Overview
- Bon Jovi made the remarks in a new interview on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast released this week.
- He said his pain centers on Sambora walking out and the years it took for an in-person apology to him, Tico Torres and David Bryan.
- Bon Jovi stressed there was never a fight behind the departure and pointed to substance issues, anxiety and single-parent pressures.
- Sambora later apologized for how he left in the 2024 Hulu documentary Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.
- The band has continued without Sambora, with Phil X handling guitar since the 2013 departure.