‘She’s been my spirit sister’: Jon Bon Jovi reveals he sought help from Shania Twain amid vocal surgery
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Shania Twain reportedly turned quite a support to rock legend Jon Bon Jovi while he was battling vocal cord issues.
Praising her, Jovi, who had the vocal fold medialization operation in 2022, told PEOPLE, “She’s been my spirit sister in this.”
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Shania Twain reassured Jon Bon Jovi
The 62-year-old singer also shared that he went on to get help from the Canadian singer-songwriter because “she's the only other one I've known that's ever had this surgery, with this doctor, and the only reason I found that out is because she reported it in the press.”
The ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ hitmaker revealed, “Not only did she reassure me that it would be OK, but I think she also pulled my leg a little bit because she told me I'd be out there a lot sooner than I have been.”
“She says, ‘Well, I told you that because I knew that you might back out otherwise'. And so, I couldn't wait to get the operation,” he added.
Jon Bon Jovi says he’s ‘capable of singing’
However, Jovi’s recovery has not been completed yet as he stated, “Every day is the recovery process.”
The frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi added, “I’m capable of singing. What I’m not necessarily capable of is two and a half hours a night, four nights a week but I’m aspiring to get that back.”
Dorothea Hurley and Bon Jovi had 'devastating' convo
Jovi also disclosed how he felt while struggling with vocal cord problems.
While speaking about his band’s 2022 tour, he told PEOPLE, “I gave my heart to that crowd. I thought it went well.”
But his wife of over three decades, Dorothea Hurley reportedly told him that his performance “wasn't great, and I’ve seen you be great" and led him to seek medical help.
The guitarist said Hurley's words were “beyond heartbreaking, it was devastating but there’s no one better than her to tell me the truth.”
“If it were going to be over, I just had to wrap my arms around that and say, ‘I've had an incredible career. It doesn't mean I can't write you a song tomorrow, just means I won't be doing a hundred-show tour,’” he added.
