On Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Foo Fighters’ lead singer revealed on Instagram that he lately welcomed a daughter with an unnamed lady, regardless of being married to his spouse, Jordyn Blum, since 2003. He and Blum additionally share three daughters: Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10.
“I plan to be a loving and supportive mother or father to her. I really like my spouse and my kids, and I’m doing the whole lot I can to regain their belief and earn their forgiveness,” Grohl, 55, continued. “We admire your consideration towards all the kids concerned as we transfer ahead collectively.”
Whereas Grohl not often discusses his spouse in interviews, he spoke concerning the significance of household in 2009, telling TIME, “I used to tour 9 months out of the 12 months. Now I don’t like being away from my youngsters for greater than 12 days.”
He added, “It’s modified the whole lot that I do. When you could have youngsters, you see life by means of completely different eyes. You are feeling love extra deeply and are perhaps somewhat extra compassionate. It’s inevitable that that will make its means into your songwriting.”
Grohl and Blum had been final seen collectively at London’s Wimbledon tennis event in July 2024, sitting within the Royal Field alongside celebrities like David Beckham.
In 2023, Blum made a uncommon public look with Grohl and their three daughters on the Grammy Awards, the place the household of 5 posed for photographs on the crimson carpet.
Grohl’s first marriage, to photographer Jennifer Leigh Youngblood in 1994, resulted in divorce three years later amid allegations of infidelity on his half, in response to The Guardian.
Snowboarding pioneer Tina Basich additionally claimed Grohl cheated on her throughout their two-year relationship within the late ’90s. In her 2003 memoir, Fairly Good for a Woman: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer, Basich wrote, “I don’t understand how anybody in his occupation can have a traditional relationship with a girlfriend… or two, because it turned out. I came upon secondhand, by means of the grapevine, when it appeared like everybody else on the planet knew about it however me.”
“Breakups suck. However rockstar exits are the worst,” she continued, claiming, “All I obtained was a five-minute telephone name from him, after 5 weeks of me calling and attempting to get ahold of him as a result of I simply needed to know if these rumors had been true, and needed to hear it straight from the supply.”