Sometimes the best romances begin as friendships! While Kourtney KardashianAnd Travis Barker’s new relationship may come as a surprise to many, the pair have known each other for years.
Barker spent time with Kardashian after Barker left. Kris Jenner’s Palm Springs, California, home in January 2021, Us WeeklyThey confirmed their relationship. “Kourtney and Travis are officially a couple,” the insider told Use. “They have been close friends for years and have been dating for a couple months. Travis is very smitten with Kourtney and has been for a while.”
Shortly before the dating news broke, the Blink-182 drummer left multiple flirty comments on the Poosh founder’s Instagram posts. Barker commented on a steamy selfie she posted from her closet and added a rose emoji. Barker added a mermaid emoticon to a photo of her walking into water. He also wrote, “You’re So Cool,” after she shared screenshots of the 1993 film True Romance. (The rocker stated previously that True RomanceHis favorite movie is “The Great Gatsby”, and he even named his child after it. Patricia Arquette’s character, Alabama.)
Kardashian and Barker’s bond goes way back. The pair, who both live in Calabasas, California’s gated community of Calabasas, have been seen together on many occasions, including 2018 when they ate dinner and attended evening church service. The musician has made appearances on her family’s long-running show, Keeping up with the KardashiansHe is also a part of his ex-wife Shanna Moakler.
Barker once gushed to Use exclusively about how he was attracted to the mother of three’s sister Kim KardashianWhen she was still Paris Hilton’s assistant. “How could you not stare at Kim? Mind you, I enjoyed hanging out with Paris, but I love curvy girls,” he explained in October 2015. “Kim was eye candy. I was no way disrespectful to Paris, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off Kim!”
The pair live together in Calabasas so they would occasionally get together. “We would go out to eat, just hang out,” he said, noting that he “had a crush on her and we were flirtatious, but nothing ever happened.”
Ex-owner of Dash shares Mason, Penelope, and Reign with Mason. Scott Disick. After ending their nine-year-long relationship, Disick and Disick formed a friendship. Disick went on to get married Sofia RichieFast three years, and then we moved on. Amelia Gray HamlinKourtney was previously connected to in late 2020 Younes BendjimaAnd Luka Sabbat.
The Meet the BarkersThe alum was married to Moakler between 2004 and 2008. The exes have a daughter Alabama and a son Landon. Barker briefly dated Rita Ora2015.
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