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[Blind Gossip] This handsome actor has worked consistently since he was a teen. He is now one of the stars of a dramatic, patriotic TV series. The show has already been renewed for next season.

We found out something that has never been mentioned in Actor’s bio or in any interviews with him. He is actually the secret son of a famous rock star!

His mother was a groupie decades ago and had a relationship with [Rock Star]. The whole family knows that [Rock Star] is his father, but he’s just not a part of their lives. [Actor] is a very defensive about it. He says that his mom did just fine raising him and they are good on their own. If you try to ask him any questions about [Rock Star], he’ll shut you down. He hates talking about it. They don’t need [Rock Star] to give them money or to help them in any way.

The Actor and the Rock Star not doppelgangers, but when we put photos of them side by side, we were stuck by about half a dozen physical features (e.g. their eyes, their noses, their smiles, the same unique chin) that seem to be more than just a coincidence.

What makes this really shocking is that the Rock Star in question is not some crazy, irresponsible druggy. He is a well-loved icon who grew up in a middle-class family and is now a family man. He loves his wife, his kids, his sports, and performing for an adoring fan base that never gets tired of his classic songs.

While we would love to see some sort of family reunion between the Actor and the Rock Star, it’s their lives. After all, an admission of paternity after so many years could prove to be a slippery slope!

Similar: The Musician And The Athlete

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[Optional] Is there any incentive for them to reunite/admit their relationship?

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  5. Father: Jon Bon Jovi for the father. “Slippery” slope for “Slippery When Wet”. Owns the Philadelphia Soul football team.
    Son: No clue, but son is probably in his late 20s or early 30s I would guess.

    • Image makes me think the son is on the show Turn about the Revolutionary War. Jamie Bell?

  6. Rock star is Jon Bon Jovi
    Actor ?

    Clues : it’s their lives – Bon Jovi song It’s my life, Sippery slope – Slippery When Wet

    Also he is part owner in a football team

  7. Unsure of the son but baby daddy has got to be Jon Bon Jovi….”slippery slope” hint Slippery When Wet

  8. I’m not sure of the actor (Jackson Pace in Homeland?) , but the rock star is definitely Bon Jovi. Clues: he’s a family man (been married for years), one of his albums is “Slippery When Wet” and he has a song called “It’s My Life”.

  9. I don’t know the actor but this is def Jon Bon Jovi!
    Clues: it’s their life=itsmy life, slippery slope= slippery when wet

  11. rockstar is obviously bon jovi (it’s my life)
    drawing a blank on the actor or show. the Patriot fits the show clues (renewed for season 2) but the lead is Australian…

  13. Max Thieriot
    Jon Bon Jovi
    “It’s their lives” – it’s my life, “slippery slope” – slippery when wet,

    • Although I really want to say Jamie Bell because of the Turn reference in the picture and it’s a patriotic show. Yeah, I change my answer to Jamie Bell!

    • Could be right, he’s the right age and his show is patriotic: SEAL Team and it was just renewed for season two. I don’t see much resemble to Bon Jovi though.

  14. David Boreanaz
    Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: patriotic show. David is on seal team
    Jon is known family guy, part owner in a sports team

  16. Actor: Michael Dorman, start of Amazon’s “Patriot”, just renewed for Season 2

    Rock Star: ??

    Clues: Starred in “The Secret Life of Us” (Secret Life of This Actor)

    [Optional] Is there any incentive for them to reunite/admit their relationship? Probably not, but would be interesting, wouldn’t it?

  17. The rock star is definitely Jon Bon Jovi . I’m guessing the actor is Max Thieriot from “SEAL Team”

    Clues: “It’s their lives” “slippery” (when wet)

  18. Actor
    Not sure about the actor – I don’t watch many shows. After some research on current patriotic dramas that were recently renewed, the only one with next to no info about the male star’s father is Patriot’s Michael Dorman. Comparing features, I could convince myself of a likeness, but this may just be cognitive bias.

    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: It’s their lives, Slippery slope refer to Bon Jovi songs/albums
    Patriotic drama, recently renewed

  19. AJ Buckley
    Bono

    The U turn in the picture.

    Also thinking it could be Jon Bon Jovi but I don’t know who the son would be. Max Theiriot?

