Jon Bon Jovi reveals wife Dorothea Hurley’s high school love note after saying he wasn’t a saint in marriage
nypost.comJon Bon Jovi revealed his wife Dorothea Hurley’s high school yearbook love note that she wrote him during a recent appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”The musician, 62, recalled that he fell “in love with the girl who was sitting next to [him] in history class.”The message read: “John, write a sequal [sic] to ‘Bobby’s Girl’ but name it ‘She’s Johnny’s Now.
Love, Dot.”According to the rocker, he actually never calls Hurley by that nickname, but did explain the song she referred to.“There was a song I had written called ‘Bobby’s Girl,’” he told host Kelly Clarkson. “It was one of the first original songs I had written.
She was dating my buddy Bobby. He went off to join the service as did my other two best friends. They joined the Navy. And it was my senior year of high school, and I just fell in love.”The Bon Jovi frontman and Hurley would go on to marry at the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas in 1989.
More recently, however, the singer revealed that he was “not a saint” during their 35-year marriage.“I got away with murder,” he told Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan during their hourlong interview special, “Halfway There,” on ABC in April. “I’m a rock ‘n’ roll star, I’m not a saint.
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