Travis Barker Recalls Text From Kourtney Kardashian That Got Them Out of the Friend Zone: ‘I Thought, ‘I Can’t Mess This Up’

Billboard | 14.10.2026 19:35
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian were friends for more than a decade before the reality TV star sent the Blink-182 drummer a text that he said changed both their lives forever. Speaking to the U.K.’s The Times, Barker, 50, recalled first befriending Kourtney’s younger sister, Kim, in the early 2000’s when she was a wardrobe assistant to his then-girlfriend socialite Paris Hilton.