Jon Bon Jovi admits he hasn’t ‘been a saint’ in 34-year marriage to high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley
Jon Bon Jovi fessed up to crossing the line a few times during his 34-year marriage to high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley.
“These are all the wonderful clichés of rock stardom,” he told The Independent in an interview published Sunday. “It’s about never lying about having been a saint, but not being a fool enough to f–k up the home life, either.”
The rockstar, 62, admitted that their marriage has lasted for so long because of his wife’s patience and tolerance of his infidelity over the years.
He also explained that they have “a mutual admiration society, and being lucky enough to have grown up together.”
Bon Jovi famously addressed his deep regret for his many affairs on the road in his 1993 hit single, “Bed of Roses.”
In it, he sings, “Now as you close your eyes / Know I’ll be thinking about you / While my mistress she calls me / To stand in her spotlight again / Tonight I won’t be alone / But you know that don’t mean I’m not lonely / I’ve got nothing to prove / For it’s you that I’d die to defend.”
The “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer married Hurley, 61, at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas in 1989.
They went on to welcome four children: sons Jesse, 29, Jake, 21, and Romeo, 20, and daughter Stephanie, 30.
Just like his dad, Jake Bongiovi also found love at a young age with Millie Bobby Brown. He and the “Stranger Things” actress, 20, got engaged in April 2023 and are busy planning their upcoming wedding.
Bon Jovi reacted to concerns that his son proposed at such a young age last May, saying on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live” show that age is just a number.
“I don’t know if age matters,” he said at the time. “If you find the right partner and you grow together, I think that would be my advice, really, is growing together is wise.”
He further explained that all of his children have “found the people that they think they can grow together with” and that he “like[s] ’em all.”
The Netflix sweetheart gave some insight into her and Jake’s upcoming nuptials, sharing that her soon-to-be father-in-law won’t be performing at their reception.
“I feel like that’s asking me to go and like, do a full-on play for everyone,” she said on “Today” last September. “I think the man needs a break, he doesn’t stop.”
The “Enola Holmes” star also shared that her fiancé has played a big role in the wedding planning.
“Jake is very, he’s very involved, he’s very helpful during the whole process,” she shared. “I’ve never felt alone in it, which is very nice.”
Jake proposed to Brown with a diamond ring that her mother, Kelly, gave to him.
“I’ve always loved that ring, it’s always stuck out to me, so she gave it to Jake,” Brown said. “They were in cahoots about the whole proposal. I love that I can always keep a piece of my mum with me.”
