Rock icon Jon Bon Jovi recently shared one of the sweetest headlines in his life – he’s officially a grandfather. During a chat on Today with Savannah Guthrie, he couldn’t suppress his grin as he talked about his son Jake Bongiovi and daughter-in-law Millie Bobby Brown’s new arrival, and revealed the warmest new chapter in his life.
“Immediately you fall in love. You know, when we met Jake and Millie’s daughter, it was just immediate. You’re like, ‘That’s my granddaughter,’” Bon Jovi, 63, said during his Thursday, October 23 appearance. “She won’t be able to walk for at least 10 or 12 years because Papa will be carrying her everywhere she goes.”
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When Guthrie, 53, teased him about maybe needing “little baby headsets” so she could come on tour, he laughed and replied, “Yeah, I count on that.”
How the Family Grew
Brown, 21, and Bongiovi, 23, became parents this summer via adoption.
“This summer we welcomed our sweet baby girl through adoption,” the couple wrote in a message shared via Instagram on August 21. We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy. And then there were three.”
They’ve kept things intentionally private with no name announced, no heavy photo ops. Since the initial announcement, they’ve shared no further details.
Brown had spoken previously about wanting a large family and was explicitly open to adoption.
“For me, I don’t see having your own child, you know, as really any different as in adopting,” the Stranger Things star said when she sat down for an interview on the Smartless podcast in March.
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Meet ‘Papa’
Bon Jovi opted not to go with the traditional “grandpa” label. Instead, he’s fully embracing “Papa.”
In a September 22 appearance on Bunnie XO’sDumb Blonde podcast, the Grammy winner said, “They adopted a girl and we met the baby, obviously, and immediately that becomes your grandchild, your baby. It’s beautiful.”
He went on to admit, “I want to see pictures like every day. I’m that pain in the butt guy already.”
All the Pipes Are Still Alive
However, there’s more to Bon Jovi’s life right now than lullabies and baby headsets. With a new album and tour in the pipeline, plus this fresh grand-life detour, he’s balancing two very different worlds, but he’s genuinely thrilled.
While some have questioned whether or not Brown was ready to be a mom at such a young age, the “Livin’ On a Prayer” singer doesn’t agree. He told Bunnie that his daughter-in-law is “a sweetheart and a hard worker” and said that even though she and Bongiovi married young, they “got our blessing because we get it. They are mature beyond their years.”
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