  21. Actor: no idea
    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues: It’s their lives = song “It’s my life” Slippery slope = album Slippery When Wet

  22. Not sure who the actor is, but guessing the rock star is Bon Jovi.
    Clues: “it’s their lives” refers to the song/album It’s My Life, “slippery slope” = album Slippery When Wet, unique chin

  25. I’ll guess Jackson Pace from Homeland
    Bon Jovi
    Slippery When Wet (also he loves the Patriots) and maybe Dirty Secrets

  28. No idea on actor
    Rock Star Dad- James Taylor
    Clues “family man”-song lyric +”classic songs”
    No incentive to reunite. He and his mother were abandoned by this rock star. There was probably a financial settlement. James Taylor is married with twin boys and still has an “adoring fan base.” He is a super icon in Massachusetts due to his living on Martha’s Vineyard. I have heard he was a real player with groupies and left several of them pregnant. Taylor careful to cover up these…

  30. Actor… no idea

    Rock star … John Bon Jovi

    Clues… slippery slope… first album was Slippery When Wet

  38. Omg

    actor: Michael Dorman of “Patriot”

    Rock star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: “slippery slope” (Slippery When Wet, nice one Ace!), “patriotic” TV series, the description of the rock star (family man / sports fan / etc)… and yeah, they definitely look alike

    Optional: Not that my opinion matters, but this can of worms is probably best left unopened. Imagine the hurt feelings it could cause in both families. Not to mention that I’m sure Michael would rather earn his success on his own.

    • Definitely Michael Dorman..

      He was born in New Zealand – moved to Australia

      On his facebook, his children (son his especially) is totally JBJ’s grandchild!

      Unfortunately, the cat’s out of the bag now.

  39. I don’t watch enough TV to know who the actor is, but I can guess that he’s probably in his late 20s-early 30s, and I’m going to say his dad is Huey Lewis.
    Huey Lewis and The News’s biggest album was called “Sports” and Lewis is not known to have been a druggie or wild back in the day.

    I’ve read that he was known in Hollywood, when he was an actor, to be a legend of Hamm-sian proportions.

    If you catch my drift.

    And I think you do.

  40. Rock star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: ‘it’s their lives’ aka it’s my life, ‘slippery slope’ aka slippery when wet

    No idea who the actor is though

  41. Actor: no clue
    Rock star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues: ‘lives’, ‘slippery’, family man, classic songs

  43. I’m going with Max Theriot from Seal Team and Jon Bon Jovi.
    Same dimple in their chin and the blue eyes.

    • I figured it was Bon Jovi but had no idea of the actor so I googled Max. You’re right, there’s a strong resemblance, not quite as strong as Rowan Farrow and Frank Sinatra, but I think you’re spot on.

  47. Welp this is def. Jon Bon Jovi. Not sure who the son is.
    Clues: Slippery Slope = Slippery When Wet Album. Loves his sport = he co owns Philadelpia Soul. Family man/Middle class family = Jon comes from a humble middle class family out of Sayerville, New Jersey – and he has 3 boys and 1 girl. He’s one of 4 I believe and he’s the oldest. He’s truly a family man – been with Dorothea since they were 17. But he admitted he wasn’t always true and faithful. And there’s the chin.

  49. Actor: Hunter Parish (Quantico)

    Rock Star: Jon Bonjovi

    Clues: it’s their life BonJovi song It’s My Life

    • Meant this as a reply and accidentally made it a regular post!

      You are brilliant. Similar facial architecture, proportions, slight cleft chin and the extremely uncommon trait of one eye placed a little higher than the other (left for both). There’s no way it’s anyone else. Well done.

    • I’ve looked through a lot of the guesses here and your guess of Hunter Parrish is spot on I think. He has many features that are quite similar to Jon Bon Jovi without being too obvious on first look.

    • Definitely agree with this, the side by sides are crazy similar and he can sing beautifully.

    • This! His IMBD says he is 5’7, which he most likely exaggerated a tad, which also fits! Also, Slippery When Wet was their 3rd album title.

    • Hunter Parrish
      JBJ
      I have actually said out loud that Hunter resembles JBJ. And this references his Weeds career “druggy”. However, hunter’s mom does not strike me as the “groupie” type at all! I have my doubts but the jawline is uncanny!

    • So, they totally do look like each other, BUT if you look up a picture of Hunter with his parents he is the spitting image of his dad (Bruce Tharp). They have the same chin and IDENTICAL noses. In my mind it can’t be him.

    • Only thing is Quantico hasn’t been renewed for season 4 yet. Not sure if my guess (Max Theriot) is right, but Seal Team was renewed. I don’t know about the single mom thing. By the quote, I can’t tell if he was raised by a single mom or that his mom did fine without his biological father.

    • This guy totally looks like Bon Jovi

      How * of any father not to acknowledge their child..

    • There are certain photos of Hunter, based on angle and facial expression, that you would swear are a young JBJ.

