Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he assume Dave Grohl having a brand new child outdoors of his marriage is “irresponsible”, however “doesn’t imply he’s not a pleasant individual”.
Earlier this month, the Foo Fighters singer revealed that he has change into a father of a child lady outdoors of his marriage – however is “doing all the things I can to regain the belief” of his spouse Jordyn Blum and his household. He and Blum already share three daughters, Violet, Harper and Ophelia.
The next, a publish went viral claiming that the new child child lady was being named Roxie Junie Grohl, and that she was “actually a Grohl by means of and thru”. The publish was debunked as faux, with Grohl’s representatives confirming as such to NME.
Now, Corey Taylor – a longtime good friend of Grohl – has commented on the state of affairs, which has led to Foo Fighters cancelling their Soundside Music Pageant performances this previous weekend.
Taylor appeared on a current episode of the Your Mother’s Home podcast, hosted by comic couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky, the place he was requested to share his ideas on the “messy” state of affairs. He started by explaining that he thought Grohl introduced the delivery to “get forward” of the newborn’s mom breaking the information herself.
He continued: “Clearly, it’s very irresponsible. I do know there are loads of disenchanted followers on the market due to the picture he’s developed. However I’ve to remind people who we’re not good. He was one of many final individuals to essentially have that picture…”
“This occurring doesn’t imply he’s not a pleasant individual, as a result of I occur to know him as an individual. It means he’s bought fucking points and he fucked up. He’s not good. It will be very troublesome for his household. I’m not gonna make any assumptions about why or the way it occurred. I’m sober, however on the similar time, I’ve gone by means of my very own shit.”
Corey concluded on the matter: “Did he do one thing horrible? Sure. But when that’s the one factor that defines him, then what the fuck are we doing? It’s disappointing.”
Since Grohl’s announcement, his daughters Violet and Harper have deactivated their Instagram accounts. Violet has change into recognized in recent times for touring with Foo Fighters alongside her father and is featured on the band’s 2023 monitor ‘Present Me How’ from their emotional album ‘However Right here We Are‘ – written within the aftermath of the lack of Grohl’s mom Virginia and late Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins.
As for Slipknot, the band most lately settled a lawsuit towards late drummer Joey Jordison’s property. Final yr, Jordison’s property sued the band for “profiting” off his loss of life, claiming that the band continued to make use of Jordison’s identify and private belongings “in a travelling Slipknot museum known as Knotfest and lined their pockets with revenue off of Jordison’s devoted fanbase” regardless of promising that they’d return his belongings to his household after he was fired from the band in 2013.
Slipknot will even be again on the street later this yr, with a UK and European tour set to have a good time 25 years as a band – you possibly can buy tickets right here. The steel giants will kick off the tour at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on December 5, 2024, earlier than heading onto a trio of reveals in Germany, adopted by dates in Zürich and Paris. The band will then proceed to Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham and can wrap up at London’s O2 Area on December 20.
