Jon Bon Jovi Stuns Fans: After ‘Not a Saint’ Confession, Rocker Publicly Praises Wife on 36th Anniversary—Romantic Turnaround or Hidden Message?

Jon Bon Jovi paid a special tribute to Dorothea Hurley, his high school sweetheart-turned-wife of 36 years on Tuesday.

The Bon Jovi frontman took to Instagram to share a message of love with his wife, sharing a photo of the three dozen roses he purchased for a very special reason. “36 roses for 36 amazing years,” he captioned the post. “Happy anniversary my love….” The rocker also shared a throwback photo of the couple, along with a picture of the Graceland Wedding Chapel, the Las Vegas venue where the happy couple got hitched on April 29, 1989.

But life hasn’t always been a “Bed of Roses” for the longtime couple. In April 2024, just ahead of his 35th wedding anniversary, Bon Jovi made headlines when he told The Independent that he had not been a “saint” in his marriage.

Shortly after that interview, he sat down with Michael Strahan and shared more about his relationship. He admitted that he “got away with murder” in the earlier days of his marriage. “I’m a rock and roll star,” he said. “I’m not a saint. You know, I’m not saying that there weren’t 100 girls in my life. I’m Jon Bon Jovi. It was pretty good.”

“But if you think I was ever going to jeopardize… anything for believing the narcissist in me was real? What a stupid thing to do,” he added. “What kind of excesses does a man need that’s going to fuel that fire? It’s just not worth it.”

Bon Jovi was also clear that Hurley has never been “afraid to call me out on something… She’s also there when I fall. And I’m there for her when she falls. No matter where I went in my career, the ups or the downs, we went there together.”