Travis Barker once called Kim Kardashian “f***ing hot … eye candy” and admitted to an attraction to his now sister-in-law in his 2015 autobiography, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums.

Now the details of his involvement with his wife’s sister have been unearthed as the two women find themselves embroiled in an ongoing feud which came to a head in a heated argument on their show The Kardashians.

In his memoir, Barker recalls his time spent with Kim, going out for lunch and dinner, visiting her at the family’s Dash stores and confesses he found her “f***ing hot”, referring to her as “eye candy” but writing that “I wanted to be nothing but a gentleman to her.”

He goes on to reveal things ended when his now ex-wife Shanna Moakler, who he’d rekindled a relationship with when he began spending time with Kim, encountered the Kardashian at a party hosted by Carmen Electra. According to Barker, Moakler allegedly poured a drink over Kim’s head.

He also wrote about time spent in Amsterdam with Kim, when he was on tour and dating Paris Hilton, who Kim worked for at the time.

“When the +44 tour hit Amsterdam, Paris flew out to see the show, and brought along Kim Kardashian. Kim used to organise people’s closets and at the time she was working as Paris’ closet girl…

“She would grab Paris’ bags, put them in the closet, unpack them, put everything where Paris could find it. We all checked into our hotel and then rented bicycles and rode all over Amsterdam – that’s what you do there…