life Whibley was born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough and raised in Ajax, Ontario, and attended Southwood Park Public School. He grew up in a single parent household. Whibley has an interest in architecture and has said he would like to design houses if he was not a musician. As a teenager, he attended Exeter High School. It was there that he and his bandmates were discovered while playing at their War of the Bands. In high school, Whibley was the captain of his basketball team. In 2003, Whibley dated Hilton Hotels heiress and reality TV celebrity Paris Hilton. Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together and have spoken about their relationship in interviews. Whibley and Lavigne began dating when she was 19 years old, after being friends since she was 17. The wedding was held on July 15, 2006. About 110 guests attended the wedding, which was held at a private estate in Montecito, California. After a little over three years of marriage Lavigne filed for divorce on October 9, 2009 and the divorce was finalised on November 16, 2010. On August 30, 2015, Whibley married model Ariana Cooper in Los Angeles. They have one child, born in March 2020. Health issues Whibley has chronic back pain due to a series of back injuries, starting with a slipped disc during a 2007 concert. On August 5, 2010, Whibley was hospitalized after he was attacked in a bar in Japan late at night by three unknown individuals. After an MRI scan, it was revealed that Whibley herniated a disc in his back for the fourteenth time. Although advised against performing, Whibley rejoined the band on August 8 in Osaka for the Summer Sonic Festival. The back injuries, alongside severe anxiety, caused Whibley to self-medicate with alcohol. Whibley again injured his back in April 2013, causing him to miss shows. On May 17, 2014, Whibley announced that, a month earlier, he had been hospitalized for alcoholism with severe liver and kidney damage. Discography With Sum 41 Half Hour of Power (2000) All Killer No Filler (2001) Does This Look Infected? (2002) Chuck (2004) Underclass Hero (2007) Screaming Bloody Murder (2011) 13 Voices (2016) Order in Decline (2019) Heaven and Hell (TBA) References External links Deryck Whibley's official site Sum 41's official site Deryck Whibley's official Twitter account Living people Canadian expatriate musicians in the