Kourtney Kardashian says she followed Kanye West's dating advice
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The gist
Kourtney Kardashian said Kanye West told her not to hook up with "randoms" until she had a husband.
She said she followed the advice before her 2022 marriage to Travis Barker.
Background
Kourtney Kardashian is a reality TV star and founder of Poosh (a lifestyle website) who married Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker in 2022 after a long friendship. Kanye "Ye" West, the Grammy-winning rapper and Kim Kardashian's ex-husband, was Kourtney's former brother-in-law when he gave her the advice. The story surfaced on the Hulu reality series The Kardashians, whose eighth season premiered on Oct 8, 2026.
How it unfolded
- Oct 8, 2026Season 8 of the Hulu reality series The Kardashians premiered.
- Oct 22, 2026On an episode, Kourtney Kardashian recalled Kanye West telling her not to hook up with "randoms" until she was with her husband, and said she followed it ("And I didn't").
- Oct 22, 2026The topic came up while she visited stepson Landon Barker's new home and jokingly told him to "wait until you get married"; a producer then asked whether she and Travis followed that advice.
Who’s saying what
- Kourtney
- She said she took Kanye West's advice and did not hook up with "randoms" before marriage.
- Travis
- Travis Barker said he had loved her as a friend for years and that when they got together "it was like a perfect symmetry from both of our sides."