences to heal and move forward. It was a therapeutic process for me."
Barker and Kourtney Kardashian officially married in May 2022, following an informal wedding at a Las Vegas courthouse the previous month. The couple is eagerly anticipating the arrival of their first child in the upcoming weeks. Barker clarified that Kourtney's sister, Kim, was aware of their previous conversations and that there were no negative intentions. He expressed his frustration with how people tend to assume and create unnecessary drama based on limited information.
Kourtney, aged 44, has gained attention for her feud with Kim, aged 43, during the third season of The Kardashians. The feud revolves around their collaborations with Dolce & Gabbana. However, fans speculate that there may be deeper tension, triggered by Barker's admission in 2015 about his initial attraction to Kim.
In his memoir Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums, released in 2015, Blink-182's drummer confessed that while he was dating Paris Hilton in 2006, he harbored feelings for Kim. (During that time, Kim worked as Hilton's closet organizer.)
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
"I continued to discreetly admire Kim, confiding in Lil Chris, 'I don't mind if she's the reserved type, she's extremely attractive,'" he expressed in a statement regarding their visit to Amsterdam.
Upon their arrival back in the United States, Barker confessed to maintaining communication with Kim.
"We dined together, we had lunch," he penned. "You might assume that due to her reputation, I would engage in unsavory behavior with this woman, but it was quite the contrary: with Kim, I felt compelled to be nothing less than a gentleman. It was peculiar."
Barker has refuted any physical involvement between him and Kim, yet his former spouse, Shanna Moakler, exclusively disclosed her beliefs to We in 2021. (Barker and Moakler, aged 48, initially separated in 2006 after two years of marriage, but continued an on and off relationship for two more years, ultimately finalizing their divorce in 2008.)
Moakler revealed that she ended her marriage with her ex, Kim, after catching them in the act of having an affair. In another incident, their daughter, Alabama, shared a claimed text message from her mother, mentioning the affair and stating that she divorced Travis because of it. The text also implies that Travis is currently in a romantic relationship with Kim's sister. Moakler wanted to make clear that she does not consider herself to be at fault in this situation.
