Stigmatizing love?
Jon Bon Jovi admits he indulged a little too much in the rock star lifestyle during the iconic band’s early days in the 1980s.
The rocker, who admits he is no saint when it comes to his 35-year marriage, said life was “pretty good” for him as Bon Jovi rocketed to global stardom.
“I got away with murder,” the “Live on Prayer” hitmaker told Michael Strahan. “Halfway There” ABC Interview Special. “I’m a rock ‘n’ roll star, but I’m not a saint. I’m not saying there weren’t 100 girls in my life. I’m Jon Bon Jovi. That was pretty good.”
“But if you think I was going to put my life at risk, what’s the point in believing the narcissist in me is real? How foolish. For a man, that… What kind of excess is adding fuel to the fire? It’s just not worth it.”
The band released their first album in 1984. At that time, the rocker was already dating his current wife Dorothea.
By the time the couple wed at Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas in 1989, Bon Jovi was an established “sex symbol.”
“There’s no doubt in my mind that this world revolves around her,” he said of his wife. “It’s because of what she’s done to keep the kids right, what she’s done to keep me right, and what we’ve done together to keep it right. Without a doubt. “
“She’s certainly not afraid to call me out on things, but she’s also there for me when I fall.”
“And when she falls, I’ll be there for her. In my career, even with the ups and downs, we went there together,” he added.
Bon Jovi, who shares four children with Dorothea, said that “growing up together is essential” to a marriage, adding that his wife, his high school sweetheart, “comes from nothing, the same hometown, the same high school, “We were from the same group of friends,” he added.
Last week, the rocker opened up about his marriage of more than 30 years and admitted he wasn’t always a “saint” throughout their marriage.
The ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ hitmaker and his wife are preparing to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary next week, but he says he couldn’t have reached this milestone without his wife’s ‘forgiveness’. Admitted.
