Who Is Jennifer Young? Meet Woman Confirmed as the Mother of Dave Grohl's Love Child
A woman named confirmed she’s the mother of ‘s love child. Speculation about whom the rocker had a baby with outside of his 21-year marriage to has been rife ever since he admitted to fathering the child in September 2024. In Touch takes a closer look at Jennifer and her connection to Dave.
Jennifer was described as a “38-year-old, Florida-born rock ‘n’ roll fan who now resides in Los Angeles,” when confirming she’s the mother of Dave’s love child to the New York Post on February 21, 2025.
The baby girl she had with Dave shares his last name, according to records obtained by the outlet, which chose not to reveal the child’s first name for privacy reasons. The records revealed the baby was born on August 1, 2025.
The Post reported that Jennifer is living in a “modest house with her own mother in a leafy neighborhood of Los Angeles.” She told the post she could not comment on whether the Foo Fighter’s frontman was involved in their child’s life.
In photos of Jennifer and her baby daughter out and about in New York City on February 14, 2025, she had tattoos of the heavy metal band Metallica’s logo on her arm, as well as song lyrics. She even adorned her daughter’s cranial helmet with stickers of Metallica and Led Zepplin’s logos, as well as Elvis Presley.
While Jennifer resides in Los Angeles, she was photographed in the Big Apple over the same weekend Dave was there to take part in Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special, which aired on February 16, 2025.
“I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage,” the “My Hero” singer wrote in a September 10, 2024, Instagram post.
“I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her. I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness,” he continued. “We’re grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together.”
Dave and Jordyn married in August 2003. They welcomed a daughter in April 2006, followed by April 2009 birth of daughter Harper. Jordyn gave birth to their third child, daughter Ophelia, in August 2014.
As of February 24, 2025, Jordyn had not filed for divorce from Dave despite his love child admission. They were photographed together for the first time since his confession in February 2025. Both Dave and Jordyn were wearing their wedding rings when she picked him up at a home in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley while en route to a mutual friend’s house for dinner.
“Dave has a long way to go to win Jordyn back and convince her to remarry him, but he says they’re making progress and he’s very hopeful that eventually it will happen,” an insider exclusively revealed to In Touch in February 2025. “He’s been doing everything he possibly can to win her forgiveness. He’s going to therapy and has turned over all his passwords so she can check up on him whenever she wants. He’s very clear that he made a huge mistake that will never happen again.”