One thing I've noticed is that last time (as in when Richie was gone in 2011), Jon and the band were more supportive of Richie's absence, and the fact that "he'd be back". This time, not so much. Jon is more evidently frustrated, which is why I'm more inclined to believe that it could be a rift.

I honestly don't care what it is now. The way Richie's acting like it's all great and there's no problems yet he's not on tour is pissing me off. I'm sure it's pissing Jon off to.

Richie's said he feels sorry for the fans, not once as he said sorry to the fans.

Again, another newspaper quoting Daily Mail. Just this line added in:

He said: "I would love to be in London for the Hyde Park Bon Jovi show... Let's see what happens."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2UEvy9y1u
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...and-drugs.html

Aloha !

Yeah, that's The Sun. I don't buy that Dailymail article at all, don't really understand why everyone on Jovitalk does. It's the British press at their best, I've read way too many articles like this for Oasis when most were based upon absolutely nothing but a random Tweet.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

And apparently (from the article) this is a statement that was made yesterday when Richie was out and about with Nikki Lund after they both had lunch with Sean Borg.

May I say "dafuq" again? I mean, seriously. What's that all about? And why Hyde Park of all places? I just... I don't know.

they might as well have concocted a story from all the memes on this thread

I wonder if The Sun hacked Richie's voicemail to get that quote.

Dont know if you guys have seen this..........f

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...5-a791f956c1a6

We have, but you never know when someone who doesn't have all the time needed for this soap-opera might pop in. It could be useful to have things repeated every once in a while. This article was actually based on a few others that came out these days. You can find them by browsing back in this thread.

I have seen others but the TRASHTALK comment was new to me......:-0

Can't really blame ya if you missed it. It's back on page 432, which means 46 freakin' pages ago, even though we're talking about just two days ago.

Here's the original article on which all of the others coming up in these hours are based on: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/usshowbiz...s-alcohol.html

This, mixed with the two interviews Jon gave in his hotel suite in Vienna and probably also a little bit of good ol' fiction for the purpose of gossip.

Matt has apparently confirmed Jon's interviews, while he said he doesn't know about Richie's, but thinks it's "fishy".

And there was an article 10 or 20 pages ago that said that Richie's rep said he's "not doing interviews" at the moment so it makes any quote from Richie that didn't come from Twitter questionable.

I don't know what to think to be honest. The phraseology and wording really doesn't sound like Richie, but considering he hasn't denied saying any of it there's no other conclusion.

HEADLINE IDEA: "Something in the 'Water?': Bon Jovi, Sambora Tiff Confounds Fans, Derails Tour."

And I thought I was up to date with these posts........

What I cant understand is, If it is indeed a personal matter, why the hell didnt Richie ring Jon and tell him personally, perhaps then Jon may have been more supportive, I can only imagine how enraged inside Jon is over how Richie has handled this matter, especially the fashion rubbish.......I think it must be down to the "dynamic duo" having fallen out over what more than likely is the JBJ CEO factor, Richie has had a taste of freedom again with AOTL and wanted more. I think it unfair to brand his solo effort a failure as, I believe its a really personal from the heart record.....something BON JOVI hasnt done for decades, so even though the masses think its rubbish, I belive its some of his best work....
On the other hand I beleive its the BON JOVI machine/corparation thats given Richie both the financial and popularity means to make a record, so Richie has gone bout this in totally the wrong way. They both need to have a Crisis meeting and get back to basics and making "proper" BON JOVI records.....before its too late.

Right. The tour didn't even start until February. I've accidentally favorited tweets before on my iPhone. The touch screen is touchy. ;)

It's ironic considering the state the band is in today, but I really think it was unintentional.

I still don't think it's Richie. My money's on Nikki, it reads like tweets or an email. Someone being a mouthpiece for him and either putting his argument out there or what they think his argument should be. I can't believe Richie would have been foolish enough to say those things.

