Echosmith Drummer Apologizes After Allegedly Contacting Travis Barker’s Teen Daughter

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Echosmith drummer Graham Sierota is apologizing after sliding into the DMs of Travis Barker‘s 13-year-old daughter.

Over the course of the previous few years, Barker’s daughter, Alabama Luella Barker, was messaged quite a few occasions on Instagram by the 20-year-old. At first, the messages had been him introducing himself, with one stating, “By the best way I am Graham from Echosmith and I believe ur stunning.” Years handed earlier than the the musician determined to ship her an invitation to a celebration. In line with screenshots, she finally replied, “Ur like 40.”

“I simply wished to say i actually like ur music and sorry messaging and I am 20,” he responded. 

Within the final shared response from Alabama, she advised him, “Okay however u perceive I am a toddler ?”

It seems his invitation to the BBQ scared the 13-year-old a lot, she determined to remind her followers that it’s not acceptable to aim to make communication with minors. “So as soon as once more I’m bringing this to your consideration as a result of I am a 13 12 months previous woman and he’s 21/20 tremendous creepy,” she captioned the screenshots.

After all, the difficulty was delivered to her father’s consideration, who mentioned in a press release that he was “disgusted” by the 20-year-old’s actions. He advised a number of retailers, “That is predatory conduct and there may be nothing cool, regular or OK about it in any respect.”

Graham has since made his Instagram profile non-public and issued an apology. In his assertion, the drummer claimed the entire state of affairs was only a large misunderstanding. “I had invited Alabama to my mother and father’ large household BBQ together with many different individuals, and it wasn’t till she responded that I spotted her age at which level I apologized to her. I am actually sorry and really feel very badly about this,” the artist defined by way of his rep. “I did not understand she was a minor and assumed she was my age.”

He added, “I made a careless mistake and it is a large lesson for me. I wish to apologize once more to Alabama, her dad Travis, and her household.”

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