Dave Grohl

[horseface]

Sept 13, 2024 6:10:20 GMT -4 hellsbells said:

It's funny to me that people are so shocked by this. Sure, he comes across as a relatively good guy in a world where people are hot messes. But... mid life crisis..... Rock Star..... The world we live in.

You are absolutely correct. I do think that unfortunately a lot of people were hoping he was an exception not a rule.

[ahah]

Sept 13, 2024 8:20:19 GMT -4 horseface said:

Sept 13, 2024 6:10:20 GMT -4 hellsbells said:

It's funny to me that people are so shocked by this. Sure, he comes across as a relatively good guy in a world where people are hot messes. But... mid life crisis..... Rock Star..... The world we live in.

You are absolutely correct. I do think that unfortunately a lot of people were hoping he was an exception not a rule.

Call me naive, but I would still say he's an exception. How many rock stars have fathered children that they deny and ignore?

When cheating happens, people tend to believe that all marriages work with the same rules - that sex outside of marriage is unacceptable. The truth is, all marriages don't play by that rule. I'm not going to suggest that this is the best and strongest time in the Grohl/Blum marriage. But her reaction matters a hell of a lot more than that of fans who don't know much about he situation. She's such a private person that we don't know how she's reacting.

Dave Grohl can be a great song writer and story teller and father children with more than one woman. Dave Grohl can be a generous guy who gives time and money to feeding homeless people and father children with more than one woman. Dave Grohl can be a supportive father who loves his kids and father a children with more than one woman. People are complex, and flawed. He can have good qualities and still be imperfect. We all are.

[horseface]

Sept 13, 2024 8:34:23 GMT -4 ahah said:

Sept 13, 2024 8:20:19 GMT -4 horseface said:

You are absolutely correct. I do think that unfortunately a lot of people were hoping he was an exception not a rule.

Call me naive, but I would still say he's an exception. How many rock stars have fathered children that they deny and ignore?

When cheating happens, people tend to believe that all marriages work with the same rules - that sex outside of marriage is unacceptable. The truth is, all marriages don't play by that rule. I'm not going to suggest that this is the best and strongest time in the Grohl/Blum marriage. But her reaction matters a hell of a lot more than that of fans who don't know much about he situation. She's such a private person that we don't know how she's reacting.

Dave Grohl can be a great song writer and story teller and father children with more than one woman. Dave Grohl can be a generous guy who gives time and money to feeding homeless people and father children with more than one woman. Dave Grohl can be a supportive father who loves his kids and father a children with more than one woman. People are complex, and flawed. He can have good qualities and still be imperfect. We all are.

This is also so true. People are multifaceted, and hopefully this entire situation can be handled in the best possible way.

[featherhat]

Sept 13, 2024 8:34:23 GMT -4 ahah said:

Sept 13, 2024 8:20:19 GMT -4 horseface said:

You are absolutely correct. I do think that unfortunately a lot of people were hoping he was an exception not a rule.

Call me naive, but I would still say he's an exception. How many rock stars have fathered children that they deny and ignore?

When cheating happens, people tend to believe that all marriages work with the same rules - that sex outside of marriage is unacceptable. The truth is, all marriages don't play by that rule. I'm not going to suggest that this is the best and strongest time in the Grohl/Blum marriage. But her reaction matters a hell of a lot more than that of fans who don't know much about he situation. She's such a private person that we don't know how she's reacting.

True, and I wondered that. She may not be surprised by cheating but the fact that he apologised and said he was working on his family's forgiveness the sentence after announcing his daughter's birth seems to mean that they don't have an arrangement or ENM in place. Or that if they *did* then he violated its terms. Because he didn't have to include that bit (and it did make me roll my eyes). He could have put out a statement saying "I have a daughter outside my marriage I intend to love and care for. No further statements will be made and we thank you for our privacy."

I really hope that the rumours are not true and her mother is not one of his daughter's friends. I don't even mind bigger age gap relationship as much as many people (insert caveats here) but that is obviously just......I don't know if it's true and I suppose it's not surprising when people "fall" the most salacious version of events gets rumoured.

Ultimately I'm not a fan or a non fan of him, Nivana or the Foo Fighters, but it is interesting precisely because he does/did seem to have such an amazing image for a rock star of decades despite apparently it being well known that he had sex outside his marriages one of which apparently lead to a divorce.

[sardonictart]

Sept 11, 2024 17:07:42 GMT -4 Ladybug said:

He has a history of cheating. His first marriage ended because of infidelity and he cheated on a girlfriend with Winona Ryder.

There's a saying that a man is only as faithful as his options, which I hate to think is true, but Dave obviously is out on the road a lot with temptations all around. But if a man doesn't want any more kids, get the snip.

All of this, and I’ll add, “Rock star is big ho even in middle age. News at eleven.”

[cremetangerine82]

I guess I never was a big fan of Dave Grohl, so this just feels like I had to wait for a "universally beloved" celebrity to do something to support my dislike.

[hellsbells]

Sept 13, 2024 8:20:19 GMT -4 horseface said:

Sept 13, 2024 6:10:20 GMT -4 hellsbells said:

It's funny to me that people are so shocked by this. Sure, he comes across as a relatively good guy in a world where people are hot messes. But... mid life crisis..... Rock Star..... The world we live in.

You are absolutely correct. I do think that unfortunately a lot of people were hoping he was an exception not a rule.

I know how people feel bc I felt that way when Bruce Springsteen did it. Sadly, it's a tale as old as time.

[cubanitafresca]

I can't figure out whether I am jaded or just objective.

- Would I want my spouse to cheat? No
- Do I think cheating means that a man is completely a trash human being, and it negates everything they've done in their life? Also No.
(barring it being some 18 year old)
- Will I kinda give him the side-eye for a long while? Yes

But I can't relate to some of the people who are acting as if Grohl betrayed them personally. It's just bizarre to me. I certainly thought and hoped he was better than that. But considering the celeb/rock star lifestyle it's not totally shocking. Factor in he's "middle aged" and that he suffered some major losses and is probably still grieving - it's not that shocking.

The only celeb that would truly shock me to find out they had cheated would be Paul McCartney. And as much as I adore Paul, I still wouldn't be crying on twitter over it.

[Mouse]

I read back in the early 1990s that Grohl was a big ol' womanizer. So I'm not surprised.

I wish everyone would read this blog post by author John Scalzi every time a celebrity does something embarrassing or scandalous in public.

[Auroranorth]

Sept 16, 2024 16:38:37 GMT -4 Mouse said:

I read back in the early 1990s that Grohl was a big ol' womanizer. So I'm not surprised.

I wish everyone would read this blog post by author John Scalzi every time a celebrity does something embarrassing or scandalous in public.

I thought about it, and I think I would be genuinely upset to find out that Mr. Rogers was actually a terrible person. But short of that, I don't think there is a celebrity who I could be said to idolize, and I don't know that I actually idolize him, I just really admire his walking his own talk.