Dave Grohl pronounces he fathered a baby exterior his marriage

There goes my hero.

Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has introduced he fathered a baby exterior of his marriage. In a Sept. 10 Instagram submit, Grohl wrote, “I’ve not too long ago turn out to be the daddy of a brand new child daughter, born exterior my marriage.”

He continued to clarify that the extramarital affair and baby have not shaken his dedication to his spouse, Jordyn Blum, and their three daughters collectively. “I like my spouse and my youngsters, and I’m doing every thing I can to regain their belief and earn their forgiveness.” He additionally indicated he’d be a gift pressure in his new daughter’s life as properly: “I plan to be a loving and supportive mother or father to her.”

Reps for Grohl had nothing so as to add when reached for remark by Leisure Weekly.

The submit was a uncommon one from Grohl, whose social media presence is proscribed to Instagram. That account was solely launched in 2020 and accommodates 22 complete posts, 20 of them regarding the memoir The Storyteller Grohl launched in 2023. He does regularly seem in pictures posted to the Foo Fighters Instagram account.

Grohl’s spouse of over 20 years, Jordyn Blum, is a former mannequin and MTV producer. Blum retains out of the highlight much more than Grohl, however has collaborated on a number of Foo Fighters tasks, together with showing within the 2011 music video for the tune “White Limo” and co-directing the 2002 music video for the tune “Strolling a Line.”

Grohl has publicly recognized his spouse because the inspiration behind a number of Foo Fighters songs earlier than, although not all the time positively. In a 2006 interview with The AV Membership, Grohl named the 2002 tune “Burn Away” as one which makes him “cringe” now, explaining, “I used to be in love with my future spouse and had some romantic f—ing promenade ballad. Ugh! We might by no means play that f—ing sh– stay.”

Grohl and Blum have three youngsters collectively, Violet Maye (born 2006), Harper Willow (born 2009), and Ophelia Saint (born 2014). Violet, now 18, is a musician in her personal proper, often becoming a member of her father on stage throughout Foo Fighters gigs, as she did throughout their 2023 Glastonbury set.

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Grohl has not too long ago engaged in extremely public disagreements with two of essentially the most well-known folks on this planet – Taylor Swift and Donald Trump. He incurred the wrath of the Swifties after insinuating throughout a June live performance that her Eras Tour band would not carry out stay. Trump and the Foo Fighters in the meantime have been going again and forth about whether or not the previous president’s marketing campaign had authorization to make use of the tune “My Hero” at a current rally.

Neither Blum nor Grohl’s bandmates, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Josh Freese, have made statements relating to Grohl’s affair and new daughter.