Travis Barker Says Kourtney Kardashian Helped Him Face Past Trauma 

Travis Barker is recognizing Kourtney Kardashian’s impact on his life. 

Indeed, the Blink-182 drummer—who survived a deadly plane crash in 2008 before flying again for the first time in 2021—shared how The Kardashians star has supported him through his deepest traumas.   

“Falling in love again, my wife gave me so much hope to where I ended up flying again,” Barker exclusively told E! News at the world premiere of Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear at the Tribeca Film Festival June 13, “and believed that I could do it and now my kids fly. It’s just insane.”

And Barker—who shares kids Alabama Barker, 20, and Landon Barker, 22, with ex-wife Shanna Moakler, as well as 2-year-old son Rocky Thirteen Barker with Kardashian—also has his children to thank for where he is today. 

“The power of love is amazing,” he said. “My kids were my strength from the time they existed.”

In 2008, a private plane carrying Barker as well as his friend Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, assistant Chris Baker and security guard Charles Still crashed after the tires blew during takeoff. Baker, Still and both of the plane’s pilots were killed in the tragedy.