LOL! I was just thinking the same! Maybe the "insider" from the original media source who reported about all this back in April was Richie himself! The only odd part was they said he hoped to be back for his hometown show in LA (which obviously didn't happen), but maybe he really did expect for him and Jon to have come to an agreement by then.

Right on. He took to twitter to set people straight about the fashion line not being the reason, but hasn't disputed anything else.

I have to say, it's been a few days that I have this idea going around in my head: remember the obvious non-sense utter crap about Dorothea pulling a Yoko Ono? Well, what if it's Nikki? I know nothing and this is just some crap my mind's been on, and I wouldn't even have mentioned it, hadn't I read your post. So, well... just throwing it out there.

Going back to some sort of reality-based thinking... You might be on to something, but if I were Richie and if Nikki spoke to a tabloid on my behalf without warning, well, I would be rather pissed. And if she also lied while at it, I would rectify. What's interesting is that article actually cites TWO people: Richie and the usual "close source".

You know what, one thing that actually wouldn't surprise me is if Richie blew off the tour for a woman. Have we missed this all along?

This exactly. I agree 100%.

Very real possibility. Knowing people are highly interested in his whereabouts because of his absence from the tour, this puts the fashion line in the press and gives it publicity. I remember another time something had gone down with Richie (maybe rehab in 2011, can't really remember exactly) but Nikki started tweeting stuff about Richie to get attention and gain followers. Don't remember the specifics, but I do remember thinking at the time she was overstepping her boundaries.

In 479 pages of discussion, argument, emotional outcries, lunatic theories, photoshop madness and Twitter links, I genuinely can't remember this even being considered as a possibility.

And now that it has been suggested... HOW THE HELL WAS A DOG POISONING THEORY CONSIDERED BEFORE THIS???

I don't think so. Doesn't sound like his MO. However crazy his MO has become.

On a semi-related note, I just got off the phone with my mom, who's friend just told her her cousin "Georgie" (?) dated Richie. I have no other details.

The mystery deepens...

Also note how the mail article had a link to the fashion lines website. I'm sure it's come from there, she definitely likes using Richie to garner interest in her work and this story has gained her a lot of free publicity.

LOL
Well, technically it WAS suggested... As in Heather may be sick or as in Denise looks bad beyond words... I guess the unforgivable mistake has been considering current/previous dates only. It's the unsuspected that's dangerous. HA!

He sure did take every opportunity during promo to announce he was SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE!!! I know he said it during his google chat and on the Katy Couric show. I'm sure there were other times too.

Typical man. Thinking with the wrong head. ;)

It has. We still don't know where that Richie Sambora Facebook fanpage got the info/picture/message from Nikki, but they either flat out lied and made up the whole thing, including the message... OR she actually DID message the page or several pages. And that STINKS.
Plus, she sounded so positively surprised a few days ago about the fact she gained so many likes in just a few hours. WONDER WHY!!!

If it turns out he ran off with some 20 year old hot blonde (any update on this Georgie?), he'd still be a major dick for bailing on the tour, but at least he'll be a dick with a little rock and roll kudos. And a 20 year old hot blonde.

Richie's MO is Richie likes women. A lot. And that's been the case since forever so it's always a possibility.

He'd STILL be a major dick for bailing on the tour?

If all this is for a piece of ass, it would make him the biggest dick on the planet.

He could get plenty of hot women on tour and he'd have a way easier time managing extra-curricular activities while on tour than at home in between giving driving lessons and chauffeuring his kid to school.

He just pisses me off at the moment. And his boots are ugly. So much for his fashion sense. :(

Yeah I'd hate him but understand the need for some sugar daddy love.

Maybe Richie was told "theres no pussay allowed on this tour", so he said F that and went home to get some action.

5000th post in sight!!

Richie and Georgie
sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

Maybe he's on to a good think with all the moms dropping their kids off?

I'm laughing like an idiot.

This is really getting ridiculous now... the slinging that's happened.

This has to be a load of crap. Surely?

http://www.hollyscoop.com/bon-jovi/i...-insiders.html

Georgie could be a man...

Just throwing it out there.