Oscar De La Hoya has opened up about letting Travis Barker elevate his daughter.
Throughout a Thursday look on the Allison Interviews podcast, the previous skilled boxer revealed why he let the Blink 182 drummer step in to lift his now 24-year-old daughter Atiana.
“I mainly ran away,” Oscar admitted in his interview. “I used to be scared. I used to be fearful.”
Oscar welcomed Atiana with then-fiancée Shanna Moakler in September 2000, earlier than the pair break up later that 12 months. Travis married Shanna in 2004, changing into a step-father to Atiana.
“I did attempt to be a father full-time for a number of years, and it was lovely. It was superb to lift a bit of lady, however there got here some extent the place you say to your self, ‘Wait a minute, you’re undeserving of this,’” Oscar continued on the podcast. “You attempt to persuade your self that you’re not worthy of this… That love just isn’t potential in your life, due to what I lived by, not receiving that love once I was a child.”
He defined that his personal expertise together with his mother and father left him feeling unable to adequately guardian Atiana. Oscar was born right into a boxing household in East Los Angeles, together with his grandfather, father, and brother additionally boxing.
“My father by no means instructed me, ‘I really like you,’” the star shared. “My mom by no means instructed me she beloved me. She by no means actually gave me a hug.”
He added, “After I would cry, she would begin hitting me. That’s how unhealthy it was…
“Although I used to be aside (from Atiana), I felt like I used to be all the time shut, however I didn’t really feel like I used to be worthy sufficient to do the job.”
