Travis Barker‘s daughter Alabama Barker is explaining the explanation why she determined to start out taking weight-loss treatment.
“I’m on weight-loss treatment as a result of I’m bored with being fats and photographing like a rattling ogre,” Alabama, 18, mentioned in a video reposted by a fan by way of TikTok on Tuesday, July 16.”I’ve, like, this factor the place I {photograph} so ugly and persons are like, ‘Oh my god, you’re so fats and also you’re so ugly.’”
She continued, “It’s like, I see what you guys are seeing, however simply, like, meet me in particular person. I really feel like I actually don’t seem like that.”
Social media customers have been each shocked and saddened by Alabama’s candid admission, with one TikToker commenting, “[I] swear we’re our personal largest haters as a result of she’s completely lovely.”
One other added, “She’s actually so cute and fairly, this makes me unhappy,” and a 3rd particular person chimed in with, “She’s too younger to be taking weight-loss treatment.”
Although she didn’t make clear which treatment she is taking, injectable meds like Ozempic and Mounjaro – that are authorized to be used in those that stay with sort 2 diabetes – have grow to be common weight-loss drugs over the past couple years.
Comparable drugs, like Wegovy, have been authorized by the FDA for weight reduction. 4 extra weight-loss drugs have been authorized by the FDA for kids aged 12 and up, per the Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Illnesses.
Alabama’s mother, Shanna Moakler, beforehand opened up about utilizing Mounjaro to shed extra pounds after “consuming the ache away” amid shedding her dad and mom in 2023. Mother Gail Moakler died in January that yr, and pop John Moakler III died seven months later.
“It was on one other stage, and I didn’t know methods to deal [with it],” she advised Individuals in June. “I used to be unhappy. And I simply missed my dad and mom a lot.”
Along with Alabama, Shanna, 49, and Travis, 48, share son Landon Barker, 20. Travis can be stepdad to Atiana De La Hoya, 25, whom Shanna shares with ex Oscar De La Hoya.
Travis and Shanna have been married from 2004 to 2008, and followers bought a glimpse of the Blink-182 drummer and the previous pageant queen’s life collectively on MTV’s actuality sequence, Meet the Barkers. The present aired for 2 seasons from 2005 to 2006.
Travis has since moved on with longtime friend-turn-lover Kourtney Kardashian. The pair confirmed their romance on Valentine’s Day weekend in 2021 and bought engaged that October. The duo tied the knot in a lavish three-day celebration in Portofino, Italy, in Might 2022.
The twosome welcomed their son, Rocky 13, in November final yr. Kardashian, 45, additionally shares sons Mason, 14, and Reign, 9, and daughter Penelope, 12, with ex Scott Disick.