Jon Bon Jovi has nothing but love and happiness for his son Jake Bonjiovi and new daughter-in-law Millie Bobby Brown.
During his appearance on BBC’s The One Show on Tuesday, May 28, the rock legend gushed about the couple’s private wedding, which took place earlier this month. Millie Bobby Brown, 20, and Jake Bongiovi, 22, made headlines after announcing their engagement in April 2023.
“They’re great, they’re absolutely fantastic,” Jon Bon Jovi declared. “It was a very small, family wedding and the bride looked gorgeous and Jake is happy as can be.”
Jovi’s 22-year-old son and the 20-year-old Stranger Things star held a secret ceremony, with plans for a larger wedding in the future. A source told The U.S. Sun, “They are planning a bigger ceremony in the U.S. later this year, but they have legally married and done all the paperwork.”
The insider then said the event was a “very low-key, romantic affair,” with the couple’s closest family invited. Along with Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea Bongiovi, Brown’s parents were also present for the couple’s small ceremony.
Jon Bon Jovi previously spoke out about the couple getting married at such a young age, “I don’t know if age matters, if you find the right partner and you grow together,” Bon Jovi said. “My advice really is, growing together is wise.”
The rocker then added, “I think that all of my kids have found the people that they think they can grow together with, and we like them all.”
Millie Bobby Brown Previously Said She Wanted to Keep Details About Her Wedding ‘Private’
The private ceremony isn’t surprising as Millie Bobby Brown previously explained she wanted to keep her special day away from the public spotlight.
While speaking to WWD, Brown stated she wanted to keep all the intimidate details about her special day private.
“I think probably drawing the curtains, just because there are only so many moments in life that you get only once,” she explained at the time. “And to have everyone’s opinions and eyes looking at that just feels unnatural to me.”
Brown and Bongiovi have been romantically linked since 2021. A source close to the couple shared that they were friends for a bit before starting the relationship.
Although Brown kept her planning behind closed doors, her Stranger Things co-star Matthew Modine revealed in March that he was serving as the couple’s officiant.
“I have one of those licenses to get people married and Millie thought it’d be great,” Modine said. “And then Jake said it would be a great idea.”
Modine also said that he wrote the wedding vows. “They loved what I wrote for them,” he said about the couple. “To join hand become husband and wife.”