    • I agree with you as well. I went through all the other candidates and Hunter Parrish is definitely the one who most looks like Jon Bon Jovi.

  51. I can’t figure out who the actor is. But “it’s their lives” + “slippery” = the rock star is Jon Bon Jovi.

  54. Actor: Lucas Till?

    Rock Star: Bon Jovi

    Clues: “It’s their lives” – Bon Jovi song, “It’s my Life”

  55. Ben Rappaport – he’s in For the People
    John Bon Jovi – Family man now, and had not met his wife yet when Ben was born.

  56. All I’ve got is a Bon Jovi vibe. “It’s their lives”

    Interested to see the guesses.

  57. Actor:

    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: “Unique Chin” and “Slippery Slope” His Cleft Chin and “Slippery When Wet” Tour.

  58. Ryan Philippe
    Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: patriotic show, it’s my life.

    Insane if true. He seems so loyal to his HS sweetheart.

  59. Rock Star is Jon Bon Jovi
    Actor is Mike Vogel- The Brave
    Clues- sports, it’s their lives, and slippery slope.

  61. Actor; Possibly Michael Dorman (no idea tbh)
    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi – I guessed this before the clues for some reason but the only clues I got that confirmed my guess were “it’s their lives” from Bon Jovi’s song “It’s My Life”, and “slippery” from Bon Jovi’s album “Slippery When Wet”.

  62. Ok this is really a shot in the dark but…

    Actor: Lucas Till
    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    The Rock star seems more obvious because Bon Jovi is a family man and the “slippery slope” seems like a reference to “slippery when wet”. But I don’t know if Lucas Till (star of the re-booted MacGyver) is really famous enough to warrant a blind item?

  63. Max Theriot
    Jon Bon Jovi

    Patriotic series just renewed: Seal team, he’s been acting since 2004
    Rock Star clues: slippery slope=Slippery When Wet, He’s married, he kids, still touring, just inducted into R&R Hall of fame, owns sports teams and loves football

  67. Don’t know who the actor is but the clues point to Jon Bon Jovi. It’s their lives = It’s My Life a Bon Jovi song. Jon has been married to,his high school sweetheart, has kids and was part owner of the Philadelphia Soul -sports team. Last clue – slippery slope = Slippery When Wet.

  68. It’s got to be Mike Vogel and Jon Bon Jovi.

    *It’s their lives* – Bon Jovi has a song called “It’s My Life”, the description of the rock star fits Jon Bon Jovi to a T, and the chin clue.

    *Slippery* – Bon Jovi has an album called “Slippery When Wet”.

    Now, Mike Vogel’s wiki says he has a dad, but he is the oldest child, so maybe he is adopted by step-dad Vogel? It seems to be the reasonable explanation.

  69. Show: Six (just got a premiere date announced for season 2)
    Rock star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Son: Kyle Schmid

  71. Actor- Max Theiriot (Seal Team, patriotic tv drama)
    Singer- Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues- “slippery” (slippery when wet tour), his wife of 27 years (max is 29 so pre-dates wife), supports the middle class, sports fanatic (was a founder/owner of AFL team Philly Soul), “it’s their lives”=It’s My Life (Bon Jovi song)

  73. Actor – Jake Epstein (Designated Survivor) – total guess here, but he kinda looks like Bon Jovi
    Rock Star – Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues – “it’s their lives” = It’s My Life song
    “slippery slope” = Slippery When Wet album

  75. Actor: Michael Dorman
    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues: show is called The Patriot, Jon Bon Jovi song “ It’s My Life”

  77. OMFG Jon Bon Jovi AUGHGUGHGHH!!! This probably shouldn’t surprise me given that I grew up in the 80s/90s but AUGHGHGH!!!

    Clues: he loves his sports (JBJ owns some sort of sport team), “it’s their lives” (his song “It’s my life”), “slippery slope” (album Slippery When Wet)

    Don’t know who the actor is (working on it – btw I now think every actor under 30 looks like Jon Bon Jovi).

  78. Actor: Michael Dorman
    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues for Actor:
    1)”Secret son”–He was in”The Secret Lives of Us.”
    2) Patriotic tv series: he’s in the “The Patriot”
    3) Born before Bon Jovi married

    Clues for Rockstar:
    1)”It’s their lives”–lyrics to “It’s My Life”
    2) “Slippery Slope”–Slippery When Wet album
    3) The distinctive features: same eyes, smiles!!!, chins

    The things throwing me off are that Dorman is Australian and Bon Jovi has always been a family man,…

    • I was thinking this too but Dorman was born in 1981, and Bon Jovi didn’t form until 1983. Their heyday was more in the mid-late 80s and early 90s, so I’m thinking that’s when he might have had more access to the onslaught of groupies.

