Courtney Love wants Dave Grohl to “man up” and put an end to their public feud
Courtney Love has publicly called out Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, encouraging him to “man up” and end their decades-long feud.
Love, who was married to Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain for two years before his passing, sued Nirvana in 1997 in an effort to dissolve their limited liability company, which was originally formed to manage Nirvana’s business dealings.
Grohl and Krist Novoselic moved to countersue Love. Eventually, a settlement was reached in 2002, which then allowed for a best-of Nirvana compilation to be released.
Now, speaking with Smashing Pumpkins musician Billy Corgan on his The Magnificent Others podcast, the Hole musician has said that her feud with Grohl ended privately over a decade ago.
Even though there is no bad blood behind closed doors, Love complained that Grohl still hasn’t ended their feud in the public eye.
“Like, come out with it and just say we’re cool. Like, come out with it. Right? Be man enough to man up,” she shared on the podcast, which was uploaded on April 1st.
“We’re cool, but you won’t say it because you’re afraid you’ll lose your audience?” she mused.
Bringing The Beatles star, Paul McCartney, into the matter, she went on, “You’re afraid it’ll affect your relationship with literal Paul McCartney.”
Love then suggested that Grohl doesn’t have the same “talent” as McCartney, adding: “They both have the wife — haunting, dark shadow. They both have the cool guy dying — haunting, tragically haunted. So they’re buddies. Is that why?”
Addressing Grohl directly, she then added, “Dave. It would really behove me if the straight white males that are your base, if you will, stop picking on me. Millennials in particular. Gen Z is not picking on me anymore.”
Adding context to the matter, Corgan chimed in, “I can confirm that I’ve spent time with you and Dave together and Dave doesn’t have any issue with you.”
Grohl is yet to respond to her comments.
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