Jon Bon Jovi admits he hasn’t always been the best husband to wife Dorothea Hurley.
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People magazine. “It’s a shame because it should have been a beautiful moment, but after we did it, people were trying to take it away, until I stood up and went, ‘Wait a minute, why are we living our life for anyone else?’ And 35 years later, we’re still married.”The 62-year-old, born John Francis Bongiovi Jr., made the last-minute decision to marry his then-fiancée while he was on tour at the time.“We were in Los Angeles, California, the band was on the road on the ‘New Jersey’ tour, and if you opened up the curtains of my hotel room, there’s a big billboard of the five of us [Bon Jovi band members] staring into my window,” Bon Jovi went on.
“My girlfriend, who was my fiancée at the time, we had a night off, and I said, ‘I need a higher high — I got an idea. Let’s go to Vegas now.’ And she said, ‘Now?’ I said, ‘Now.’”The “Living on a Prayer” singer first met his wife while they were students at Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey.
The pair dated until 1985 when they broke up for five months before getting back together.The pair got married at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas in 1989 and have four children together: daughter Stephanie, 30, and sons Jesse, 29, Jake, 21, and Romeo, 20.While speaking with the Mirror, the rock star said, “It was like Harry Styles or Justin Timberlake getting married.“I was that to the young girls in my time. When I came back from Vegas my manager was furious.
He was like, ‘America’s boy is now married … that’s not a good career move.’ The record company was also despondent.”In a recent interview, Bon Jovi told the Independent that he “hasn’t been a saint” during their 35-year marriage.“These are all the wonderful clichés of rock stardom. It’s about never lying about having
.Jon Bon Jovi admits he hasn’t always been the best husband to wife Dorothea Hurley.
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admits he’s no saint when it comes to his 35-year marriage, said life was “pretty good” for him when Bon Jovi skyrocketed to global stardom.“I got away with murder,” the “Livin’ on a Prayer” hitmaker told Michael Strahan in the “Halfway There” ABC interview special. “I’m a rock and roll star, I’m not a saint.
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Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.In the new Hulu docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” the “Livin’ on the Prayer” singer reveals an endearing ritual that he and the Boss have when they want to unplug from it all and get back to the simple life — after decades as rock gods.“Now we go out of our way to take drives,” Bon Jovi, 62, says of quality time that he shares with his 74-year-old friend. “The two of us get in a car — no phones, no radio — and drive for 100 miles.
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The musician opened up about their relationship while promoting his upcoming Hulu docuseries, “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.”On “Good Morning America,” he was asked about his son Jake Bongiovi and what advice he would give to him and his fiancée, “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown.“You don’t think they’re going to listen, do you?” he joked to co-host Lara Spencer on Thursday.“I mean, the magic for me has just been growing together with Dorothea.”He added: “Every day is a challenge and change, but if you’re growing together, hopefully things will work out.”When Spencer, 54, noted Jake, 21, and Brown, 20, “seem so happy,” the rock star noted: “I’m aware. They’re wonderful.”He also revealed the couple will get “married in the near future.”The “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer’s latest interview comes after making eyebrow-raising remarks about not being “a saint” during his 35-year marriage.“These are all the wonderful clichés of rock stardom,” he told the Independent earlier this month.
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told the Independent, that he hasn’t been “a saint” all these decades. “These are all the wonderful clichés of rock stardom. It’s about never lying about having been a saint, but not being a fool enough to f – – k up the home life, either.”He told the outlet that their long marriage is in part thanks to her “tolerance” when he strayed.
told The Independent. “It’s about never lying about having been a saint, but not being a fool enough to [mess] up the home life, either.”The pair tied the knot at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas back in 1989, and went on to welcome four children together.The rocker said the pair’s marriage stood the test of time thanks to “a mutual admiration society, and being lucky enough to have grown up together,” but also credited a degree of tolerance on her part.
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Ben Shephard shared a response to viewers after they spotted latest This Morning guest Jon Bon Jovi making a quick exit after an awkward moment during their interview. The rock legend appeared live on the show on Wednesday (April 17) to celebrate and reflect on his 40-year career with his band.
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