Join Fox News to get access to this content, plus special access to featured articles and other premium content with your account – for free. Please enter a valid email address. By entering your email and clicking continue, you agree to the Fox News Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, including our Financial Incentive Notice. To access the content, check your email and follow the instructions provided. Having trouble? Click here.

It’s their life and feud now and forever, but fans are still curious about the relationship between former Bon Jovi band members Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora ahead of the release of their new documentary series.

The band’s frontman says that despite both rockers being involved in Hulu’s upcoming “Thank You Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” communication between the two has stalled.

“Not a word. “That was [director] Gotham Chopra,” he told Ultimate Classic Rock of Sambora’s involvement. “This is not a joke and this is not bull—,” he added of the docuseries.

JON BON JOVI ON WHAT HE’S MOST PROUD OF IN HIS 40-YEAR MUSIC CAREER: ‘IT’S AFTER THE WORD’

Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi has said that he and former bandmate Richie Sambora “have no contact.” (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

“It’s not like we’re pulling strings behind the scenes. Oh, no, no, no. They interviewed Richie in London. I wasn’t there. I had nothing to do with that,” he explained. “I haven’t seen the [finished] product yet.”

Sambora abruptly left the band in April 2013, hours before the band was set to play a show in Calgary. Canadian musician Phil X filled in for Sambora, as he had done when Sambora entered rehab in 2011, for the remainder of Bon Jovi’s tour. He became the band’s official lead guitarist in 2016.

Phil X, pictured performing with Bon Jovi, officially became the band’s lead guitarist in 2016. (Getty Images)

Bon Jovi says he and Sambora are not on speaking terms now.

“We don’t talk because he’s not in the band anymore,” Bon Jovi explained of their fractious relationship. “It doesn’t mean there’s no love forever, but it’s been 11 years since he’s been around.”

While Jon Bon Jovi doesn’t claim to have a bad relationship with Richie Sambora, he says the two men don’t speak. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

“There were emotional issues that he was dealing with as a single dad, and there were substance abuse issues that you know… Phil X had to come out one time, and then Phil X had to come out another time. And then.” , again, “there’s a show that night. What are we going to do?” Bon Jovi asked.

In 2020, Sambora spoke candidly about his decision to leave the band.

“Obviously it wasn’t a popular decision, but there was really almost no other choice. I had to do a lot of conscious work around that.” [my personal life],” he told People magazine.

Richie Sambora has finally left Bon Jovi to focus on his family. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

“We’ve been through a lot together. It was a time of family psyche,” he shared. “You know, I’m no angel. But I realized, Ava needed me there at that time. Family had to come first, and that’s what happened.”

Sambora shares daughter Ava with ex-wife and actress Heather Locklear, who also has substance abuse issues.

“When I look back and start listing the trips … 18 and a half months on the road, 52 countries … It’s like, wow. It’s time to take a break. We did it 14 times over a period of 31 years,” Sambora said.

The Hulu docuseries about the rock band will premiere April 26 and be released in four parts