Travis Barker Didn't Hurl Homophobic Slur on 'Punk'd', Actor From Resurfaced Clip Says

Travis Barker did NOT hurl a homophobic slur when he was getting pranked on Ashton Kutcher‘s old MTV show … so says the actor from a resurfaced clip that’s stirring up controversy.

Here’s the deal … Kourtney Kardashian‘s husband is getting slammed online by folks who claim he used the f-word in an old clip from “Punk’d.”

In the resurfaced clip, Travis is having dinner with Shanna Moakler when an actor posing as a waiter comes to the table and starts flirting with her, pretending they used to date.

Travis gets pissed and tells the server, “Yeah, she usually dates (bleep)” … and it sets off a heated confrontation, with the waiter saying he didn’t appreciate the term.

There’s online speculation the MTV show bleeped out a slur … but the actor playing the waiter in the episode, Ahmed Ahmed, tells us that’s not the case. Instead, he says Travis exclaimed, “f***ing a**holes.”

Ahmed says the Blink-182 drummer was totally cool once Ashton came out and let him know he was being pranked.

For those who might not buy Ahmed’s story … he doubts Travis would have signed the release forms allowing the clip to air on TV if he had actually said what people are accusing him of saying.