EXCLUSIVE: Travis Barker, drummer in pop-punk band Blink-182 and paramour of Kourtney Kardashian, is stuffed with tattoos and, extra lately, diamond dental implants.
He now’s turning these exploits right into a tv sequence.
Barker has partnered with Bullish Content material, run by former Kinetic Content material exec Paul Lima, and This Is Only a Take a look at Media, the corporate behind TLC actuality sequence I Am Jazz, to develop Inked and Iced.
The unscripted sequence will observe Barker’s new enterprise enterprise with “diamond dentist” Dr. Tom Connelly, that includes celebrities and musicians present process high-end diamond dental implants whereas concurrently receiving full-body tattoos, all whereas beneath anesthesia.
It’s not Barker’s first brush with actuality tv; the musician starred in MTV’s Meet the Barkers, which ran for 2 seasons, and is anticipated to star in the Kardashians’ upcoming Hulu series.
The sequence was developed by Lima, who struck an total manufacturing cope with Aengus James’s This Is Only a Take a look at Media, the place he beforehand labored. His different improvement credit embody TLC’s Little Partner on The Prairie and Discovery’s Man vs. Bear.
“Inked and Iced is about self-expression, the human physique as an artwork canvas, capitalism, eccentricity and entrepreneurship. Travis is a genius,” mentioned James. “It’s the type of out-of-the-box programming that Paul is large at growing.”
Added Lima. “We’re thrilled to be following Travis and this modern enterprise because it launches and grows.”
This Is Only a Take a look at and Bullish Content material are represented by CAA.
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