The following article mentions mental health struggles, suicidal ideation, and drug overdose.
In 1986, they released their seminal album “Slippery When Wet.”
From that moment on, they were bona fide superstars.
Bon Jovi’s life is incredibly blessed these days.
But despite the opulence and excitement of his life, he is no stranger to tragedy.
“We really shouldn’t have done that.
I was like: ‘Stop, kindly, I’m dying.’
And they said: ‘We’ve still got to go to Australia, to Europe again…’.
And, holy f**k, I just wanted to crawl into bed and die.”
But rest didn’t come when the band returned from their tour.
Feeling exhausted and emotionally depleted, the singer thought about ending his life.
“I was as low as I could imagine myself being,” Bon Jovi recalled.
I was a mess.
It took everything out of it that I loved.
Until I took control, it sucked."
And we always used to look out for each other still do.
To make matters worse, tabloids began spreading rumors that the band was on the verge of breaking up.
Still, the bandmates stayed committed to working out their problems.
“It got dangerous, but we made it through.”
Fromlavish celeb homesto glamorous lifestyles, it’s easy to see why the masses envy the lives of superstars.
Once the story appeared online, it spread like wildfire.
But there was just one problem with the entire narrative: Bon Jovi was very much alive and kicking.
Shortly after the death hoax, Bon Jovi took toFacebookto dispel the morbid rumor.
In the caption, the band wrote, “Rest assured that Jon is alive and well!
This photo was just taken.”
“I go kicking and screaming,” he declared.
“You see my fingernails in the driveway.”
Sadly, in 2012, Bon Jovi almost lost his eldest child, Stephanie, to a heroin overdose.
By the time first responders arrived, the then-19-year-old was unresponsive.
Luckily, she was rushed to the hospital and received life-saving treatment.
Stephanie was arrested after the incident, but the charges were later dropped.
In 2013, Bon Jovi opened up about the terrifying event that nearly claimed his daughter’s life.
“It was horrible, a horrible moment,” he told theMirror.
“It was my worst moment as a father.”
Although he was devastated by the incident, Bon Jovi expressed nothing but love and empathy for Stephanie.
“It happened and it has gone.”
He learned about the project through bassist Alec John Such, who encouraged him to audition for the band.
“I went there and I thought Jon was so charismatic,” Sambora told the Independent in 1995.
“It was just magic.
I went backstage and gave him a verbal resume.
I had certainly never done anything like that before.”
Over the next few decades, Sambora and Bon Jovi were a dynamic duo on and off the stage.
Sadly, everything changed in 2013 when Sambora suddenly quit the band and ceased contact with his bandmates.
“None of us have seen him in three and a half years.
It was a shock.”
“He chose to do what he did,” the singer stated.
“But my heartbreak is I personally loved having him in the band.”
To make matters worse, his bandmate and co-writer, Richie Sambora, had quit the band unexpectedly.
As his career spun out of control, the famed front man found himself in the grips of despair.
“There was a lot of darkness really,” the Grammy winner confessed to the Mirror in 2016.
Thankfully, the singer found comfort in his spouse, Dorothea Hurley.
“Without her, I am not sure how I would have coped.”
Looking back, he was thankful to have survived the hardship.
“Those three years were tumultuous.
Now that the record is released and I’m starting to feel better physically.”
As the band climbed to fame, Such became known for his fiery energy and his on-stage antics.
“It felt like work and I didn’t want to work.”
Despite his absence, Such stayed in contact with his former bandmates.
But tragically, Such died on July 5, 2022 at age 70.
Onsocial media, Bon Jovi and his bandmates posted a tribute to Such.
“He was an original,” the bandmates wrote.
“As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the formation of the band.”
They added, “Alec was always wild and full of life.
Today those special memories bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.
We’ll miss him dearly.”
“This is the first time I’m saying this.
“And I’m good with that.”
For many rock artists, that hard-and-fast lifestyle can also be their downfall.
After all, he’s raised a happy family and lived a refreshingly stable life.
Plus,Bon Jovi has been married to Dorothea Hurleysince the late ’80s.
However, it hasn’t always been so smooth behind the scenes.
Hurley and Bon Jovi started out as high school sweethearts.
Bon Jovi did imply that he’d been unfaithful to Hurley early on.
“I got away with murder,” the musician confessed to Strahan.
“I’m a rock and roll star, I’m not a saint.
I’m not saying that there weren’t a hundred girls in my life.”
“There is no doubt in my mind that this world revolves because of her,” he said.
In April 2024, they celebrated 35 years of marriage.
