Editing Mike Dirnt (section)

== Personal life ==
Dirnt married his first wife, Anastasia Serman, in 1996; they divorced in 1999. Anastasia and Dirnt had a daughter together, Estelle Desiree, who was born on December 20, 1996. He won full custody of his daughter in the summer of 2008 and took her to live in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].

In 2004, he married girlfriend Sarah Garrity in a private villa in [[Puerto Vallarta, Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.djricardo.mx/gdwed/ |title=DJ Ricardo Patino destination weddings and events specialist in cabos |access-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114640/http://www.djricardo.mx/gdwed/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The two divorced that same year.

On March 14, 2009, he married Brittney Cade in a private ceremony in Brittney's hometown of [[Ojai, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxla.com/news/green-days-mike-dirnt-and-brittney-cade-pritchard-discuss-breast-cancer-diagnosis.amp|title = Green Day's Mike Dirnt and Brittney Cade Pritchard discuss breast cancer diagnosis}}</ref> Dirnt has two children with Cade: a son, Brixton Michael (born October 11, 2008), and a daughter, Ryan Ruby Mae (born November 29, 2010).

Dirnt is a ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan; he stated jokingly in an interview that he bases "most of his religious beliefs" on ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/mayweb-only/greenday-0505.html |title=An Optimistic Agnostic |work=Christianity Today |last1=Van Pelt |first1=Doug |date=May 1, 2005 |access-date=May 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506081151/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/mayweb-only/greenday-0505.html|archive-date=May 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> His birthday is on [[Star Wars Day]]. Dirnt's favorite bass player was [[Cliff Burton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/holy-trinity-mike-dirnt-and-green-day/26887 |title=Holy Trinity: Mike Dirnt and Green Day|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003729/http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/holy-trinity-mike-dirnt-and-green-day/26887|archive-date=April 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He is a part owner of [[Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe]], a diner in [[Emeryville, California|Emeryville]] and Oakland.<ref name=gda>{{cite web |url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/mikedirnt.php |title=Mike Dirnt Biography |publisher=Greendayauthority.com |access-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608230546/http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/mikedirnt.php|archive-date=June 8, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The diner was named after a song by punk rock band [[the Clash]], "[[Rudie Can't Fail]]", from their album ''[[London Calling]]''. The menu item names are loosely based on punk themes such as "God Save the Chicken", a reference to "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" by the [[Sex Pistols]], and "Give 'Em Enough Meatloaf", a reference to ''[[Give 'Em Enough Rope]]'' by [[the Clash]].

Dirnt was adopted; his biological mother died on January 9, 2013. Dirnt only managed to meet her one month before her death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenday.com/news/rip-carol-alba-rowland-121801 |title=R.I.P. CAROL ALBA ROWLAND – Green Day Official News |publisher=Greenday.com |access-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116130315/http://www.greenday.com/news/rip-carol-alba-rowland-121801 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dirnt |first1=Mike |title=R.I.P. CAROL ALBA ROWLAND |url=https://www.instagram.com/mikedirnt/p/URVui9ty_x/ |website=Instagram |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>

In July 2014, it was announced that Dirnt would co-produce the Indie film ''Crickets'', with Green Day manager, Pat Magnarella.<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt to produce indie film |url=https://www.nme.com/news/green-day/78451 |website=NME.com |publisher=NME |access-date=July 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713161737/http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/78451|archive-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=live |date=July 10, 2014}}</ref>

In December 2015, Dirnt along with Billie Joe Armstrong announced that they would launch a coffee company, ''[[Oakland Coffee Works]]''. The company sells organic coffee beans and is the first company to exclusively use 100% compostable bags and pods.<ref>{{Cite news |title=US band Green Day branches out into compostable coffee bags |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/cac3846a-a89d-11e5-9700-2b669a5aeb83,Authorised=false.html?siteedition=intl&_i_location=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ft.com%252Fcms%252Fs%252F0%252Fcac3846a-a89d-11e5-9700-2b669a5aeb83.html%253Fsiteedition%253Dintl&_i_referer=&classification=conditional_standard&iab=barrier-app#axzz3v5QxFpRb |newspaper=Financial Times |date=December 22, 2015|access-date = December 23, 2015 |issn=0307-1766 |first=Lindsay |last=Whipp}}</ref>

In 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] Armstrong noted that Dirnt is "basically becoming a farmer".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoVkMCLmn8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501055115/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoVkMCLmn8| archive-date=2020-05-01 | url-status=dead|title=Billie Joe Armstrong: I Think We're Alone Now|time=1:10|access-date=December 23, 2020|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>