As Kourtney Kardashian makes her relationship with American Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker IG-official, we started to wonder about the origins of their relationship… and it turns to go a lot further back than you would think. Here’s the Cosmo ME timeline of Kourtney and Travis’ budding romance.
2006 – Travis and Kourtney meet
We told you it went back far! Kourtney and Travis (Tourtney? Kravis?) have actually been friends for 15 years. They met in 2006, when Travis was seeing Kim’s-boss-slash-bff Paris Hilton. “Kim was Paris’ assistant”, Travis told Us Weekly in 2005, “she got all of Paris’ belongings together wherever we travelled”. It’s also been said that it was Travis who encouraged Kim to embark on Keeping Up With the Kardashians after he was in his own successful reality show, Meet The Barkers, which ran for two seasons. “Kim was like, ‘I really want to do this reality show. We’re supposed to do it with Ryan Seacrest. I just think my family’s interesting’”, Travis explained in 2015, “I gave her the best advice I could”.
February 11th 2008 – Travis’ divorce is finalised
Travis’s marriage with Miss USA titleholder Shanna Moakler is over, with their divorce confirmed in February 2008 (Travis originally filed for divorce back in 2006). They have two children together Landon Asher Barker, 17, and Alabama Luella Barker, 15. The couple did attempt to reunite numerous times over the next few years and continued to share a home in Bel Air together. As of 2016, it has been reported that the exes are on good terms and are happily co-parenting their two children.
2015 – Kourtney and Scott Split
The royalty of reality TV couple split when images of Scott partying on a yacht with ex-gf Chloe Bartoli circulated online. The couple share three children together, Mason Dash Disick, 11, Penelope Scotland Disick, 8, and Reign Aston Disick, 6. They currently co-parent their three children, and Scott is in a relationship with Amelia Hamlin, daughter of RHOBH star Lisa Rinna.
2017 – Travis moves in to Kourtney’s community
In a real-estate sense only, we might add. In 2017, Travis moved into to a $9.5million home in The Oaks, the same gated community in Calabasas that Kourtney lives in, and they began having dinner at each other’s houses. During an interview the same year, Travis’ daughter Alabama said “the other night, I had dinner with all of [the Kardashians] and they were really sweet”. In the same interview Travis said, “Kourtney and Khloe live on the same street as us and Landon and Alabama are very close with Mason and Penelope”.
2017 – Travis makes his KUWTK debut
Travis makes an appearance on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, hanging out in the kitchen with Kourtney and Khloe, on the episode where Scott relapses during a trip to Dubai. In a confessional, Kourtney says, “our neighbour and friend, Travis Barker, decided to come over because his kids and my kids are really good friends”. He also features in the holiday special, where their children make gingerbread houses together.
26th September 2018 – Out and about
In 2018 the couple are snapped at a dinner together at vegan-hot-spot Crossroads together after Kourney’s break up with Younes.
November 2018 – Dinner and church
Kourtney and Travis were snapped heading to Crossroads again, after a attending a church service at Hillsong Church. There was also Amanda Elis and Larsa Pippen (remember her?) in attendance. Kourt and Travis left the restaurant together in his Aston Martin.
November 21st 2018 – Alabama shares an image of Kourtney
Travis’ daughter shares a sweet image of Instagram of herself sitting on some steps with Penelope and Kourtney. She captioned the image with pink love heart emojis.
February 2019 – Dinner at a Nobu
Dinner at Nobu is a traditional ritual in the week of any Kardashian, and back in November 2019 Kourtney looked all smiles as she drove away from a sushi dinner with Travis and Mason at the Malibu hotspot.
March 2019 – Travis says they are ‘just friends’
As rumours about the pair hanging out together start to surface, Travis shut them down in an interview with People. “Kourtney’s like a dear friend”, Travis said, “that’s it. I mean, I love her to death. I love her family to death. But yeah, just friends”.
December 2019 – The pair visit Kanye West’s LA Warehosue
Kourtney (dressed in a chic trench coat look), and Travis visit brother-in-law Kanye’s LA Warehouse with Mason and Reign.
November 2020 – The IG flirting begins
The first evidence of any Instagram flirting comes on a post Kourtney shared trying on some black power suits in her closet. Travis left a trio of fire emojis on the post to let her know he’s feeling the look.
January 2021 – Palm Springs sparks some rumours
Kourtney shares images relaxing in Palm Springs, and then shortly after Travis shared images on his Instagram account which happened to feature the same background. C’mon guys you know us Insta-sleuths are going to work that one out…
January 2021 – A source says they are a ‘really good match’
A source told E! that the pair’s relationship has been “very low key”. “They are a really good match, and Kourtney’s entire family already loves Travis. They have been neighbours and great friends for years, and it just recently turned romantic. Travis has always had an eye for Kourtney. The chemistry and flirtation has always been there. They have a lot in common, and Kourtney has always been attracted to how Travis is as a parent. He’s an amazing, hands on dad, and Kourtney loves that about him. They love relaxing at home with their kids, and everyone gets along. It’s going well, and they aren’t putting pressure on it being super serious at this point.”
6th January 2021 – Kourtney shares Travis’ fav movie
Kourtney shares some caption less images on her Instagram feed of stills from the 1883 film True Romance, with Travis commented on it “you’re so cool”. Travis previously said in interviews that True Romance is his all-time favourite film, and his daughter is named Alabama, the same as Patricia Arquette’s character in the film.
21th January – Travis gives Kourtney a rose
Digitally speaking of course… Kourtney shares an image of herself wearing an all black look in her closet captioned ‘Sweet Dreams’, to which Travis comments a red rose emoji.
3rd February 2021 – Travis is into Kourtney’s pics
Kourtney shares an image of herself in a tangerine swimsuit with the caption “Orange you glad I’m still posting trip pics?” to which Travis comments “Yessss”.
February 12th 2021 – Date night in LA
A couple of days shy of Valentine’s Day, the couple were spotted holding hands whilst dining outside at Matsuhisa, a Japanese restaurant in LA. Bonus points for the matching leather jackets.
February 14th 2021 – Valentine’s Day
The couple share images on their Instagram stories featuring a fireplace, with Travis’ featuring a woman’s foot with a diamond anklet. Kourtney uploaded an image of a handwritten message which said “Roses are red / Violets are blue / Garlic Bread / Blink-182”. Kourtney had previously shared images of her having a family breakfast with her family featuring homemade cards, flowers and treats from Blinkie’s Donuts.
February 14th 2021 – Scott Disick shares first images of his girlfriend
Never one to miss out on the limelight, Scott shared images of his girlfriend Amelia to his Instagram for the first time. Is this just coincidental timing? We’ll let you decide…
February 2021 – Scott thinks Travis a ‘great guy’ according to source
A source speaking to E! News said that “Scott has been around Travis on several occasions and thinks he’s a great guy”. “He’s really happy for Kourtney and is not surprised they are dating. Kourtney has spent a lot of time with Travis and it’s not shocking to him that they have developed a romantic relationship.”
February 17th 2021 – IG official
Kourtney shares a subtle yet sweet image of her holding hands with a man which features very distinctive tattoos. Travis also shared the image onto his Instagram story and commented on Kourtney’s post with a love heart emoji. Kourtney’s lifestyle brand Poosh commented “We’re feeling this” in reference to Blink-182’s song Feeling This. Tik-tok mogul Addison Rae commented “THIS”, family friend Khadijah commented “when friends become lovers”, and Kourtney’s stylist Dani Michelle commented “when it fits” with some heart emojis. Sweet!
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