Oscar De La Hoya shares daughter Atiana De La Hoya with ex-wife Shanna Moakler, however credit each her and Travis Barker for elevating his daughter.
Travis Barker stays a proud papa to stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya at the same time as he is moved on and married Kourtney Kardashian. Her organic father, Oscar De La Hoya, sees it and stays grateful.
The boxer informed Leisure Tonight as a lot on Friday, acknowledging that the “mothers” of his kids have been those who stepped up within the day-to-day lives of their shared children. “Look, I did not increase my children, you already know?” he admitted to the outlet.
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“I’ve to provide credit score the place credit score is due,” he added. “I am grateful that Barker was there, you already know, as a father determine for my daughter.” After his divorce from Shanna Moakler in 2000 when Atiana was one 12 months outdated, she and Barker wed in 2004.
Calling himself an “absentee father,” De La Hoya mentioned, “I’ve to be grateful that Shanna was a mom to Atiana … And simply know my place, principally, you already know?”
“My place — I am clearly a father, and I am pleased with it,” he continued. “However, once more, I am grateful for what they’ve achieved. Particularly with Barker. He’s clearly stepped as much as the plate.”
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Barker additionally shares two organic kids of his personal with Moakler, Landon and Alabama, however he has at all times thought of all three kids his. He’s now a stepdad once more, this time to Kourtney’s three younger kids with Scott Disick — Mason, Reign, and Penelope. The couple is, as nicely, pregnant with their first chiid collectively.
“He is such a pleasant man,” De La Hoya mentioned of Barker. “I’ve the utmost respect for him.”
Most just lately, Atiana was a part of the Barker household’s celebration of Penelope’s eleventh birthday on Saturday, with each her and Travis posting concerning the massive day on their Instagram Tales.