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Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge have had their ups and downs over the last few decades but are in a very good place now.
Hoppus sat down with iHeartRadio's Elvis Duran & The Morning Show on Tuesday (April 8), exposing the cracks in their longtime friendship and how everything came back together.
"When we left the band the first time we didn't speak for like five years. And the same thing the second time. So there were a number of years where I just wouldn't even talk with Tom, and there was so much acrimony on both sides. The cool thing is that when we got back together, both times, you know the first time was after Travis [Barker] has his plane crash, and the second time was after I was sick with cancer, that Tom calls up, and it's like none of the bad things even happened at all. It was like he just snapped back into best-friend mode."
Hoppus revealed that DeLonge sent him a text "out of the blue" four years ago about directing a music video, and Hoppus replied revealing his cancer diagnosis. DeLonge immediately called to check in, and the dynamic duo were "back to square one."
DeLonge left blink-182 in 2015 and didn't make an album with his bandmates from 2011's Neighborhoods to 2023's ONE MORE TIME...
For more, read Travis Barker Opens Up About Blink-182 Breakup: 'Heavy On My Heart'.
Listen to Elvis Duran & The Morning Show for the full scoop on Hoppus's and DeLonge's friendship.