- Travis Barker said he doesn’t care about sharing intimate details on “The Kardashians.”
- He and his wife Kourtney Kardashian discuss his semen sample at a fertility clinic on the show.
- Barker said that there are “however many millions of dudes” who have had to give similar samples.
Travis Barker said that it doesn’t bother him to share intimate details, like his and wife Kourtney Kardashian Barker’s fertility efforts, on the family’s series “The Kardashians.”
The drummer spoke with GQ about his feelings towards appearing on the family’s series, on which Kardashian Barker is a main cast member. Barker and his wife have shared numerous details about their personal relationship on the show, from preparations for their lush Italian wedding to documenting their efforts to have a child together.
“I don’t care if I’m cumming in a cup, or whatever,” Barker told GQ. “It’s real life. And if any of that can help people — seeing Kourtney’s journey through IVF, which is super hard for a woman. You saw her struggle with it and talk about it. That’s real.”
In the fourth episode of season one, Kardashian Barker and Barker visit a fertility clinic for an egg retrieval. During that process, the couple chat with a nurse about the best way to extract a sperm sample from Barker, including questions as to whether or not spit from either participant would contaminate the sample. Kardashian Barker then told the cameras to leave once it was time for privacy.
Barker told GQ that his commitment to “The Kardashians” is nothing like his previous life as a reality star on “Meet the Barkers,” an MTV series about him and his then-wife Shanna Moakler. During that show, he told GQ, there were “cameras placed throughout my house,” but with “The Kardashians,” he only films with his wife when she asks.
Ultimately, though, the musician said that he doesn’t “give a fuck” about sharing some of the more intimate details of his life on the show.
“There’s however many millions of dudes that have to go give their semen for this same procedure,” Barker told GQ, referencing the fertility treatment. “So it’s, like, relatable, you know? I’ve never been fazed by any of that.”
