Travis Barker Profile, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Affairs, Biography & More

Travis Barker Profile, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Affairs, Biography & More

Travis Landon Barker was born on November 14, 1975. Travis Barker is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has also collaborated frequently with hip-hop artists, is a member of the rock-rap group Transplants, co-founded the rock band +44, and joined Box Car Racer, Antemasque, and Goldfinger. Barker was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, and together they formed TRV$DJAM. Due to his fame, Rolling Stone called him “punk’s first superstar drummer” as well as one of the 100 greatest drummers of all time.

Besides drumming, he founded the clothing company Famous Stars and Straps in 1999, and record labels LaSalle Records in 2004 and DTA Records in 2019. Companies such as DC Shoes and Zildjian Cymbals have co-designed products in her name. He published a memoir, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums, in 2015. Barker is also a vegan and has invested in the vegan restaurant Crossroads in Los Angeles.

Barker’s first marriage, to Melissa Kennedy, lasted nine months until he filed for divorce in August 2002. He then married actress and 1995 Miss USA titleholder Shanna Moakler on October 30, 2004. The couple had a Gothic-style The Nightmare Before Christmas ceremony inspired by the Henry Selick movie, and it took place on the eve of Halloween. Barker and Moakler have two children together, a son born in 2003 and a daughter born in 2005.

Barker and Moakler were together during a DJ set Barker was playing with DJ AM in Las Vegas on January 7, 2009. The couple tried to rekindle their relationship in early 2009, but announced they were no longer together on January 1. April 2009.

On December 7, 2014, police were called to Barker and Moakler’s shared home in Los Angeles after the two got into a verbal altercation. Criminal threats were made against each other, which led to the arrests of Barker and Moakler. No charges have been filed against either party. In late 2015, Barker briefly dated singer and actress Rita Ora. In June 2016, it was reported that Barker and Moakler were amicably co-parenting their two children.

There were rumors that Barker and Kourtney Kardashian were dating very late in 2020, which was confirmed and the relationship formalized in January 2021. During this relationship, he resumed air travel after avoiding planes for 13 years. In October 2021, the couple got engaged. They had an unofficial wedding on April 3, 2022 in Las Vegas, after the 64th Grammy Awards. The couple officially married on May 15, 2022 in Santa Barbara, California with a religious wedding ceremony in Portofino, Italy on May 22, 2022.

Barker was raised Catholic, believes in God and prays regularly with his children. On June 29, 2022, Barker was hospitalized after experiencing stomach pain and an inability to walk. It was later reported that Barker suffered from pancreatitis.