Jon Bon Jovi is proud to be the grandfather of Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi's child woman.
“It's loopy, however nice. Fantastic,” Bon Jovi stated of his life as a grandfather whereas chatting with influencer Bunnie XO in a teaser clip of their interview shared via TikTok on Sunday, September 21. “They adopted a woman, we met the infant clearly and instantly that turns into your grandchild, you already know what I imply? Your child. It's lovely. I wish to see photos, like, each different day. I'm that ache within the butt man already and, yeah, it's cool.”
The proud grandfather went on to reward his new daughter-in-law for her onerous work.
“They received married very younger however we blessed it as a result of we get it — you already know, they're sorta mature past their years,” he stated. “She comes from a household the place her mother and father are nonetheless collectively and so they married very younger. Her and Jake fell in love and we simply thought OK, we'll assist this and it's figuring out.”
The Bon Jovi frontman, 63, shares Bongiovi, 23, along with his spouse, Dorothea Hurley. The couple, who've been married since April 1989, are additionally mother and father of daughter Stephanie, 32, and sons Jesse, 30, and Romeo, 21.
Bongiovi and Brown, 21, introduced in a joint Instagram publish on Thursday, August 21, that they grew to become first-time mother and father earlier this 12 months.
“This summer season, we welcomed our candy child woman by way of adoption,” their assertion learn. “We're past excited to embark on this lovely subsequent chapter of parenthood in each peace and privateness. After which there have been three.”
The pair's child information got here a couple of 12 months after they tied the knot in Might 2024. Since then, Brown has been forthcoming about her need to begin a household.
“My mother really had her first little one at 21, and my dad was 19. And you already know, it's been my factor since earlier than I met Jake,” she defined on the “Smartless” podcast in March. “Since I used to be a child, I informed my mother, like, child dolls. I wished to be a mother similar to the way in which my mother was to me.”
She continued: “And my nan, my grandmother … she was an enormous a part of my life. And so, yeah, I imply, Jake is aware of how necessary it's to me and, in fact, I wish to concentrate on actually establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, however I additionally discover it's so necessary to begin a household for me personally. It's an enormous factor. Jake was like, ‘We can not try this till we get married.' In order that was his factor.”
Brown elaborated about her and Bongiovi's plans for a giant brood since they each have three siblings.
“My factor was, I actually desire a household. I actually desire a massive household,” she famous. “I'm certainly one of 4. He's certainly one of 4. So, it's positively in our future, however for me, I don't see having your individual little one, you already know, as actually any totally different [than] adopting.”
Previous to Brown and Bongiovi's adoption announcement, Bon Jovi opened as much as The Sun in regards to the duo's future kids.
“My grandkids will probably be extra English than Italian or my different heritage!” he informed the outlet in an interview printed in June. “How loopy is that?”
He added: “Out of the blue, your youngsters are married after which they're telling you in regards to the prospect of grandbabies … whoa! There's no chapter in my guide that went this far.”
