Jon Bon Jovi talks about cheating for years early in his career.
After years of throwing himself into the public discourse and making fans’ dreams come true, the music legend now has a documentary that captures his decades of musical success.
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story covers the singer’s long career.
He also opens up about his usually private marriage – including how he cheated with “100 girls” in his early days as a musician.
Jon Bon Jovi says he ‘got away with murder’
On Sunday, April 28, Jon Bon Jovi sat in during the ABC special “Halfway There.” He talked about how he “got away with murder” during his marriage to Dorothea Hurley, his high school sweetheart.
Bon Jovi admitted that at the time he was “not claiming that there weren’t 100 girls in my life.”
“I’m a rock ‘n’ roll star. “I’m not a saint,” he characterized. “I am Jon Bon Jovi. It was pretty good.”
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“But if you think I would ever take a risk… is there any evidence that the narcissist in me is real? What a stupid thing,” he remarked. It seems that he scolded himself for his behavior at the time.
Bon Jovi then asked, “What excesses does it take for a man to fuel this fire?” It’s just not worth it.”
When it comes to his wife, Jon Bon Jovi has nothing but praise
He emphasized that his wife Dorothea Hurley was never “afraid to draw my attention to something.”
The music legend added: “She’s there even when I fall. And I’ll be there for her if she falls. No matter where I went in my career, whether there were ups or downs, we did it together.”
Bon Jovi and Hurley began dating in 1980. That was four years before his first album. In 1985, they actually separated for a while, but then they reconciled.
In 1989, Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley eloped to Las Vegas.
Together they share four children. Stephanie is 30, Jesse is 29, Jake is 21 and Romeo is 20.
21-year-old Jake Bongiovi got engaged to Millie Bobby Brown in 2023. One could argue that he is as famous for this relationship as he is for being Bon Jovi’s son.
The Hulu documentary shows a piece of modern music history
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story began streaming on Hulu in late April.
While the documentary isn’t exactly the kind of hard-hitting, earth-shattering piece of journalism that changes public opinion, it does cover the band’s career, which has spanned more than four decades. Hearing that Bon Jovi cheated shouldn’t shock anyone, even if he’s the one talking about it.
Jon Bon Jovi initially performed in various clubs in New Jersey. Now he has spent almost half a decade making music, achieving platinum albums and gaining worldwide recognition. He lives the dreams of most young musicians.