  79. Mike Vogel and Jon Bon Jovi bc they look alike in the ways described plus all the clues fit. JBJ is a family man rock star who loves sports and everyone still loves their songs. MV is on Brave and he always has a beard now..to cover that chin?? But he was born in 79 and Bon Jovi was formed in 83, so was it before ?? That’s the only thing that doesn’t really fit..she probably wasn’t a groupie.

  80. Max Thieriot
    Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues -slippery slope/Slippery When Wet
    Loves his sports-owned an arena football team and tried to buy into an NFL team

  81. Actor: I’m stumped, and it’s driving me crazy! Has to be someone on Seal Team, or Valor, The Brave or SWAT, etc. I can’t find someone who is young enough to be his kid though. There is one person who kind of looks like him on imdb- Mike Vogel – but he would have had to father him when he was in high school, so not likely since it says the mom was a groupie, which implies once Bon Jovi was famous.

    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: Slippery slope for Slippery When

  83. I’m not sure on the actor but I’m gonna say the rock star is Jon Bon Jovi.

    Loves his sports- owns an arena football team
    It’s their lives- song called “it’s my life”
    Slippery slope – slippery when wet Bon Jovi album.
    He’s been married to his wife for like 20 years and they have a few kids

  84. Actor: Max Theriot

    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

    Clues: family man, loves his sports, acted since his teens, same unique chin

    Jon is married to his high school sweetheart, they have 4 kids, he tried to buy the Bills, owned at least in part an arena football league team, big Eagles fan.
    Max was in Catch that Kid as a teen, is in Seal Team renewed for 2018-19 season, and they have a similar cleft in their chins

  85. Jon Bon Jovi for the rock star

    Clue:- Slippery (slippery when wet – album), it’s their lives (it’s my life – song)

    Not sure on the actor ?

  87. If Michael Dorman is the PATRIOTic one, I’d guess Jon Bon Jovi. Wowza, they ARE super similar!
    Clue: It’s their lives/It’s my life
    Slippery slope/Slippery When Wet

  88. Son: Michael Dorman The Patriot
    Father: Jon Bon Jovi
    Looking at pictures side by side, similar eyes and mouth

  89. Mike Vogel- The Brave

    John Bon Jovi

    Clues:) slippery slope “ slippery when wet” actor on patriotic show, Bon Jovi is sports supporter and been long time married. Vogel is from Philly area near Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi would have been young though.

  94. I’m going to guess this is Jon Bon Jovi. Clues being ‘it’s their lives’ It’s My Life and ‘slippery’, Slippery When Wet.

    A Google of dramatic, patriotic TV series throws up ‘Patriot’, which I’ve never seen, but looks to have been renewed for another series. The only cast member that I can find that might fit the bill is Michael Dorman (Born ’81 which would make JBJ 19 at the time…) who was in The ‘Secret’ Life of Us. I can’t say whether there’s a family resemblance though.

  95. Unknown actor
    Father:Bon Jovi
    Clues: his sports ( owned/owns some NFL team)
    It’s their lives (it’s my life lyrics)
    Slippery slop (Slippery when wet album)

  96. Actor?

    Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Clues: Slippery Slope…. “slippery” referring to the album “slippery when wet”

    Plus the information on rock stars back ground and how he didn’t go wild.

    • Actor: Kyle Schmid

      Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi

      Take a look at their eyes, their noses, their smiles and especially that same unique chin – they both have a cleft chin.

      Kyle also started acting in his teens, as was pointed out as a clue.

      [Optional] Is there any incentive for them to reunite/admit their relationship?
      Sure, why not, if they both want it? Jon could ask Arnold Schwartzenegger for some advice on how to approach it.

  98. Rod Stewart!! A few hints – the capital R & S in Rock Star and the mention of his love of sport. Also the comment about the unique chin.

  99. Walton Goggins (‘six’ the serie) and Steven Tyler (the rock star), omg google this, the first pic you see off them two!!!

    if you type in both their names,…….

    the comparance is to much, no doubt in my mind its about them…

  100. Rock Star: Jon Bon Jovi
    Actor: Max Thieriot (Seal Team)??
    Clues: “loves…his sports” (Jon was the owner of the Philadelphia Soul AFL team), “It’s their lives” (Bon Jovi song “It’s my life”), “slippery slope” (Bon Jovi album Slippery When Wet)