When Kourtney Kardashian first married Travis Barker, she was convinced that she had found her happily ever after. But now, it’s clear that he’s been avoiding both her and their son, Rocky, which has completely turned her world upside down.
Even though Kourtney is seriously struggling emotionally, the whole situation is even more devastating to Rocky. The truth about how his crumbling blended family rejected him is truly heartbreaking.
It didn’t take long for Kourtney to fall head over heels for Travis when they first started dating. She was so blinded by the excitement of the honeymoon phase that she didn’t realize Travis had been love-bombing her.
Travis knew that Kourtney had tried for years to make her relationship with Scott work, despite how he treated her. So when he started dating her, he didn’t have to do anything outrageous to impress her. Kourtney was so happy to have a boyfriend who seemed interested in her that she didn’t see Travis’s selfish, manipulative side.
By the time they got married, the thrill of the honeymoon phase had gradually started to fade away. But it wasn’t until Rocky was born that Travis no longer tried to hide his true colors.
When he made the switch from love-bombing Kourtney to leaving her home alone with their newborn son, it supposedly felt like an absolute nightmare to her. Instead of bonding with their son together, as she had hoped, Travis seemed to have lost all interest in both her and Rocky. But that wasn’t all.
Landon Didn’t Want a Little Brother
On top of being ignored by his own father, Rocky also wasn’t accepted by his siblings. Even before he was born, Travis’s 20-year-old son Landon made it clear that he wasn’t excited about his new little brother.
In September, he made a guest appearance on The Zach Sang Show, where he made an unbelievable confession. Landon admitted that he was disappointed that he wouldn’t be the only “Barker boy” for much longer.
Landon also mentioned that it was unfortunate that he was going to have a little brother soon. It seemed like his jealousy and disapproval only got worse after Rocky was born.
What he revealed at the end of November was seriously shocking. People Magazine reported that when Landon appeared on SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio, he made a bizarre confession.
He said that he had no interest in helping out with his baby brother. He stated that he still hadn’t held “it,” which was a cruel dig at baby Rocky.
But there’s a strong chance that Landon wasn’t alone in feeling bitter about his little brother. Alabama had been the baby of the family for her entire childhood before Rocky was born.
Instead of bonding with his big brothers and sisters, Rocky might have to live with the tense family dynamic. Any resentment they may feel toward him isn’t his fault. It’s insane that he’s already been rejected by some of them.
Even though Rocky is too young to understand, he’s most likely still feeling pretty unhappy lately. After all, his parents’ marriage has been falling apart for months, which has reportedly ruined Kourtney’s emotional state.
Travis Has Always Been a Neglectful Father
Babies learn to interpret the world through their parents’ emotional responses and behavior. Sadly, Rocky hasn’t really had much time at all to actually observe his dad.
According to The U.S. Sun, just days after Rocky was born, Travis started spending most of his time hanging out with his friends and bandmates. Not surprisingly, Kourtney was supposedly seriously devastated by how uninvolved he was with her and their newborn son. At the time, Kourtney shared a few cryptic posts about her depression and anxiety on her lifestyle brand’s social media page.
In January, things got a lot worse. Shanna Moakler, Travis’s ex-wife and baby mama, appeared on an episode of Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast.
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She completely exposed Travis as an awful dad and revealed that he had a very toxic relationship pattern. Shanna explained that in each of Travis’s marriages, he ended up cheating and distancing himself. She added that he barely ever helped her with their kids, which meant she was almost always caring for them on her own.
Unfortunately, that sounds remarkably similar to what he’s been putting Kourtney through lately.
Shanna shared that when she and Travis were still together, he hid his substance use issues from her for years. Whenever he went on tour, he allegedly spent a lot of time being under the influence.
How she finally discovered he had been using substances was truly unbelievable. Shanna mentioned that she realized Travis had kept his habit a secret when he was sent home from a tour early.
Apparently, he had been consuming so many substances that he couldn’t even play the drums. His bandmates decided he needed help.
Kourtney Joined Travis on Tour
However, the timing of Shanna’s revelations couldn’t have been worse for Kourtney’s mental health. Only one month after the podcast episode was released, Travis was scheduled to leave for blink-182’s string of Australian concerts, which kicked off the start of their global tour.
Shanna had exposed Travis while on tour. So, Kourtney was probably worried that he would end up partying all night and potentially cheat on her, too.
Travis had already started to repeat history by acting completely uninterested and uninvolved with his wife and newborn son. But now, Kourtney was worried that he would fall back into the same cycle he had in the past. Would he end up cheating on her next?
Kourtney was supposedly desperate to keep her marriage from failing. She also wanted to keep an eye on Travis when he was on tour.
According to The U.S. Sun, when he flew to Australia in the beginning of February for his tour, Kourtney made a bold choice. Not only had she decided to tag along with Travis, but she also turned the trip into a family vacation. She brought their three-month-old son, as well as Penelope and Reign, with her across the world, in an attempt to fix her deteriorating marriage.
But for Rocky, the trip has most likely been extremely confusing. There’s probably little to no routine in Rocky’s life right now since the family is so far away from home.
According to Baby Center, most experts claim that babies usually start forming and relying on routines between 2 and 4 months old. Rocky was exactly in the middle of that age range when his sleep and feeding schedules were disrupted by his first-ever flight, which was over 15 hours long.
Kourtney Has a Team of Hired Staff to Help Care for the Kids
That was only the start of how his entire world has been turned upside down. The trip to Australia marks Rocky’s first time being taken out in public as well. His life has been changing on a daily basis.
A source who recently spoke to The U.S. Sun claimed that even though Kourtney has a team of hired staff with her in Australia to help her, she’s still having a tough time. Allegedly, the trip has been way more emotionally draining than she thought it would be.
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On top of trying to keep Travis interested by acting clingier than ever, Kourtney has reportedly been struggling to take care of her kids so far away from home. She’s recently been spotted sight-seeing in Australia with Penelope and Reign, but not Rocky, who must be feeling totally overwhelmed.
While Kourtney and her older kids have been tagging along to a couple of Travis’s shows and hitting up places like amusement parks, Rocky has been excluded. He’s regularly been left behind with his mom’s helpers, which has resulted in a crazy new accusation.
According to The U.S. Sun, Kourtney and Travis have been accused of being neglectful parents lately.
Not only is Rocky seemingly out of sight, out of mind, but the older kids don’t appear to have been supervised very well during some of the recent shows.
Rocky Has Very Little Stability in His Life
Kourtney has clearly been stressed out and disappointed lately with Travis’s lack of involvement as a husband and father. But the situation isn’t very fair to Rocky at all.
He basically has no consistency in his life right now, and he’s been left with caregivers more often than ever before. When Rocky is with Kourtney, her unhappiness and anxiety probably affects his emotions.
But no matter what she does to try to keep Travis around, she won’t be able to prevent him from repeating history. He’s been falling back into his toxic cycle of being an absent father and husband ever since Rocky was born.
It’s absolutely heartbreaking that Rocky has experienced so much instability and family tension already. But unfortunately, it seems like things are only going to get more challenging for him.
Travis has been becoming increasingly distant from his family. Because of his absence and the fact that none of the kids seem to accept their baby brother, Kourtney’s dream of having a happy, blended family has basically been crushed.
Sadly, that means whenever Rocky isn’t being left in the care of Kourtney’s helpers, he’s going to keep picking up on his mom’s emotional turmoil. He’s been suffering the most in this entire ordeal, which might cause him to have trouble forming healthy attachments in the future. Hopefully, the tense family dynamic changes for the better, so that Rocky gets the chance to experience more positivity and happiness.
