podcast, Barker compared falling in love with Kourtney to  a perfect symmetry. 

 We both wanted it to happen and we knew if it did happen, it would probably be like neither of us would have a choice,  the Blink-182 drummer explained.  We would just be overwhelmed with whatever and fall madly in love. And we did. 

Barker also emphasized that he  already loved [Kourtney] as a friend,  which made it easier when things turned romantic between the two.

10 Kourtney (seen here kissing Barker) also has three children with ex Scott Disick. Getty Images

10 Barker (pictured above with Kourtney) has two children with ex Shanna Moakler. kourtneykardash/Instagram

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West, meanwhile, was famously married to Kourtney's sister, Kim Kardashian, for eight years. The exes share four children: North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7.

Last year, Kim, 46, revealed the  final straw  in their marriage before she filed for divorce in February 2021.

 There was just a lot of things that I wouldn't deal with,  the SKIMS founder said on the  Call Her Daddy  podcast in October 2025.

10 Kim (seen above with West in 2019) filed for divorce from the rapper in 2021. Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards

10 West. is now married to Bianca Censori, while Kim is dating Lewis Hamilton (West and Kim are seen here in 2020). Getty Images for Nordstrom

 I didn't like the feeling of someone talking bad about my kids, grandmother, aunts - all of those feelings,  Kim added.  If someone feels that way, then we shouldn't be together. 

West, 49, has been married to model Bianca Censori since 2022, while Kim is dating British racing driver Lewis Hamilton.

New episodes of  The Kardashians  drop Thursdays on Hulu.