Dave Grohl, frontman and lead singer for The Foo Fighters, announced Tuesday on social media that he has fathered a child out of wedlock and intends to remain in his current marriage while still being involved in the new baby’s life.
“I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage,” the 55-year-old musician shared on Instagram. “I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her. I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.”
“We’re grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together,” the post concluded. Comments on the post were turned off.
This admission comes just after The Foo Fighters spoke out against the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump using their song “My Hero” at an August rally in Arizona, per Forbes. A rep for the band said, “Foo Fighters were not asked permission and if they were, they would have not granted it.”
Trump’s rep Steven Cheung hit back on X, using Foo Fighters song titles while composing a message that said, “It’s Times Like These facts matter, don’t be a Pretender.” Cheung also said they had gone through the proper channels to obtain rights to the music, the outlet noted.
The former Nirvana drummer met his wife, Jordyn Blum, at the Sunset Marquis Whiskey Bar in West Hollywood in 2001, per the New York Post.
Grohl said he didn’t think he had a shot the first time he met the former model and MTV producer.
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“I met Jordyn one night in 2001,” Grohl told Q Magazine in 2007. “[Fellow bandmate Taylor Hawkins] and I were hanging out at the Sunset Marquis whiskey bar. Taylor was the looker. I mean, girls would send him drinks. Some bombshell comes up and starts talking to Taylor. I was just out of a Tenacious D session. I’ve got Vans trainers on, no socks, dirty shorts and a dirty T-shirt, surrounded by beautiful Hollywood. She waved her friend Jordyn over.”
He continued, “I was like, ‘Oh my God. Not a chance!’ So I’m just having some drinks and acting like a jackass. And by the end of the night I was pissed and I’m staring at her going, ‘You’re my future ex-wife.’ So she gave me her number: ‘Jordyn, your future ex-wife.’ We saw each other a few times. But I realized that this was the flag, the finish line and I’m like, ‘Oh, wait a minute.’ So I backed out.”
He admitted to ignoring his future wife for a while. “When I first met my wife, we went out on a few dates and I decided that I wasn’t ready for a serious relationship, so I just stopped calling,” he said during a 2007 interview with ELLE.
“After three months, I had a revelation and called her back,” Grohl said, recalling how Blum replied by saying, “’Oh, I never thought I’d hear from you again.’”
The pair married in August 2003 and have three daughters, who were born in 2006, 2009, and 2014.
Grohl was previously married to photographer Jennifer Youngblood, divorcing her in 1997.
