{"id":204194,"date":"2025-11-09T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/jon-bon-jovi-says-singer-son-romeo-is-no-nepo-baby\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:01:19","slug":"jon-bon-jovi-says-singer-son-romeo-is-no-nepo-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/jon-bon-jovi-says-singer-son-romeo-is-no-nepo-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Bon Jovi says singer son Romeo is no nepo baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-11-09\" datetime=\"1762711279\" pubdate=\"\">9 November 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/jon-bon-jovi\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,jon-bon-jovi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Bon Jovi<\/a> insists his musician son Romeo Bongiovi is no nepo baby.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s son, Romeo Bongiovi, is an aspiring singer with his own band<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old aspiring singer is not letting his 63-year-old rock legend dad have anything to do with his band, Lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Jon &#8211; who has Romeo with his 63-year-old wife Dorothea &#8211; told The Independent newspaper: \u201cThe first singles are great. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve heard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People talk about these nepo babies, blah blah blah, but I&#8217;m not in there at all. He&#8217;s got his own vision, which I really appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Livin\u2019 on a Prayer hitmaker &#8211; who also has daughter Stephanie Bongiovi, 32, Jesse Bongiovi, 30, and Jake Bongiovi, 23, with Dorothea &#8211; underwent \u201ctraumatising\u201d vocal cord surgery to repair one of his vocal cords after it deteriorated at the end of Bon Jovi\u2019s 2022 tour.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2024, the band released the docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, which covered Jon\u2019s disappointment that his voice does not sound like it did back in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd he found no difficulty in being so vulnerable in the four-part Disney+ show.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe It\u2019s My Life singer said: \u201cI don&#8217;t mind being vulnerable. I only ever wanted to tell the truth, no matter what phase of our lives we were in.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBut I didn&#8217;t anticipate the surgery, and I certainly didn&#8217;t anticipate the recovery.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\nThe docuseries was released alongside Bon Jovi\u2019s 16th studio album, Forever &#8211; which marked Jon\u2019s first return to the studio since he underwent vocal cord surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, the music legend could not promote the record due to still being in recovery &#8211; which he said \u201csucked\u201d because he knew the \u201cjoyful\u201d LP was \u201cdead\u201d without a promotional tour.<\/p>\n<p>\nJon recalled: \u201cWe were releasing the album along with the docuseries [Thank You, Goodnight], and we were going to do our 40th anniversary celebration and tour. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBut I had this traumatising throat surgery, and as we released [the album], I started to rehearse with the band and I said, &#8216;Guys, I&#8217;m sorry, but I&#8217;m just not up to it yet.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nOn numerous occasions, Jon told his bandmates he was ready to go &#8211; but he was met with a lot of \u201cnos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nAsked if that was tricky to deal with, Jon said: \u201cIt&#8217;s tough, and there have been [other] days when I&#8217;ve said I&#8217;m done, and they said, &#8216;No, you&#8217;re not. Think of the progress you&#8217;ve made since last month and the month before.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd in an impressive turnaround, Bon Jovi will be back on the stage performing their slew of hits to fans in 2026, beginning with a nine-night residency at Madison Square Garden, New York, and ending with three nights at Wembley Stadium, London.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlthough he cannot give much away, Jon assures that he can sing every song in the setlist &#8211; as well as an alternative one.<\/p>\n<p>\nJon said: \u201cThe only good news I can tell you is there&#8217;s nothing in the catalogue I can&#8217;t sing.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;So if we&#8217;re doing multiple nights and I want to play, I don&#8217;t know, 45 songs &#8230; I&#8217;m capable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/jon-bon-jovi-says-singer-son-romeo-nepo-baby-1432699.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 November 2025 Jon Bon Jovi insists his musician son Romeo Bongiovi is no nepo baby. Jon Bon Jovi\u2019s son, Romeo Bongiovi, is an aspiring singer with his own band The 21-year-old aspiring singer is not letting his 63-year-old rock legend dad have anything to do with his band, Lawn. 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