Dave Grohl is a divorced man. The query is, will he be a divorced man twice over.
In a surprising Instagram submit, the Foo Fighters rocker admitted to the world that he had cheated on his spouse of over 20 years. To make issues worse, the affair resulted in a love youngster.
This story maybe sounds acquainted to those that have adopted Dave’s profession since his Nirvana days. For the remainder of us, it’s price explaining that Dave Grohl is aware of precisely what occurs if you cheat on a partner: divorce.
How a lot of his marital historical past is about to repeat itself? Let’s dive in.
Dave Grohl’s Divorce: His First Marriage Ended In A Very Messy Manner
Image it: 1994. That’s the yr Dave Grohl married his first spouse, Jennifer Youngblood.
Her final identify sort of says all of it. On the time, Dave was solely 25 years outdated. He was nonetheless with Nirvana and his good friend, Kurt Cobain, had simply died.
In later years, Dave admitted in interviews that he was far too younger to get married. That’s in all probability why they cut up in 1997.
However that’s removed from the top of the story.
There are conflicting experiences as to why the 2 cut up, with one prevailing concept being that he cheated on her. For his half, Dave insisted that the cut up was amicable.
“I was 25, my wife was even younger. We weren’t ready to get married,” he as soon as informed NME. “I miss her a ton, she’s the funniest goddamn weirdo you ever met in your life. Absolutely adorable. It would have been better had we not got married. But you live and you learn.”
His First Divorce Broke Up The Band
Seems, Dave Grohl’s divorce had greater ramifications than simply paperwork and division of property.
It additionally fractured the Foo Fighters and led to at least one member leaving the group endlessly.
The story goes that guitarist Pat Smear was shut associates with Jenner Youngblood, Dave’s first spouse. The cut up apparently was the breaking level for Pat, who already was feeling touring fatigue and was at odds with Dave on how he was controlling the group.
“I was just so sick of it. I was just so sick of the whole thing,” Smear recalled within the documentary Foo Fighters: Again and Forth.
He added: “I [didn’t] want to go out on another bazillion show tour and I don’t care. I just [didn’t] want to do this anymore.”
And so, not solely did Dave must cope with a damaged marriage, however he needed to repair a damaged band as properly. He managed to fix fences with Pat, who toured with the band in 2006.
However some classes are laborious to be taught than others.
Dave Gohl Faces Divorce Once more With Second Spouse
Six years later, Dave married his second spouse Jordyn Blum at their Los Angeles residence on August 2, 2003.
For over 20 years, the pair gave the impression to be in marital bliss. They welcomed three kids, all women, and Dave appeared to a doting dad even when he was out on tour.
“I used to tour nine months out of the year. Now I don’t like being away from my kids for more than 12 days,” he informed Time in 2009.
Then, on Sep 10, 2024, he introduced he was the daddy of a fourth little woman – however with one other lady not his spouse! Sure, Dave admitted to an affair in a brief, however surprising assertion on Instagram.
“I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage,” he wrote on Instagram Tuesday.
“I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.”
Now the query is, will his second marriage finish in divorce like his first? The reality is, proper now, we don’t know. What we are able to let you know is, till this second, there have been zero rumblings about Dave divorcing his spouse or vice versa. All appeared very properly.
The truth is, the pair have been final noticed collectively at Wimbledon 2024, wanting like the image of an ideal couple.
Ah, how secrets and techniques destroy each love story. Guess we’ll know extra
