{"id":129887,"date":"2025-05-25T05:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T05:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129887\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T05:40:15","slug":"blink-182s-mark-hoppus-says-he-nearly-made-out-with-iconic-80s-male-singer-and-regrets-not-going-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129887\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says he nearly ‘made out’ with iconic ’80s male singer\u2026 and regrets not going for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALESIA STANFORD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 17:39 EDT, 24 May 2025 | Updated: 18:00 EDT, 24 May 2025 <\/p>\n

Rocker Mark Hoppus has had plenty of wild experiences as a member of Blink-182 \u2014 but he once turned down the chance to share a smooch with an ’80s icon who happened to be a man.<\/p>\n

The bass player, 53, who accidentally revealed his cancer diagnosis online<\/a>, revealed his near-kiss in an interview with The Independent<\/a>\u00a0while promoting his new memoir\u00a0Fahrenheit-182.<\/p>\n

Fellow bandmate Tom DeLonge had convinced Hoppus’ hero, The Cure frontman Robert Smith, to perform with the group at Wembley Stadium in 2004 singing All of This and a cover of Boys Don\u2019t Cry.<\/p>\n

‘It was so surreal, such a rad moment,’ he revealed.<\/p>\n

‘I went to give him a hug and he leaned in and said, “Give me a kiss.”‘<\/p>\n

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Rocker Mark Hoppus has had plenty of wild experiences as a member of Blink-182 \u2014 but he once turned down the chance to share a smooch with an ’80s icon who happened to be a man; Pictured in LA in 2021<\/p>\n

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The bass player, 53, who accidentally revealed his cancer diagnosis online , revealed his near-kiss in an interview with The Independent while promoting his new memoir Fahrenheit-182; Pictured in Indio, CA in April 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The bass player instead offered Smith his cheek, which he turned down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I wish I had done it,’ the All the Small Things singer said with a laugh. ‘It would\u2019ve made such a better story than it almost happened.’<\/p>\n

Hoppus, who has been happily married to cinematographer Skye Everly since 2007, said he and his fellow Blink-182 members have focused on rock and roll, more than sex and drugs throughout their long career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We weren\u2019t really big partiers,’ the musician explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Sometimes we\u2019d drink or whatever, but it wasn\u2019t part of our lifestyle. People weren\u2019t getting hammered all the time, and there weren\u2019t chicks backstage,’ he revealed.<\/p>\n

‘People would literally come back, take a look around and be like, “This is f***ing boring.”‘<\/p>\n

‘The band was always too important to us to put it at risk by doing the stuff that we saw had ruined bands,’ he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The band, which includes Kourtney Kardashian’s husband Travis Barker, 49, did not want to burn out and fade away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘There are so many cautionary tales out there, and don\u2019t get me wrong we\u2019ve gotten close on a bunch of it: we\u2019re the band who spent a million dollars recording an album; we\u2019ve broken up twice and gotten back together twice. We\u2019ve done a lot of the rock\u2019n\u2019roll clich\u00e9s, but luckily, it hasn\u2019t been drugs and alcohol.’<\/p>\n

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Hoppus said the near-kiss happened after The Cure frontman, Robert Smith, performed with the band in 2004 at Wembley stadium in London<\/p>\n

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‘I went to give him a hug and he leaned in and said, “Give me a kiss.” I wish I had done it,’ Hoppus told The Independent. ‘It would\u2019ve made such a better story’<\/p>\n

Although the band has had some famously public fights,\u00a0 Hoppus revealed it was his cancer diagnosis that helped bring them back together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Everybody really respects and cherishes one another,’ he declared.<\/p>\n

‘We all love Blink and what we built, and we don\u2019t want to mess that up any more,’ he said. ‘We have a common goal.’<\/p>\n

The band has announced dates for its 2025 Tour, which will begin in August in Hollywood, FL and will crisscross the US through October 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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