What Makes Jon One Of Rock’s Hottest Properties and What Kind Of Girl Turns Him On?


Calendar Magazine, June 1996

Millions of women worldwide would love to have Jon Bon Jovi crooning their own personal love song to them, but what is it that makes him such a babe magnet?
Top of the Jon Bon Jovi list of attractions has to be the combination of good looks and a wicked sense of humour. With his down to earth personality and ability to laugh at himself, Jon is the boy next door come good, amiable, approachable and not a pedestal in sight!
And although it’s been ten years and more since he swept to fame, he still looks the part. This combination of Italian stallion and all-American boy cuts a fine figure, intensive roadwork and regular workouts keeping his frame ahead of the game.
But dig under the surface and you’ll find out a lot about Jon Bon Jovi’s character by asking what he’d look for in a soulmate.
First and foremost is unconditional support and understanding. That doesn’t mean giving up your own aims and ambitions... But you have to be a team player. Jon describes himself as Bon Jovi’s quarterback - in American football terms, the man who makes the passes for others to score. He’s the centre of the wheel without which it won’t keep turning, so he needs someone who understands that he’s inevitably the focus of attention.
And when it’s four o’clock in the morning and the batteries are running down after hitting the highest highs of live performance, he wants someone who can still come through with the TLC he needs. Family values also rate highly with this rock star. He’s never lost touch with his roots so friends, neighbours and family are all important. Airs and graces aren’t required - just an ability to mix with anyone and everyone!
Children also bring out the best in him. ”I can see why people have tons of kids,“ he smiles, ”because they’re just the best.“ His song Always underlines his willingness to lay down his life for those he holds dear - but who would he die for?
”My kids, my wife, my parents .... for truth, for loyalty and for love.“
Next in importance after family comes fidelity - in every sense of the word. The song I’ll Be There For You sums up his feelings. When you breathe he wants to be the air for you, to be closer than close, and for that he needs to trust you implicitly.
Not that there aren’t temptations, but even a steamy video shoot with Cindy Crawford, surely the ultimate test for any red blooded male doesn’t seem to have coaxed Jon from the straight and narrow! The concept of temptation brings us inevitably to religion. Brought up a good Catholic boy, Jon’s got a strong sense of right and wrong and this comes out in the charity work he and the band have undertaken both with 1989‘s Make A Difference Foundation concert in Russia and their fund raising for the British cause of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy over the years.
Jon has a broad world-view too. ”I would like there to be a whole lot more sharing going on,“ he states, ”I wish people were less judgmental and a lot less self centred and prejudiced, that we learn to live as one.“ So caring and sharing are all-important qualities in a woman as far as Jon is concerned - as well as reading a newspaper or two! It should be clear by now that Bon Jovi’s frontman looks beyond the superficial in search of his soulmate. This is one superstar who’s got his feet firmly on the ground and perhaps it’s this approachability that’s the secret of his sex appeal. Though he’s travelled the world for rock ‘n’ roll, Jon is happy to come home to the girl next door.... Which is good news if you live in New Jersey, or on the beachfront at Malibu!