Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker may have only recently started dating, but they’ve been close for years.
While news that the 41-year-old reality star and the 45-year-old Blink-182 drummer are dating may have taken fans by surprise, the two have been in each other’s circles for a while now due to being neighbors in their exclusive Calabasas, California, community. A source tells ET, “Kourtney and Travis have had a platonic relationship for years and they’ve been friends and family friends for a very long time, but recently something sparked and their relationship has turned romantic.”
“They live on the same block and things are super easy between them because they know each other so well and just click and get one another,” the source adds.
Interestingly enough, back in 2015, Travis admitted to being attracted to Kourtney’s 40-year-old sister, Kim Kardashian West, when she was still Paris Hilton’s assistant.
“How could you not stare at Kim?” he told Us Weekly at the time. “Mind you, I enjoyed hanging out with Paris, but I love curvy girls. Kim was eye candy. I was no way disrespectful to Paris, but I couldn’t keep my eyes off Kim!”
While nothing developed between Travis and Kim, he did remain close to Kourtney. The pair has been photographed together on multiple occasions throughout the years, like when they went to dinner together in November 2018 at Crossroads restaurant alongside Larsa Pippen.
