Courtney Love is urging Dave Grohl to “just say we’re cool” so his “straight white male” fans stop “bothering” her. The Hole singer made her plea to the Foo Fighters frontman during her appearance on the latest episode of Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent Others podcast.
It’s no secret that Love and Grohl have had a rocky relationship dating back to her marriage to Grohl’s late Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain. Their disputes have ranged from Nirvana legal battles to public insults, but the pair seemed to have patched things up at Nirvana’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2014.
That said, Love feels like she’s still public enemy number one in the eyes of Grohl’s fans, and wants the Foo Fighter to publicly confirm their truce.
“Grohl, come out with it and just say we’re cool,” said Love on Corgan’s podcast. “Be man enough to man up, because you’re the Übermensch that has all the straight males, and we’re cool, but you won’t say it because you’re afraid you’ll lose your audience. You’re afraid it’ll affect your relationship with literal Paul McCartney, ’cause he’s got a friendship with Paul.”
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Love had previously criticized the surviving Nirvana members performance with the legendary Beatle at the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert, saying, “Look, if John [Lennon] were alive, it would be cool.”
Continuing her conversation with Corgan, Love added, “Dave has not the talent of Paul, let’s be clear. They both have the [inaudible] wife — haunting, dark shadow. They both have the cool guy dying — haunting, tragically… haunted. So, they’re buddies. Is that why?”
She further pleaded, “Dave, it would really behoove me if the straight white males that are your base will stop picking on me, the millennials in particular. Gen Z is not picking on me. Your heart drops whenever somebody that you’re cool with, or maybe just remotely cool with, disses you in the press.”
Corgan then chimed in, “I can confirm that I’ve spent time with you and Dave together, and Dave doesn’t have any issue with you,” adding, “There’s the stuff that goes on behind the castle walls, and there’s stuff goes out front.”
Love then went on to say Grohl has written four songs about her, noting, “I couldn’t write a song about Dave Grohl to save my life.”
Grohl has confirmed that 1995’s “I’ll Stick Around” was written about Love, while there’s also speculation that 2007’s “Let It Die” is about their feud.
Watch Courtney Love’s appearance on Billy Corgan’s podcast below, and catch Foo Fighters (likely) performing “I’ll Stick Around” on their 2026 North American stadium tour later this year (pick up tickets here).