Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has spoken out after a photo of his baby son leaked online.
The musician’s wife Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to the couple’s first child together, Rocky Thirteen, on November 1, 2023. His name is a nod to him being the 13th Kardashian grandchild, per Hello!.
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Barker and Kardashian have since attempted to keep their son out of the public eye, and have not posted any images of his face on social media.
During a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Barker was asked how he was “handling fame and Rocky’s privacy”.
“Unfortunately, someone finally got a photo of him, but we’d rather keep him out of the spotlight,” he responded.
“If I could do everything different, I would have done the same thing with my [older] kids. I think it’s weird to grow up and you’re 15 or 12, and you’re like, ‘Mom, you posted this of me?'”
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Barker shares two children with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler: daughter Alabama, 18, and son Landon, 20. He is also the stepfather of Moakler’s 25-year-old daughter, Atiana.
Elsewhere in his conversation with WSJ, Barker discussed his family routine when he’s not out on the road with Blink-182.
“If I’m home, and not on tour, I wake up around 6:00 and walk for an hour,” he said. “If Rocky is up, we’ll go for a walk outside; me, my wife and Rocky. Then I hit a workout right afterward.”
The drummer also talked about how he “gave up on smoking, drinking and doing drugs years ago”, adding: “My new addiction is running.”
Kardashian rarely posts images of her and ex Scott Disick’s 14-year-old son Mason on her Instagram account – where she has more than 221million followers. The teenager had previously said he “doesn’t want any part of it”, per E! Online.
“He doesn’t love it,” Kardashian explained in 2022. “I want my kids to be kids. I crave normalcy as much as we can have it.”
The reality TV star has shared some images of Rocky online, but hasn’t posted any of his face. In June, she marked Father’s Day by uploading some pictures of Barker and his baby son together.
“Beyond grateful for the Dad that you are to our baby boy, and all of our kids,” Kardashian wrote. “You keep us safe and protected and take care of us. Having a family with you is heaven. Happy to celebrate you!”
Last year, Kardashian held up a sign at a Blink-182 gig to tell Barker she was pregnant – in a nod to the band’s ‘All The Small Things’ music video.
Earlier this month, Blink-182 released an extended edition of their 2023 album ‘One More Time…’ featuring eight new tracks – including ‘All In My Head’ and ‘No Fun’. The original version of the record saw Barker and Mark Hoppus reunite with Tom DeLonge.
The trio headlined Reading & Leeds 2024 in August. In a four-star review of their Reading set, NME wrote: “Their dynamic in 2024 feels more nuanced than ever, and the effortless showmanship on display pushes them beyond the realm of nostalgia into something that will stand the test of time.”