Shanna Moakler is sharing his side of the story. The 49-year-old actress and model is both of their exes Travis Barker and Oscar de la Hoya, and had a tumultuous relationship with her three children.
Shanna shares son Landon Barker20 and daughter Alabama Barker, 18, with Travis and daughter Atiana de la Hoya, 25, with Oscar.
Shanna and Travis married in 2004 and, after several separations and reconciliations, officially finalized their divorce in 2008, although they lived together until 2014.
In recent years, as Travis has moved on with his wife Kourtney KardashianShanna publicly spoke out against the Kardashian family and her ex-husband, saying they took her away from her children.
“I’m not a deadbeat mom. I have a very close relationship with my children, who are now adults, and I’ve been present in their lives except during the COVID lockdown,” Shanna said. People in a new interview. “They both took back what they said about me and apologized.”
Shanna, who appeared on the reality show Meet the Barkers with Travis in 2005 for two seasons said the series portrayed her in a negative light.
“Meet the Barkers Don’t dictate to me as a mother. I was rocking three babies under five and one season pregnant and up at all hours,” she says. “I didn’t sleep all the time. It was a TV show 20 years ago. Bama stayed at my house until he was 18. We share a very special relationship, and Landon is a great drummer and vocalist. My oldest daughter was born and raised in Oaks and I love her.”
As for her relationship with the Blink-182 drummer now, Shanna says things between her and her ex have been strained since she January appearance at Bunnie XO’s Dumb blonde podcast. At the time, Shanna was dismissive of Travis’ wife, Kourtney, who recently welcomed their son, Rocky Thirteen.
“I think when the Kardashians came out, (my kids) were in love, just like kids would be in love with them… I think there’s a lot of glitz and fame,” she recalls. “They watched them on TV and now their dad is dating one and they are going to be on the show. I think they got into it, which is what little kids would do.”
She also called the Kardashians “disgusting,” saying, “I walked away so they couldn’t come together because my kids hated me.” Shanna further stated that when Travis and Kourtney started dating, there was “parental alienation going on there.”
Shanna says People that the podcast interview caused a new rift between her and Travis, noting, “We don’t talk anymore.”
“I don’t have a relationship with Travis, but I think it’s okay,” she said. “I don’t feel like it’s going to be this way forever, but I feel like right now — I think this is where we are in our evolution and maybe in the future it will change.”
She adds of Kourtney’s reality TV family, “I don’t have to like the damn Kardashians either, and honestly, I’m tired of talking about them.”
As for her romantic future, Shanna says she remains hopeful of getting married again someday.
“I love taking care of men. I want to grow old and have memories with someone,” she says. “I want to be healed and whole when I meet my person. But I still need to do a lot of work on myself first.”
In a May 2024 interview with Jeff Lewis live, Shanna was positive when talking about Travis.
“I’m happy for him. I think he’s in a good place… The kids love the new baby, Rocky,” she said at the time. “My daughter is obsessed with him and sends him cute pictures.”
And when ET spoke to Shanna in February 2022, she opened up about your co-parenting relationship with your ex.
“My kids are my first priority and I think Travis and I agree on that,” she said. “That’s probably the only thing we agree on, but our kids come first and their happiness. As long as the Kardashians are good to my kids, that’s all that matters to me as a mother. key.”
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