Personal Life
Dirnt has a daughter, Estelle Desiree, who was born in April 1997 (with first wife Anastasia) and has the nickname "Hero." He won full custody of her in the summer of 2008 and took her to live in Oakland. In 2004, he married his then girlfriend Sarah. The two divorced that same year because he was spending too much time in the studio recording American Idiot. On March 14, 2009, Dirnt married Brittney Cade. Their wedding was a private ceremony in Brittney's hometown of Ojai, California. Dirnt has two children with Cade: a son, Brixton Michael, born on October 11, 2008, and a daughter, Ryan Ruby Mae, born on November 29, 2010.
Dirnt is a Star Wars fan; he stated in an interview "I base most of my religious beliefs on Star Wars."
Dirnt is part owner of Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe, a diner in Emeryville, California and Oakland, California. The diner gets its name from a song by punk band The Clash entitled "Rudie Can't Fail," off of their album London Calling. The menu item names are loosely based on punk themes such as "God Save the Chicken" which is a reference to "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols and "Give 'Em Enough Meatloaf" which is a reference to Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash.
After the album Warning was released, Dirnt needed surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
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