When two lives once intertwined are later rendered into film, the question of who controls the story becomes unavoidable. Shanna Moakler, former partner of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, has publicly expressed regret over her participation in his documentary — a project built around his life and legacy. Her retrospective discomfort, though unexplained in detail, speaks to a quiet but persistent tension in the documentary form: that agreeing to appear is not the same as agreeing to how one appears. Her statement invites reflection on the ethics of consent, memory, and narrative power when for