Did Kim Kardashian really hook up with Travis Barker? Here’s what she revealed

Kim Kardashian recently laid to rest an old celebrity rumor: did she ever sleep with Travis Barker? The rumor has hung over them for years especially after Travis married Kourtney Kardashian in 2022. Now, on a Call Her Daddy interview, Kim put the rumors to rest with a firm "no."

But the narrative goes more than one podcast old interviews, Travis's memoir, and social media Q&As have all contributed to speculation. Separating fact from fiction requires tracking how this rumor originated and how both sides have handled it over time.

Did Kim Kardashian get together with Travis Barker?

The last time this question was brought up was when Kim, on Call Her Daddy, maintained she had never been physically or romantically involved with Travis. She said they're always friends, but

"Never in that way."

That denial is not new either. In 2021, responding to a fan question on Instagram "did you hook up with Travis Barker?" Kim posted "NO! False narrative," and added that being friends for years was the truth.

Why has the topic persisted? Some of it is from Travis's 2015 memoir Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums. In that memoir, Travis confessed he had a crush on Kim Kardashian described her as "hot" and "eye candy" and flat-out admitted to "secretly checking her out." But he was just as insistent that nothing ever physically happened, inserting:

"Kim and I never touched each other. It just wasn't meant to be."

Travis has spoken out about the rumor a number of times over the years. In a 2023 interview, he minimized the idea his crush on Kim Kardashian caused tension between the two women, saying that followers have a tendency to take small pieces of information and make wild assumptions. "It's so ridiculous," he commented, repeating there was "nothing bad going on."

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Is it finally over now then? Based on public statements by both Kim Kardashian and Travis, and the straightforward descriptions in his autobiography, there is no certain evidence they ever slept together. All avenues point to mutual attraction from afar at one time but no solid follow-up.

Briefly: Kim Kardashian has denied ever messing around with Travis Barker, and Travis concurs that they never hooked up but rather had a friendship. What began as a crush, detailed in a memoir, has been time and again explained and denied by both of them over the years. Rumors walked, but evidence indicates an ordinary friendship, not a secret affair.

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