Whereas reflecting again on his four-decade-long profession within the music trade, Jon Bon Jovi couldn’t assist however point out megastar Taylor Swift — and gave a playful shoutout to her songwriting inspiration.
Throughout an look on the Tv Critics Affiliation panel on Friday, February 9, for his upcoming Hulu docuseries, Thank You, Goodnight, Bon Jovi, 61, recalled how his music has modified by the years as he’s skilled life.
“That’s been the magic of 40 years of career. At 20, when I got a record deal, I didn’t have a lot else to write about except high school,” Bon Jovi stated. “And I didn’t break up with people like Taylor did.”
Swift, 34, has famously sung about love — and breakups — since her profession started. The pop star instructed Dateline in 2009, “If guys don’t want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn’t do bad things.”
Bon Jovi, for his half, married his highschool sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, in 1989. The pair have since welcomed 4 youngsters collectively: Stephanie, 30, Jesse, 28, Jake, 21, and Romeo, 19.
Bon Jovi and the “Karma” singer have crossed paths earlier than, singing his “Livin’ on a Prayer” alongside Prince William on the 2013 Winter Whites Gala. The Prince of Wales, 41, confessed in 2021 that he doesn’t know “what came over [him]” whereas performing with the 2.
“Honestly, even now I’m cringing at what happened next, and I don’t understand why I gave in,” the royal stated on the “Time to Walk” podcast. “But, frankly, if Taylor Swift looks you in the eye, touches your arm, and says, ‘Come with me…’ I got up like a puppy and went, ‘Yeah, OK, that seems like a great idea. I’ll follow you.’”
William admitted in 2021 that he didn’t know the “You Give Love a Bad Name” singer and Swift can be on the occasion, including that their look “nearly knocked [him] off my feet.”
“When I sat down to watch Jon Bon Jovi do his performance, I thought: ‘That’s it. My job is done. I’ll get a dinner in a minute and I might be able to have a chat to some people and, you know, I’m off-duty a little bit now.’”
Bon Jovi’s four-part docuseries will chronicle the band’s rise to stardom in a collection of movies and interviews. “This is in fact the band’s 40th anniversary,” Bon Jovi stated on Friday. “I wanted to document what had happened in my past, with the vision on what is the future.”
Hulu’s Thank You, Goodnight might be launched on April 26.