Dave Grohl threw a monkey wrench in his relationship along with his spouse, Jordyn Blum, years earlier than he put a hoop on it.
The Foo Fighters frontman, 55, ghosted Blum after just a few dates till his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins’ 2001 overdose satisfied him to quiet down. Hawkins tragically died greater than 20 years later after fatally overdosing in 2022 at 50.
It’s the newest unearthed revelation following Grohl’s brutal admission that he cheated on Blum and has welcomed a daughter with one other girl.
“I’ve not too long ago change into the daddy of a brand new child daughter, born outdoors of my marriage,” Grohl shared in an announcement by way of Instagram on Tuesday. “I plan to be a loving and supportive dad or mum to her. I like my spouse and my youngsters, and I’m doing every thing I can to regain their belief and earn their forgiveness.”
“We’re grateful to your consideration towards all the kids concerned, as we transfer ahead collectively,” he concluded.
Grohl’s rep advised The Put up that the musician had no extra remark.
Whereas Grohl, Blum, 48, and their three youngsters: daughters Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10, seem like a united entrance amid the child bombshell, the musician wasn’t at all times on board with turning into a household man.
In a drudged-up interview with Q journal, Grohl revealed he stopped calling Blum after only some dates.
“I met Jordyn one evening in 2001. Taylor [Hawkins] and I have been hanging out on the Sundown Marquis whiskey bar. Taylor was the looker. I imply, women would ship him drinks. Some bombshell comes up and begins speaking to Taylor. I used to be simply out of a Tenacious D session. I’ve acquired Vans trainers on, no socks, soiled shorts and a unclean T-shirt, surrounded by stunning Hollywood,” Growl advised the outlet.
“She waved her buddy Jordyn over. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God. Not an opportunity!’ So I’m simply having some drinks and appearing like a jackass. And by the top of the evening I used to be pissed and I’m gazing her going, ‘You’re my future ex-wife,’” he laughed. “So she gave me her quantity: ‘Jordyn, your future ex-wife.’”
Whereas Grohl admitted they “noticed one another just a few instances” after the encounter, the ex-Nirvana drummer stated he shortly realized she was endgame and “backed out.”
When requested if it was as a result of he was “burned” by his first marriage — Grohl wed photographer Jennifer Youngblood in 1994, and so they have been divorced by 1997 — the musician replied, “No, as a result of I wasn’t prepared for the flag. After which we have been in London [in August 2001, before the V festival] and Taylor wound up in hospital. He did some medicine and OD’ed.”
In 2007, he advised Elle, “I wasn’t prepared for a critical relationship, so I simply stopped calling.”
After Hawkins acquired out of the hospital following the 2001 overdose, Grohl stated he went again to his lodge room and noticed a well-known face on his TV display.
“So I used to be sitting watching the snooker or one thing and this industrial comes on for chewing gum – this lady strolling via the subway pickpocketing individuals. Swiftly I believe, ‘That’s that lady Jordyn, that’s that chick!’ Grohl advised Q. “And over the course of the following few days I begin having these desires about that life that I’d been eager about, settling-down desires.”
The musician stated inside two weeks, his “modified ceaselessly.”
“I assumed, ‘I’m not ready yet another minute as a result of life’s too f—ing brief, man. It’s too delicate,’” he defined. “The day we acquired house I known as her up and she or he stated, ‘Wow, I by no means thought I’d hear from you once more.’ So I took her to a restaurant proper subsequent door to right here. And that was that.”
Grohl and Blum married in August 2003 at their L.A. house. Their oldest baby has deactivated her Instagram account since her dad got here clear about his affair and child scandal.
Grohl and Blum didn’t seem to point bother was brewing inside their marriage in current months. They have been noticed on the Wimbledon tennis event in July, simply weeks earlier than his bombshell announcement.