Closing the door on romance? Shanna Moakler and Matthew Rondeau have had truthful share of ups and downs since they began courting in 2020.
After Moakler’s ex-husband Travis Barker‘s romance with Kourtney Kardashian made headlines, the previous Playboy mannequin opened up about her personal love life.
“I’m with my boyfriend, Matthew. I’m super happy. We’re in such a great place and the things that I create with him, I’m not recycling from my past relationship,” the Rhode Island native solely informed Us Weekly in May 2021, noting that she believed Barker was taking inspiration from their previous all through his relationship with Kardashian.
Moakler, who was married to the Blink-182 drummer from 2004 to 2008, defined on the time that she was extra apprehensive about how Barker’s actions would have an effect on their children: son Landon and daughter Alabama.
“I think it’s in poor taste to have your new girlfriend sit there while you put a skull and cross bones over my name and post it,” Moakler, who can also be the mom of daughter Atiana with ex Oscar De La Hoya, shared. “But why post about it if you’re not trying to shade me? And then, of course, you know, my kids see that. They see their father basically insulting their mother, you know?”
That identical month, the fact star’s youngsters voiced their issues about her relationship with Rondeau.
“Matthew is nothing but awful to her. Not only that, but he cheats on her,” Alabama claimed in an Instagram Story in May 2021, later including that she didn’t really feel near her mom.
Moakler, for her half, shut down her daughter’s allegations, telling Us it was “heartbreaking” to see Alabama’s posts in regards to the poker participant. “What mother wants to have their child upset with them? What mother wants to hear their children say such horrible things?” she added, alleging that the kids have been “being influenced” by “very manipulative” folks of their lives.
Two months later, Rondeau confirmed that he and Moakler had referred to as it quits.
“I broke up with Shanna months ago, and I’m happier than I have ever been,” he informed Life & Style in July 2021. “I’m focusing truly on finding myself again as a person emotionally and mentally. I hope she finds what she’s looking for, but it’s not going to be me.”
Their breakup didn’t final lengthy, nevertheless, as Us confirmed in October 2021 that the pair have been giving their relationship one other strive.
“Shanna and Matthew have always been off and on, but they’re in a really great place now,” a supply solely informed Us. “He has been her confidant during this rough time in her life and they’ve been having a lot of fun together. They seem to be very happy together and Shanna’s friends are thrilled she has love in her life.”
Things took a flip for the twosome when Moakler joined the cast of Celebrity Big Brother in February 2022. While the CBS character was discussing how a lot she missed her boyfriend, Rondeau made headlines when Teddi Mellencamp claimed she had acquired shady DMs from him about his girlfriend.
Before Moakler was evicted from the fact competitors in February 2022 — and earlier than the pair unfollowed one another on social media — a supply knowledgeable Us that she can be “completely blindsided” by Rondeau’s actions as soon as she was again in the true world. The insider additionally alleged that Rondeau was jealous of Moakler’s reference to fellow houseguest Lamar Odom.
Scroll all the way down to relive Moakler and Rondeau’s bumpy romance:
