When Bon Jovi got married in 1989, after he and his high school sweetheart ran away to Las Vegas, his fans were upset because he was at the top of his career at the time. The United States of America was very angry, but he didn’t change his mind about anything. He has finally accepted that he is the “poster boy for a long-married rock star” after spending the last 30 years with the woman who is his support system.
I’ll accept the mantle because I’m so happy,
said rock star Jon Bon Jovi, husband of Dorothea Hurley and father of four.
When asked how he feels about being one of the few rock stars with stable marriages at a time when many of his peers were getting divorced from their third or fourth wives, he said to People Magazine,
I got it right the first time.
She’s the glue,
he said of Dorothea, according to TODAY.
I’m the crazy visionary with all kinds of things flying, and the seams are all splitting. She’s the one following me with the glue and the thread and needle, keeping it all together,
he adds.
Even his mother wasn’t sure if the surprise marriage was a good idea.
She was not impressed,
he said of his mother. But that happened more than thirty years ago. He remembers that time with the same warm affection, and it always makes his wife smile.
America wasn’t happy on that Monday when they found out about the wedding and a lot of people tried to ruin a beautiful thing. They tried to cheat us out of that moment,
he recalled.
Even though this is the case, Jon’s love for his wife grows stronger every year, even though they have been married for a long time.
She is the rock of my family, my career, my being. I am grateful for someone in my life like that who I can love and trust,
he told the newspaper. She is the perfect example of a strong woman who supports a successful man. He has been able to reach higher levels of success because of her calming influence. Besides that, she is one of the people who helped make his vision come true. Because of her initiative in starting the Soul Kitchen idea, which helps people in need by giving them hot meals, they have both been able to do more charitable work.
My wife does all the work and I get all the credit,
he joked to People.
Dorothea, on the other hand, never did anything to take the focus off of him.
I usually stand on the side (during his concerts) and watch,
Dorothea recently told People magazine.
The songs all sound great, but then you hear them live!
Even though there have been many female fans and “groupies” who have thrown themselves at him, she shrugs it all off and is glad they are there because they love music. By finding the right balance between the two of them, they have found the key to happiness in their marriage. “Bon Jovi the rock star” and “Jon the husband and father” are kept in two different groups. It has helped him stay connected to his humble working-class roots in New Jersey, and when he is at home with his kids, he is just a father.
I don’t know who that guy is,
he said of his onstage persona.
I don’t have a mistress on the side or another family across town,
he told Men’s Health in 2010.
You’re never going to read that story about me. I have no regard for that whole lifestyle.
They know that what they have is pretty special, but they don’t have any wise words to share. Dorothea only gave one piece of advice, which was,
Somehow it works. I think because we grow at the same rate. We grew equally and not in opposite directions.
