Travis Barker and wife Kourtney Kardashian may share the occasional photo of 10-month old son Rocky on social media — with his face always blocked — but the Blink-182 drummer was not happy, to say the least, when discovering a paparazzi shot of his youngest child.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Monday, September 23, the musician expressed his disappointment at the leaking of a public shot of Rocky taken by paparazzi.
“Unfortunately, someone finally got a photo of him, but we’d rather keep him out of the spotlight,” Barker explained of his and Kardashian’s decision about their youngest child.
Barker also lamented the social media presence of his three older children, whom he shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler.
“If I could do everything different, I would have done the same thing with my [older] kids,” he noted. ” I think it’s weird to grow up and you’re 15 or 12, and you’re like, ‘Mom, you posted this of me?’ ”
Barker shares former stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya, 25, and son Landon, 20, and daughter Alabama, 18, with Moakler.
This is far from the first time a member of the Kardashian family has spoken out about their careful monitoring of their kids’ social media presence.
Kourtney, who also shares sons Mason, 14, and Reign, 9, and daughter Penelope, 12, with ex Scott Disick, made sure to keep the teen’s instagram as safe as possible. Mason even told Aunt Kim Kardashian about her eldest daughter North’s worrisome activity on social media. Kim and North, 11, share a TikTok account.