Travis Barker's daughter Alabama Luella Barker has done a complete 180 on her stance about refusing to vote in the 2024 presidential election - but only after receiving intense backlash over her 'privileged ignorance.'
It all began Tuesday night when the 18-year-old nepo-baby - who admitted she's 'a little bit stupid' - took to Instagram Live to express her non-opinions on Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
'Not voting isn't crazy, in my opinion, at all because if I don't feel like I have the exact education for what I'm voting for, how is it right for me to vote for something I'm not completely educated on?' Alabama - who's named after Patricia Arquette's True Romance character - mused.
'I could educate myself, but then again, why am I doing that if I genuinely really don't care? I'm just honest!'
And while Barker admitted one of the candidates was a 'mess' she scoffed: 'I don't care to vote if I don't know exactly what's going on. I don't think that's wrong. And I completely stand on that, and I stand by it.'
Travis Barker's daughter Alabama Luella Barker has done a complete 180 on her stance about refusing to vote in the 2024 presidential election - but only after receiving intense backlash over her 'privileged ignorance'
It all began Tuesday night when the 18-year-old nepo-baby - who admitted she's 'a little bit stupid' - took to Instagram Live to express her non-opinions on Republican candidate Donald Trump (L, pictured September 10) and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris (R)
When a fan commented that the homeschooled Zoomer was showing her 'privilege' she responded: 'Like, what? Because I don't want to vote? I'm not educated on it. Maybe next year I'll vote.'
Alabama's video was preserved for posterity by The Shade Room, and people had a lot to say including: '"Maybe next year?" Who gonna tell her?'
'She doesn't care because of her privilege,' Instagram user @joshgb_ wrote. 'Either outcome won't disrupt her life.'
Instagram user @miragevanguard quipped: 'Just like your vote, you could've kept this for yourself.'
'Yet she's researched thoroughly how to cosplay as a woman of color?' Instagram user @1andonlyb commented. 'Ok.'
Instagram user @itstammietime wrote: 'Sweetie, get offline and go read. You've got 27 days.'
On Wednesday night, Alabama was at Nobu Malibu celebrating the 21st birthday of her brother Landon Asher Barker, and she suddenly decided to Instastory a post 'clarifying her recent statements.'
'My primary concern is that I do not feel adequately informed about either candidate, nor do I feel entirely satisfied with either option,' Barker wrote.
Alabama mused:'Not voting isn't crazy, in my opinion, at all because if I don't feel like I have the exact education for what I'm voting for, how is it right for me to vote for something I'm not completely educated on?I could educate myself, but then again, why am I doing that if I genuinely really don't care? I'm just honest!'
When a fan commented that Barker was showing her 'privilege' she responded: 'Like, what? Because I don't want to vote? I'm not educated on it. Maybe next year I'll vote'
The homeschooled Zoomer's video was preserved for posterity by The Shade Room, and people had a lot to say including: '"Maybe next year?" Who gonna tell her?'
'She doesn't care because of her privilege,' Instagram user @joshgb_ wrote. 'Either outcome won't disrupt her life'
Instagram user @miragevanguard quipped: 'Just like your vote, you could've kept this for yourself'
'Yet she's researched thoroughly how to cosplay as a woman of color?' Instagram user @1andonlyb commented. 'Ok'
Instagram user @itstammietime wrote: 'Sweetie, get offline and go read. You've got 27 days'
'I acknowledge that during a recent live stream, I mistakenly mentioned "next year's election"; I realize elections occur every four years, and I understand how this may appear insensitive or uninformed. I am committed to educating myself further on this matter.'
Barker - who still watches the Disney Channel - then Instastoried yet another video of herself lip-synching to a rap song, which makes up 80% of her social media content for her combined 7.1M followers.
The not-so-typical teenager is the youngest child of the 48-year-old Blink-182 drummer and Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler - whose educations were limited to high school - and they divorced in 2008 after three years of marriage.
'I want to help the less fortunate. I also want to have multiple businesses, and I want to be an entrepreneur in general,' Alabama claimed were her life goals last year.
On Wednesday night, Alabama was at Nobu Malibu celebrating the 21st birthday of her brother Landon Asher Barker, and she suddenly decided to Instastory a post 'clarifying her recent statements'
Barker wrote: 'My primary concern is that I do not feel adequately informed about either candidate, nor do I feel entirely satisfied with either option. I acknowledge that during a recent live stream, I mistakenly mentioned "next year's election"; I realize elections occur every four years, and I understand how this may appear insensitive or uninformed. I am committed to educating myself further on this matter'
Barker - who still watches the Disney Channel - then Instastoried yet another video of herself lip-synching to a rap song, which makes up 80% of her social media content for her combined 7.1M followers
The not-so-typical teenager is the youngest child of the 48-year-old Blink-182 drummer (2-L) and Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler (R) - whose educations were limited to high school - and they divorced in 2008 after three years of marriage
Alabama said of her life goals last year: 'I want to help the less fortunate. I also want to have multiple businesses, and I want to be an entrepreneur in general. I definitely want my own make-up line and TV show. So [those are] my goals right now. And if the music industry calls my name, I am definitely down for that too because I've been doing music and playing instruments since I was about, like, five'
Barker wasn't kidding as she released her debut single, at age 11, called Our House followed by the song Heartbreaker and a few Christmas chestnuts
The platinum blonde (L) - who regularly takes semaglutides and gets lip filler - made her TV debut in 2006 as a newborn baby in the second season finale of her famous family's MTV reality show, Meet the Barkers
'I definitely want my own make-up line and TV show. So [those are] my goals right now. And if the music industry calls my name, I am definitely down for that too because I've been doing music and playing instruments since I was about, like, five.'
Barker wasn't kidding as she released her debut single, at age 11, called Our House followed by the song Heartbreaker and a few Christmas chestnuts.
The platinum blonde - who regularly takes semaglutides and gets lip filler - made her TV debut in 2006 as a newborn baby in the second season finale of her famous family's MTV reality show, Meet the Barkers.
