Dave Grohl and his wife, Jordyn Blum, appeared together at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, signaling a show of unity two years after the musician’s paternity revelation placed their marriage under intense public scrutiny.
Grohl, 57, and Blum, 50, married in 2003 and share three daughters: Violet, 20, Harper, 17, and Ophelia, 12.
The Foo Fighters frontman sparked headlines in September 2024 when he announced that he had fathered a daughter “outside of my marriage.”
The child’s mother was identified the following February as Jennifer Young, a Florida-born rock music fan who now lives in Los Angeles.
By September, a source told People that Blum had forgiven Grohl and that the couple were “very happy” again.
The pair reinforced that impression on the red carpet outside Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, where Blum was seen wearing her wedding ring as she stood beside her husband.
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Grohl for comment.
Dave Grohl and his wife Jordyn Blum appeared united at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, two years after his paternity scandal put their marriage in the spotlight
The couple conveyed a sense of togetherness on the red carpet at downtown Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, with Blum wearing Grohl’s ring
Grohl held his wife close and smiled for photographers, while Blum stood beside him in an all-black outfit with a broad grin
The couple were joined at the event by two of their daughters, creating a warm family scene as they posed for photographs.
With one arm around Blum, Grohl smiled at the cameras while his wife, dressed in coordinated black, beamed beside him.
The rocker embraced a relaxed look, pairing a slightly rumpled leather jacket with a turtleneck, jeans and leather shoes.
Blum’s fitted dress accentuated her waist before opening into a flowing, voluminous skirt.
Grohl attended the ceremony to accept the night’s top tribute, the Video Vanguard Award, alongside Nirvana, the band that launched him to fame during the 1990s.
Nirvana came to an end after frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide in 1994 following a prolonged struggle with addiction and depression.
While walking the MTV VMAs red carpet, Grohl also reunited with Nirvana’s surviving members, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.
Grohl has confirmed that his child from outside the marriage is a girl, but he has chosen to protect her privacy and has not publicly revealed her name.
However the little girl’s mother has publicly divulged that the baby was born on August 1, 2024, the month before Grohl took the news public, via Page Six.
The couple also brought along two of their daughters to the red carpet, with the foursome exuding familial bliss on the red carpet
Grohl reunited with Krist Novoselic (center) and Pat Smear (right), his surviving bandmates from Nirvana, which is being presented with the Video Vanguard Award
Young noted that her daughter’s name was being kept under wraps ‘because there’s some really angry fans. Protecting her identity is really important.’
Although Young has no public social media pages and her present profession remains a mystery, she is known to have been a co-creator and writer of a series of comic books entitled Cannibal, according to League of Comic Books.
Last year, an insider indicated Grohl and Blum ‘never wanted a divorce,’ as they were ‘great parents’ and ‘idea of splitting up their family was too sad for both of them.’
Blum was said to have been ‘distraught’ at the news of the new baby, but the source noted that ‘the betrayal was painful for both of them.’
Grohl was said to have ‘felt terrible and begged her to forgive him,’ while Blum’s friends purportedly ‘encouraged her to fight.’
Grohl, 57, and Blum, 50, exchanged vows in 2003 and have since welcomed three daughters – Violet, 20, Harper, 17, and Ophelia, 12; the family are pictured at the 2023 Grammys
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When he publicly announced the birth of his youngest daughter, Grohl insisted both that he intended to be a ‘loving and supportive parent to her’ and that he was taking steps to ‘regain’ the ‘trust and forgiveness’ of his wife and their children.
In the immediate aftermath of the bombshell revelation, sources indicated Blum had been aware of the development for ‘a while’ before it went public, via People.
An insider exclusively informed the Daily Mail the following month that Blum was in a ‘state of confusion’ about the future of her relationship.
‘One day Jordyn Blum is ditching her wedding ring and vowing divorce from cheating husband Dave Grohl,’ said the source. ‘The next she’s at home wearing the ring and sobbing because she doesn’t want the marriage to end.’
By November 2024, an insider said Grohl was ‘no longer working with a divorce attorney and instead hoping to work things out with his wife,’ according to People.
In March 2025, the couple were said to be in ‘counseling,’ with Grohl ‘doing anything he can to win back Jordyn’s trust,’ per Us Weekly.
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