Richie Sambora

He's not lying . Richie brought Jon's name into things to gain himself traction. There will be no album out in March ..or April .... Richie dojng the masked singer is a cry for Jon ... " come and get me ...! " because he realised ( too late ) that he's in comparative obscurity without the band. Amazing that a guy who achieved so much and was so integral to the bands success can feel so insecure about his role.

Guy was my absolute idol, it's a shame to see him slurring and not making much sense or saying anything other than rehearsed rhetoric...stop the act Richie

You think he went on the Masked Singer to appeal to the notoriously private Jon? Like that would impress Jon in any way. There is more chance he did it because he has run out of cash. Or, as it looking more likely, he literally did do because he thought it would be fun, just like he said.

thia is the JBJ extreme fanboy 😂, nowadays is hard to believe, so I rather to say nothing at all

He sold his publishing for 200 million , I don't think he's short on cash

I didn't say he is, I was pointing out that even that makes more sense than your take. He isn't going on a reality TV singing show in an effort to impress Jon. That would be the last thing that would appeal to Jon.

It was a big moment for Desmond so, their relationship could be more professional than a really close friendship.

Richie quit the band mid 2013 cause he was mentally unstable and had an alcohol problem, nothing new there. Him leaving the band, obviously pissed everyone off, but I think they are past that.

Now, for Richie to come back, it's all about trusting him that he can pull through.

All in all, the band doesn't tour as often as they used to, so it would fit Richie better as of now compared to 10 years ago.

Yeah if someone playing with a full deck thought about it - my point is Richie isn't nor has he been for the majority of the last 20 years. Since the pain meds completely ruined him.

I’d say with Jon being the godfather of Desmond’s kids it’s pretty safe to say that they’re close friends and not just colleagues.

I also think that public support and interactions or the lack thereof between two celebrities don’t really tell you that much about how close they really are. There are some celebrity “friendships” you see plastered all over social media where it’s pretty obvious that they’re played up for mutual publicity, while with other friendships you know they exist but they’re pretty much completely absent from social media.

Whether Desmond was telling the truth in that interview - who knows. Maybe he was. Or maybe he was lying to avoid meddling with whatever announcement plans the Bon Jovi camp might have. Who knows.

If Desmond was telling the truth and Richie was lying or talking out of his ass or whatever I find it quite difficult to figure out WHY though. It’s not good publicity for his solo album as it completely takes the focus away from it, it’s also not gonna be such great publicity for him as a person if it turns out that he was lying about reuniting with Bon Jovi, and if he did it to put pressure on Jon to take him back or just to try and plant the idea of a reunion I’d like to think that Richie is smart enough to realize, that going around telling lies about Jon and the future of the band as well as blabbing about the touchy subject of Jon’s voice is probably not the way to get Jon to welcome him back with open arms. So what does Richie get out of it if he was really lying? Other than his own bullet in his foot.


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He gets nothing out of it, which is why it is unlikely he is lying. I think we have two stories here that can meet in the middle. Maybe Jon and Richie did talk, then Richie did the show/interview and Jon didn't like it and shut it back down again.

I am still leaning towards either Desmond Child doesn't know the whole story or didn't want to say it. But again, he was throwing some shade at Richie with the "his people" and boosting his career with gossip. I know this is Child's opinion, but if Richie had said something similar about Jon people would be destroying him for it on here.

I found that a little hit below the belt from Desmond Child. He didn't need to add speculation at the end. Let's not forget he co-wrote with Richie on many of those great songs too, and not just Jon.

I thought Desmond wanted them back: