Billboard profile on Dave Grohl detailing 430 therapy sessions after an infidelity scandal and coping with Taylor Hawkins' death.
3/20/2026
The Foo Fighters founder also talked about the deep grief he suffered following the death of late drummer Taylor Hawkins in a new interview.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters at the 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year held at The Los Angeles Convention Center on January 30, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
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It’s been more than 550 days since Foo Fighters singer/guitarist Dave Grohl made the public admission that he’d fathered a child outside of his marriage to wife Jordyn Blum. At the time, Grohl wrote on Instagram, “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage. I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her.”
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The father of three daughters added, “I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.”
Until this week, Grohl had not publicly discussed the fallout from his infidelity, but in a new, candid interview with The Guardian, the 57-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer addressed the issue for the first time, revealing that he’s been going to therapy “six days a week for 70 weeks,” adding up to more than 430 session to date.
When the interviewer did the math and suggested that the timeline suggested he started therapy shortly after his mea culpa, Grohl said, “there were so many things that led me to this therapy” in an interview in which he also discussed his deep well of sorrow over the deaths of his beloved mother, Virginia Grohl, who died in August 2022, as well as late Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in March of that year at age 50 while on tour in South America.
When pressed to discuss the scandal further, Grohl said, “I have to be perfectly honest. Writing songs and writing lyrics about these things is sometimes enough. As far a
