Looking back, Richie Sambora regrets the way that he chose to leave Bon Jovi.
In the final episode of the new Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, the guitarist apologized for his controversial decision to exit the legendary rock band just hours before they were set to perform in Calgary on their 2013 Because We Can tour. But Sambora also asserted that the group “knew exactly why I didn’t get on the plane that night” during his interview for the doc, which premiered Friday.
“People have this preconceived notion of Richie Sambora because they read about me in the tabloids, because they see the Bon Jovi machine,” he said. “It’s a band. It’s really, really hard to be married to four other guys and be in close quarters and that, coupled with my daughter coming of age.”
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“I don’t regret leaving the situation, but I regret how I did it,” Sambora clarified in the docuseries. “So I’d like to apologize fully right now to the fans, especially, and also to the guys, because my feet and my spirit were just not letting me walk out the door.”