In addition to artistic success, Jon Bon Jovi accumulates another victory: his marriage of more than 34 years with what was once just a high school friend, his wife, Dorothea Hurley.
Bon Jovi and Dorothea met in the mid-1980s while still studying at Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey. Not even fame and the passage of time could separate the two.
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In an interview given in 2020, the musician explains that he has always been in love with his decades-long companion. “I was immediately drawn to her from the minute I saw her and that has never changed,” he said.
After nearly a decade of dating, in 1989 Bon Jovi and Dorothea were finally married, in a chapel in Las Vegas. In these three and a half decades the couple had four children: Stephanie, Jesse, Jacob and Romeo.
A little more about Jon Bon Jovi's relationship with the woman in his life
Born in New Jersey, Dorothea Hurley, who is now 60 years old, was even a karate instructor before marrying Bon Jovi. She even holds a black belt in this martial art.
In 2019, Dorothea and her beloved Bon Jovi opened Soul Kitchen, a kind of communal kitchen maintained by the couple in New Jersey. There, the neediest people can serve themselves as they wish, paying for food only if they can.
However, in another interview given in 2019, Jon confessed that the philanthropic venture is almost entirely run by his wife.
“My wife does all the work,” declared the singer of rock. “And I get all the credit!” he joked Bon Jovi.
On another occasion, during a conversation with fans in 2016, Bon Jovi explained his relationship with Dorothea Hurley. According to the singer, the woman is like a “glue” in his life and in the family they created.
“I'm the crazy visionary with all kinds of things flying around, and the seams are all pulling apart. She was the one who followed me with the glue, the thread and the needle, keeping everything together”, declared the rocker.
In addition to Bon Jovi's individual statements, on some occasions when he is with his wife, they publicly state their admiration for each other.
As an example, on one occasion, Bon Jovi admitted, alongside Dorothea, that he had never regretted having married the one who was once his school friend.
The singer also said that marrying Hurley was the best deal of his life. “I feel 10 times better today than I did when we were married,” Bon Jovi said in an interview. “Looking back, the wedding was the biggest deal I ever made,” he concluded.
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