Oscar-nominated songwriter Jon Bon Jovi said the secret to his 31-year marriage with Dorothea Hurley is ‘mutual respect’ and ‘working hard at it.’
‘Having grown up together and grown together. And we really like each other. We want to hang out,’ the Bon Jovi frontman said in the new issue of People, on newsstands Friday.
‘I was immediately drawn to her from the minute I saw her – and that’s never changed – 40 years ago.’
Oscar-nominated songwriter Jon Bon Jovi said the secret to his 31-year marriage with Dorothea Hurley is ‘mutual respect’ and ‘working hard at it’ (pictured March 2)
The Bon Jovi frontman said in the new issue of People: ‘Having grown up together and grown together. And we really like each other. We want to hang out’
The married couple – both 58 – originally met in 1980 while attending Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey where ‘she let me cheat off her in history!’
‘I always said I was good at spotting potential too. I have a gift,’ his ‘rock’ Dorothea gushed.
‘He’s cute. I’m shallow. I’ll admit it!’
Jon added: ‘We enjoy each other and we never fell for the trappings of what celebrity can do. We’ve witnessed that happen over the years to people that were close to us and people that we knew from afar.’
Bon Jovi continued: ‘I was immediately drawn to her from the minute I saw her – and that’s never changed – 40 years ago’ (pictured in 1988)
‘She let me cheat off her in history!’ The married couple – both 58 – originally met in 1980 while attending Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey (pictured in 1988)
His ‘rock’ Dorothea gushed: ‘I always said I was good at spotting potential too. I have a gift…He’s cute. I’m shallow. I’ll admit it!'(pictured June 28)
The former high school sweethearts have run the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation since 2006, which aims to end hunger and homelessness through their pay-what-you-can Soul Kitchen restaurants and food bank.
‘If we could put a roof over someone’s head or put food in their belly [then] it’s quite simple: We don’t need a scientist to find the cure [for COVID-19],’ Bon Jovi (born John Bongiovi) explained.
Dorothea continued: ‘It’s a partnership. When we see injustice or people suffering, you want to help. We’re very blessed, and we have the ability to do that.’
The inseparable pair have raised four children together – daughter Stephanie, 27; and sons Jesse, 25; Jacob, 18; and Romeo, 16.
Jon added: ‘We enjoy each other and we never fell for the trappings of what celebrity can do. We’ve witnessed that happen over the years to people that were close to us and people that we knew from afar’ (pictured in 2019)
2018 family portrait: The inseparable pair have raised four children together – daughter Stephanie, 27; and sons Jesse, 25; Jacob, 18; and Romeo, 16
‘Happy birthday mother!’ Jesse (not pictured) Instastoried a candid snap of his beloved mother celebrating her 58th birthday cakes on Tuesday night
And the American Reckoning rocker shared a throwback b&w snap on Tuesday in honor of his ladylove, captioned: ‘Happy Birthday to my number one, since day one’
Jesse Instastoried a candid snap of his beloved mother celebrating her 58th birthday cakes on Tuesday night.
And the American Reckoning rocker shared a throwback b&w snap on Tuesday in honor of his ladylove, captioned: ‘Happy Birthday to my number one, since day one.’
Jon even wrote a track inspired by Dorothea and their family called Story of Love, which appears on his Grammy-winning band’s postponed 15th studio album Bon Jovi: 2020 dropping this Friday.
‘I’m happiest if I like what I do for a living, I’m doing right by my family and I’m making the world just a little bit better,’ the Do What You Can singer noted.
Dropping this Friday! Jon wrote a track inspired by Dorothea called Story of Love, which appears on his Grammy-winning band’s postponed 15th studio album Bon Jovi: 2020
The Do What You Can singer noted: ‘I’m happiest if I like what I do for a living, I’m doing right by my family and I’m making the world just a little bit better’ (pictured September 19)