Richie Sambora tells DailyMailTV about why he left the band

Rocker Richie Sambora is speaking out about Jon Bon Jovi's claims that he wished he 'had his life together' and didn't leave the band years ago for 'personal reasons'. Speaking to DailyMailTV in an exclusive interview, Sambora opened up about his decision to leave the band in 2013 to take care of daughter Ava, now 23. 'Obviously it hurts and you know, breaking up is hard to do,' Sambora said from his home in Calabasas, California. 'I was in a situation and it was not easy to make that decision to leave the band and the fans.'I was in a dire situation with my family and I had to make a tough decision and I did and I'm sure people weren't happy about it,' he said.  As far as Bon Jovi's comments, Sambora laughed and said, 'When people say I don't have my life together - are you kidding me? I'm the happiest dude on the block.'  Sambora's comments come after Bon Jovi launched into a monologue about Sambora, 61, in a recent interview, saying: 'There's not a day that goes by that I don't wish that Richie had his life together and was still in the band.'In a weird way, it's because of his inability to get it together anymore that we went on and wrote [the album] This House Is Not For Sale.'  Sambora famously left the popular group in April 2013 for 'personal reasons' after three decades with the band.. The two married in 1994 but divorced in 2007. In the subsequent years after their divorce, Locklear struggled.There were 911 calls placed over concern about her mental health and safety, a DUI arrest, medical facility visits and a domestic violence arrest. But Sambora now says that despite Bon Jovi's latest comments, there is no bad blood or 'war of words' between the two.  'We've had our ups and downs throughout the years as any married couple have,' he said of their relationship. 'Jon and I spent more time together than we spent with our families because him and I wrote the songs.'But as you see now, my daughter just graduated on the dean's list from LSU as a psychology major and she's gone on to grad school now. And so and it's just, you know, she and I have just been really fantastic and we just have a great relationship.'Asked if he would ever consider rejoining the band, he said, 'It would have to be a special situation for me to go back, but I'm certainly not counting it out. I have no malice toward that band.'Sambora even spoke about his ex-wife Heather Locklear, saying, 'I love Heather now more than when we first met,' he said. 'We still maintain a friendship and realize that we are definitely bound by blood and family. Whatever I had to do to support her, I did' he said.  A close friend of Sambora's had slammed Bon Jovi for the low-ball comment, previously telling DailyMail.com that the singer is only commenting on his old friend to 'become relevant' and labeled him a 'low class rock star.'They added: 'This is a desperate attempt to discredit Sambora for leaving Bon Jovi when Sambora was forced to leave the band in 2013 because his daughter

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