ALABAMA Barker has sent a grateful message to her father Travis after fans ripped him for throwing her a lavish birthday bash.
The teen also shared a rare photo of herself and her father spending time together.
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On Monday, Alabama, 16, took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from her recent birthday bash.
She thanked her dad, Travis, in the caption, writing: “Blessed. @travisbarker I love you more than anything. pt1.”
Fans had been largely critical of the Blink-182 star, 47, for throwing the party, which hundreds of people attended.
Alabama’s photos show the size of the crowd, as well as the over-the-top decorations all throughout the party.
Fans also critiqued Travis for allowing his daughter to hold alcohol during her party, noting how young she is.
Alabama hit back at the haters in a TikTok video but quickly deleted the post.
The controversy continues, but Alabama has been largely posting as normal.
On Monday she took to her Instagram Stories to post a rare series of photos of her and her father and her father alone.
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DADDY’S GIRL
The first photo in the bunch showed the father-daughter duo hooked up to harnesses and wearing helmets.
She followed the photo up with another which showed her holding her father’s hand in hers.
It appears she was trying to show off the tattoo over Travis’ wrist, which reads: “Alabama.”
Alabama then shared a boomerang of her dad moving his lips in a puckering motion.
She followed that up with a red carpet video of herself and Travis posing together and a picture from the same event that showed the duo giving the middle finger while Kourtney Kardashian smiled at the camera.
Alabama then shared another boomerang of her dad scrunching his lips while driving.
She continued on, sharing candid photos and videos of Travis, her and Travis, Travis and Kourtney, and the like.
She gave no context beyond her kind words for her dad in her Instagram feed.
PARTY PROBLEMS
Fans were extremely critical of Alabama’s recent birthday party for many reasons.
At one point, onlookers noted the teen holding what appeared to be alcohol and criticized Travis and his wife for allowing it.
In a video shared on TikTok, the underage teen was holding a bottle of some sort of liquid, while dancing to a rapper.
At one point, Alabama turned away from the camera and looked to be taking a swig from the bottle, before handing it off.
“Why the hell is that child holding a bottle?” one shocked fan asked. “Like this is bordering, if not crossing into, child endangerment territory.”
Another shared: “This makes me really so scared for her. How are the adults in her life not keeping her safe at all?”
While one person expressed their anger: “My hatred is being directed to her parents and adults in her life. You’ve all failed her.”
And one wondered if there were failures all around: “I’m baffled a minor can so publicly have alcohol like this. Most establishments risk being shut down for knowingly serving minors and here it’s on display for all to see?
“This is outside the obvious parenting fails. I don’t blame Alabama for this, it’s all the adults in her life failing her for years. How sad.”
BAMA BITES BACK
Alabama hit back at the haters in a TikTok video that she went on to delete.
She said in the clip: “I just wanted to come on here and say one thing. Yes I had my birthday party early because my real birthday is December 24th and no one’s available that day.
“Just because I was holding something in a video doesn’t mean I was drinking it.
“Just because LA music was playing doesn’t mean I think I’m from LA.
“That’s like me listening to country music and saying I’m a country girl, like it just doesn’t work,” she continued.
“When something positive happens in my life I gain the most haters.
“This woman right here made this TikTok about me and that’s her opinion and she stated it,” she said as she shared a screenshot of the video.
“I just don’t understand, if you’re gonna talk bad about me, why follow me? Doesn’t that just make you one of people that feed into it if you don’t like me?
“Like why follow me if you dislike me and make TikToks about me, in general, this goes out to everybody.
“Some of my biggest haters on my page follow me so I always follow back,” she added.
“I know what I am and who I am and I don’t need people to tell me. It’s sad, people really waste their time hating,” Alabama ended the video.
Despite the fact that Alabama deleted the video, one fan grabbed it and shared it on Reddit and others quickly commented on the thread.
“Just because I was holding it doesn’t mean I was drinking it… come on now sis,” one person mocked.
Another said: “Was that really the best excuse she could come up with lol. My mom would’ve been mad at me for just holding it.”
A third person claimed: “Hahah there’s a video where you can see her clearly turning around to drink so.”
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