{"id":551832,"date":"2026-03-21T20:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551832\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:13:13","slug":"dave-grohl-confession-i-ended-up-overextending-myself-dave-grohl-goes-candid-on-scandal-loss-and-therapy-amid-foo-fighters-return-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551832\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl Confession: &#8216;I ended up overextending myself&#8217;: Dave Grohl goes candid on scandal, loss, and therapy amid Foo Fighters&#8217; return | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129714614.jpg\" alt=\"'I ended up overextending myself': Dave Grohl goes candid on scandal, loss, and therapy amid Foo Fighters' return\" title=\"Dave Grohl, the dynamic frontman of the Foo Fighters, has candidly shared his struggle with personal tragedies, notably the loss of his bandmate Taylor Hawkins and his mother. He immersed himself in 70 weeks of intensive therapy, coming to terms with his 'overly ambitious' nature in a quest to 'find my heart.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Dave Grohl, the dynamic frontman of the Foo Fighters, has candidly shared his struggle with personal tragedies, notably the loss of his bandmate Taylor Hawkins and his mother. He immersed himself in 70 weeks of intensive therapy, coming to terms with his &#8216;overly ambitious&#8217; nature in a quest to &#8216;find my heart. Foo Fighters\u2019 frontman Dave Grohl experienced a disrupted period in his life following his confession that he fathered a daughter outside of his marriage to Jordyn Blum.Now, in his first major interview since the bombshell confession he made in September 2024, the 57-year-old has opened up about the personal turmoil, grief, and a long road to self-reflection.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Grohl reveals he spent 70 weeks in therapy<\/p>\n<p>During an interaction with The Guardian, Grohl revealed spent the past 70 weeks in intensive therapy, clocking more than 430 sessions. \u201cI did the math the other day: over 430 sessions,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been in therapy six days a week,\u201d he said.For Grohl, the process wasn\u2019t triggered by one single event but by an accumulation of personal and professional upheavals, and the past few years have been particularly devastating. In 2022, Taylor Hawkins, Grohl\u2019s bandmate and close friend, passed away. The demise of Hawkins was followed just months later by the death of Grohl\u2019s mother, Virginia.Grohl admitted that the grief was almost too overwhelming to process.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Grohl feels he needs to get things off his heart<\/p>\n<p>One of the things he\u2019s discovered since beginning therapy is his tendency to be \u201coverly ambitious\u201d and take on too many projects.\u201cI think that\u2019s how I ended up overextending myself and getting lost,\u201d he said, before adding, \u201cI wasn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A reset for Foo Fighters?<\/p>\n<p>Amid all the chaos and turmoil, Foo Fighters are experimenting with new music. Their upcoming album &#8216;Your Favorite Toy&#8217; marks a stark departure from their polished recent records. The project also reflects his internal struggles. Grohl also revealed that the songs explore themes of guilt, survival, and the search for meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl, the dynamic frontman of the Foo Fighters, has candidly shared his struggle with personal tragedies, notably&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,214273,214276,214274,75,26809,214275,214278,341,214277],"class_list":["post-551832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dave-grohl-confession","tag-dave-grohl-personal-struggles","tag-dave-grohl-therapy","tag-entertainment","tag-foo-fighters","tag-foo-fighters-new-album","tag-foo-fighters-return","tag-music","tag-taylor-hawkins-death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}