Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on rumours that she has ‘hooked up’ with Travis Barker Before his marriage to her sister Kourtney.
The SKIMS founder, 44, and the musician, 49 – who married Kourtney in 2022 – first met decades ago when Travis dated Kim’s friend Paris Hilton in the early 2000s.
But after years of speculation about a secret fling, Kim has finally set the record straight.
Appearing on the latest episode of Call Her Daddy, the mum-of-four was asked if she ever had a fling with Travis in the past.
She replied: ‘No, I never have. Absolutely, that, I do not mind you asking.
‘I never have and that really sucks that has gone on but he dated Paris, and we were all friends, and we would all like hang out.
Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on rumours that she has ‘hooked up’ with Travis Barker Before his marriage to her sister Kourtney
The SKIMS founder, 44, and the musician, 49 first met decades ago when Travis dated Kim’s friend Paris Hilton in the early 2000s (pictured in 2007)
Travis went on to marry Kim’s sister Kourtney in 2022
‘And when I was with Paris, we’d be on the road and go to like their tour in Amsterdam.
‘So, like I have been friends with him, but never in that way… And never hooked up.’
Host Alex Cooper asked: ‘Did you have any heads up that you were going to be in his memoir, like referenced as the crush?’
Kim clarified: ‘No, but it would say that we never hooked up. I mean, I don’t think he would allude to that information.
‘But also, Kourtney was around during that time. So, they were neighbours for a decade.
‘So he was always around with his kids, they would always come to Kourtney’s house for the birthdays.
‘So it was, everything was super open and cool. It’s like everyones been friends. He was just a good of a friend with them as he was with us.
‘So, there was nothing weird.’
But after years of speculation about a secret fling, Kim has finally set the record straight on her past relationship with Travis
When asked if she they ever had a fling while on the latest episode of Call Her Daddy, Kim replied: ‘No, I never have. Absolutely, that, I do not mind you asking’
It comes after Travis branded Kim ‘f**king hot’, ‘eye candy’ and detailed their lingering flirtation in resurfaced quotes
In his 2015 memoir Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums memoir, the singer gushed over Kim and admitted to an attraction back in 2006, despite him dating her pal Paris at the time.
In his recollections about his time spent with Kim, he confessed he found her ‘f**king hot’, branded her ‘eye candy’ and spoke about their shared bond which ended with his wife Shanna Moakler allegedly pouring a drink over her head.
Travis spoke about a day spent with his then-girlfriend Paris, her ‘closet girl’ at the time Kim and his late friend Chris ‘Lil Chris’ Baker, who tragically passed away in the plane crash Travis survived 15 years ago.
He recalled the time which came when he was touring with post Blink 182 supergroup +44, comprising his Blink co-star Mark Hoppus, guitarist Shane Gallagher of The Nervous Return, and guitarist Craig Fairbaugh of Mercy Killers.
After his 2006 split with wife Shanna Moakler, Travis met Paris in a Las Vegas nightclub and even engaged in an unofficial wedding, however he soon cheated on her with Miss USA Tara Conner and later reunited with his wife.
Writing about a trip together, Travis penned: ‘When the +44 tour hit Amsterdam, Paris flew out to see the show, and brought along Kim Kardashian. Kim used to organise people’s closets and at the time she was working as Paris’ closet girl…
‘She would grab Paris’ bags, put them in the closet, unpack them, put everything where Paris could find it. We all checked into our hotel and then rented bicycles and rode all over Amsterdam – that’s what you do there…
Travis met Kim through Paris, when she worked as the heiress’ ‘closet girl’
‘It was me, Little Chris, my drum tech Daniel, Paris and Kim. We all got high as a kite at a coffe bar then we rode over to The Absinthe Bar and then the red light district…
‘Paris and Kim kept taking photos of the working girls and this area is run by the Hell’s Angels and about three or four of them came over and told them to stop taking pictures. We were having fun – running amok in Amsterdam on bicycles…
‘Everywhere we went, a pack of paparazzi were following us but we didn’t care. I was having a blast and was happy to let the world know it. I kept on secretly checking out Kim telling Lil Chris: ‘I don’t care if she’s the closet girl, she’s f**king hot’…
‘Kim and I started hanging out. We went to dinner, we went to lunch. You might think I would be the worst things with this girl because of her tapes but it was the exact opposite of any encounter I’ve had with a woman…
‘I wanted to be nothing but a gentleman to her. It was so weird. We were around each other a lot. We used her in ad campaigns for famous. She came to my house and went swimming. We watched the Fourth of July fireworks together…
‘We’d be really sweet around each other like little kids and then when we were apart, she’d call me and say ‘I want to see you again’. ‘Me too’, I’d say…
‘Shanna and I started talking to each other again and we reunited one more time but I really wanted to see Kim. Shanna caught wind of what was going on and poured a drink on Kim at a party thrown by Carmen Electra…
‘I felt terrible. Kim and I never touched each other. It just wasn’t meant to be.’
Adding to his comments, in 2015, while speaking to USWeekly, he said: ‘Mind you, I enjoyed hanging out with Paris, but I love curvy girls, and Kim was eye candy. I had a crush on [Kim] and we were flirtatious but nothing happened…
‘Kim was Paris’ assistant – she got Paris’ belongings wherever we traveled. She was so kind and polite. I just felt like being a perfect gentleman around her. It was a trip.’
