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Richie Sambora<\/strong> left Bon Jovi in 2013,and Jon Bon Jovi<\/strong> is still not over it.<\/p>\n While visiting the Dumb Blonde<\/a> podcast this week for a conversation with Bunnie Xo<\/strong>, the Bon Jovi frontman made this admission about his former bandmate.<\/p>\n “The great thing that I have said about him throughout our lives was you would be lucky to call him your friend, and I mean that \u2014 talented beyond, beyond as a guitar player, as a singer, as a collaborator, wonderful, right-hand man, awesome. Couldn’t ask for more,” Bon Jovi said.<\/p>\n He continued, “My heartbreak with him is the way he walked out on us, compounded by the fact that it took him years to come back in the room just to have a meal with Tico and David and I and say, ‘I’m sorry.'”<\/p>\n When Sambora left the band, it was just five years after his divorce from\u00a0Heather Locklear.<\/strong>\u00a0He cited a need to be present for their daughter, Ava Sambora<\/strong>, who is now 27 years old. Sambora also said he was burnt out from constant touring and “needed a break.<\/a>“<\/p>\n It turns out that Bon Jovi was not pleased with the way Sambora made his exit, and not because he decided to go.<\/p>\n He explained to Bunnie Xo, “It’s unfortunate. It’s heartbreaking … but if what he wanted was to be just Richie Sambora, not a member of Bon Jovi, do it right? I always encourage all of my guys, because my attitude was, ‘Bring the information back that you learn outside. It’ll only help us.’ “<\/p>\n He continued, “So for whatever reason, he walked out, and then that was that. But I can’t defend or accuse in any … and it’s just not worth it anymore. After so many years, I just … if you can’t figure [it out] or get it together, then it’s not on us, right? I love the man, heartbroken that he walked out on us.”<\/p>\n Jon Bon Jovi and Bunnie Xo discussed many things during their lengthy chat on the\u00a0Dumb Blonde\u00a0podcast, but perhaps the most exciting was the news that he’d just become a grandfather.<\/p>\n Bon Jovi’s son, Jake Bon Jovi<\/strong>, is married to Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown<\/strong>. The young couple just announced that they are parents to a baby girl<\/a> whom they adopted.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s crazy, but great. Wonderful,\u201d Bon Jovi raved. \u201cThey adopted a girl, we met the baby obviously, and immediately that becomes your grandchild, you know what I mean? Your baby. It\u2019s beautiful. I want to see pictures, like, every other day. I\u2019m that pain in the butt guy already and, yeah, it\u2019s cool.”<\/p>\n During the podcast, Jon Bon Jovi also opened up about some advice he gave Bunnie Xo’s husband, Jelly Roll<\/a>. Based on her reaction, it sounds like Jelly Roll<\/strong> needs to take that advice too.<\/p>\n After explaining how he interviewed the “Save Me” singer for Interview Magazine, he told Bunnie Xo, “In the magazine, I said to him, \u2018Don\u2019t do too much. Don\u2019t go chasing every rainbow because you\u2019re gonna burn out and not even know you\u2019re burned out.\u2019 And in my youth, I was doing that.”<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cThat is my fear for him still today: Jelly, don\u2019t do too much. He\u2019s established. He\u2019s a big star. He\u2019s done it, he\u2019s proved it, and he\u2019s an inspiration for millions of people. You don\u2019t have to chase every feature. You don\u2019t have to do every show. Go and chill for two years. I have absolutely learned how to do that.”<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 22, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richie Sambora left Bon Jovi in 2013,and Jon Bon Jovi is still not over it. 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Legendary Rock Singer Shares The Advice He Gave Jelly Roll<\/h2>\n