Travis Barker 'Disgusted' By Echosmith Drummer's Messages To His Daughter

Like any father, Travis Barker is going to protect his daughter, especially when older men try to slide into her DMs.

Earlier this week, the blink-182 drummer's daughter Alabama shared and since-deleted screenshots of messages Echosmith drummer Graham Sierota sent to her dating back to 2016 (when the young girl was 10 years old) on Instagram.

"Hey guys! So once again I am bringing this to your attention because I'm a 13 year old girl and he is 21 / 20 super creepy" she captioned the screenshot, which showed Sierota's attempts at contacting her both in 2016 and as recently as last month. In his earlier messages, he wrote "hi" several times before saying "By the way I'm Graham from echosmith and I think ur beautiful." Alabama never responded.

After receiving an invite to a barbeque in July, the adolescent addressed to the 20-year-old. "Ur like 40," she said.

"I just wanted to say i really like ur music and sorry for messaging and I'm 20," Sierota replied.

The last message sent from Alabama reads, "Ok but u understand I'm a child?"

Understandably, Travis was not okay with this interaction.

"When I found out a 20 year old man was trying to get in touch with my 13 year old daughter by filling her Instagram messages with party invites and compliments I was disgusted," he told The Blast. "That’s predatory behavior and there is nothing cool, normal or ok about it at all."

Sierota has since issued a statement about the accusations. “I had invited Alabama to my parents’ big family BBQ along with many other people, and it wasn’t until she responded that I realized her age at which point I apologized to her,” he told People. “I’m really sorry and feel very badly about this. I didn’t realize she was a minor and assumed she was my age. I made a careless mistake and this is a big lesson for me. I would like to apologize again to Alabama, her dad Travis, and her family.”

UPDATE: Alabama issued a statement on her Instagram story in response to Sierota's apology. See a screenshot below.

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