Sometimes the best romances start as friendships! While Kourtney Kardashian And Travis BarkerThe new relationship of ‘s new relationship may come as a surprise to many, the pair have known each other for years.
After Barker spent time with Kardashian at her mom’s Chris Jenner‘s Palm Springs, California, home in January 2021, Us weekly confirmed that the pair were dating. “Kourtney and Travis are officially a couple,” the insider said Us. “They have been good friends for years and have been dating for a few months. Travis has a big crush on Kourtney and has been for a while.
Shortly before the dating news broke, the Blink-182 drummer left several flirty comments on the Poosh founder’s Instagram posts. While sharing a steamy selfie from her closet, Barker responded with a pink emoji. He dropped a mermaid emoji under a picture of her walking into the ocean. He also wrote “You’re So Cool,” after she shared screenshots from the 1993 film True love. (The rocker has said that before True love is his favorite movie, and he even named his daughter after it Patricia Arquette‘s character, Alabama.)
The bond between Kardashian and Barker goes way back. The duo, who live in the same gated community in Calabasas, California, have been seen together on numerous occasions, including in 2018 when they went out for dinner and later attended evening church service. The musician has appeared on her family’s long-running show, Keeping up with the Kardashiansalong with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler.
Barker once stumbled to Us exclusively about how he was attracted to the mother of the sister of three Kim Kardashian when she was quiet Paris Hilton‘s assistant. “How could you not stare at Kim? Mind you, I enjoyed hanging out with Paris, but I like curvy girls,” he explained in October 2015. Kim was eye candy. I wasn’t disrespectful to Paris in any way, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Kim!”
Since the couple both live in Calabasas, they sometimes casually got together. “We’d go out to dinner, just hang out,” he said, pointing out that he “had a crush on her and we flirted, but nothing ever happened.”
Dash’s former owner shares children Mason, Penelope, and Reign with ex Scott Disick. The pair forged a friendship after ending their rocky on-and-off romance in 2015 after nine years. While Disick continued until now Sophia Richie almost three years before we moved on Amelia Gray Hamlin in late 2020, Kourtney was previously linked to Jones Bendjima And Luke Sabbath.
The Meet the Barkers alum, for his part, was married to Moakler from 2004 to 2008. The exes share daughter Alabama and son Landon. Barker briefly dated Rita Ora in 2015.
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