Dave Grohlis speaking out about his infidelity and mental health after announcing that he'dwelcomed a child out of wedlock in 2024.
TheFoo Fightersfrontman andNirvanadrummer, 57, toldThe Guardianthat he is currently attending "therapy six days a week" and has been for the last "70 weeks." He added, "I did the math the other day: over 430 sessions."
The experience has taught him to be more communicative "not only with others, but with myself," Grohl said. He also acknowledged that "there were so many things that led me to this therapy," not just his infidelity.
Still, when asked about his extramarital affair, the "Monkey Wrench" singer explained that the lyrics on the band's upcoming 12th studio album,Your Favorite Toy, say everything he wants to about the situation.
"I have to be perfectly honest. Writing songs and writing lyrics about these things is sometimes enough," Grohl said. "As far as having a deeper, longer conversation about them, I still do reserve a lot of this for my own personal life, as impersonal and public as it may seem."
He continued, "But I think that for many reasons, I wound up in a place that I needed to stop and sit with myself and re-evaluate myself. It's an ongoing process."
In his September 2024 statement, Grohl announced that he'd "become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage" and was "doing everything I can to regain [his family's] trust and earn their forgiveness."The rocker has been married to his second wife, Jordyn Blum, since 2003, and the pair share three daughters together: Violet, Harper, and Ophelia.
Grohl also opened up about how he handled the public's reaction to his announcement.
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"I had to turn everything off, one of those things being my concern for what other people think," he said. "Being able to shut off that part of yourself can be sometimes a very healthy exercise in considering life within your immediate radius. Not giving all of that so much currency within yourself that it can completely destroy yourself."
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Grohl also looked back at a period in his life over several years during which he spread himself thin crafting the 2014 HBO docuseriesSonic Highways, penning his 2021 memoirThe Storyteller, and performing around the world.
"I'm like, God, what was I trying to prove? There is such a thing as addiction to achievement, and it's dangerous," Grohl said. "You'll set a goal for yourself and you put everything you have into it; the world disappears. Then you achieve that finish line, and it feels good for 24 f---ing hours, and that feeling immediately goes away. And there's that hole again, there's that emptiness, and you're like, shit, I need to fill it up with something else."
When asked if that somehow contributed to his infidelity, Grohl responded, "No. I think that's how I ended up overextending myself and getting lost."
He continued, "I wasn't sitting with myself and really letting [feelings] go from my head into my heart. Getting to the point where I was just like, I need to stop, turn everything off and find my heart."
Foo Fighters' new albumYour Favorite Toyis out April 24.
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