Jon Bon Jovi Reveals Why He ‘Nearly Cried’ Considering About Son Jesse (Unique)

Jon Bon Jovi could also be a rock icon, however he isn’t afraid to shed a tear or two relating to being a proud dad.

The singer-songwriter, 62, has been working alongside his son Jesse on their Rosé label, Hampton Water Wine, since 2018 and feelss “extremely proud” of the alternatives Jesse has made for the model.

“I’ve to say that 99.9% of every thing Jess has provide you with, I’ve simply mentioned sure,” Jon tells PEOPLE at a Hampton Water occasion at La La Laundry in late January. “We agreed on every thing from the minute he got here up with the title.”

For Jesse, 29, working together with his dad on an idea they had been each new to has been “loads of enjoyable.”

“Once we first began, it isn’t like I went to him and mentioned, ‘I wish to begin a rock band.’ We had this concept, and we had been each very inexperienced in it,” Jesse shares concerning the model’s inception eight years in the past. “We knew that it was a enjoyable title, a cool label and an excellent liquid. However there have been loads of conversations of, ‘I believe it is a cool concept. What do you suppose?’ And it was like, ‘I do not know, let’s attempt it.’ So doing loads of that experimentation and bouncing concepts off of one another has been a ton of enjoyable.”

Jon admits the Hampton Water occasion was an emotional expertise.

“As if I didn’t love him sufficient already, simply seeing what he’s achieved… Once I walked right into a laundromat, I nearly cried,” Jon laughs. “So I imply, he is come to this point. I’ve nothing in any respect to do with this enterprise, nothing. It is all him. And to have achieved and turn out to be the No. 3 premium rosé within the nation, I imply, how are you going to not be pleased with that?”

Jesse provides, “It is simply been a blast. It has been a lot enjoyable attending to work collectively and what began as driving round New York Metropolis and going out to Lengthy Island become going to Dubai to satisfy with Hilton, going to Germany and London. To see the success of it and get to do these loopy issues collectively… it’s been enjoyable.”

Though Jon’s in enterprise together with his eldest son — “as a result of I’m the best-looking son and the neatest,” Jesse jokes — the “Livin’ on a Prayer” artist says he “couldn’t be extra proud” of all his kids’s achievements.

“I really, sincere to God, I am so extremely pleased with what Jess has achieved right here, however that ought to by no means demean the unbelievable work of the others,” he says of his different kids: Stephanie, 31, Jake, 22, and Romeo, 20. “The place Jake’s at together with his film profession and his producing profession, and Romeo’s new music is superior. After which Steph is the eldest of all of ’em, and I believe she’ll be the boss of all. So I couldn’t be extra pleased with every one among ’em. It is going so effectively.”

Jesse then quips, “However simply so you realize, I’m the favourite… for the file.”