Sammy Hagar, aka the Red Rocker and former frontman of Van Halen, recently shared how he managed both a successful love life and music career.
“My wife goes on the road, she goes everywhere with me,” he told Fox News Digital. “We are together 24/7.”
Sammy is proud of his choice to integrate his personal life with his professional life.
“I can’t tell you how I enjoy having a partner every time something good happens,” he continued. “I don’t want to share that by myself. I don’t want to live in a beautiful home, drive fast cars and walk on a beautiful beach without my wife, you know? It’s really important to have a partner that supports you and that you want to be with and be around, and that’s Kari.”
Sammy and Kari met in the early 1990s on a Van Halen tour. According to Kari, the two “instantly just clicked.”
Sammy admitted to trying to “put the moves on her” but got rejected. However, at a later concert, they reconnected. The rockstar revealed that after just a few days of distance from her, he “kept thinking about her.”
Sammy Hagar Reveals What He Did ‘Right’ in Both Love and Music
Sammy and Kari quickly fell in love and married in 1995. Soon after, they had two daughters — Kama, 28, and Samantha, 23. The girls also joined their father on the road.
“We packed our kids up, took them out on the road, and sometimes I didn’t tour in the winter because … my kids were in school,” Sammy said. “I did it right.”
Sammy also has two sons — Andrew and Aaron — with his ex-wife, Betsy Berardi. Last year, Andrew told Fox News Digital that his dad “has been really supportive, and he’s such a great human being.”
It’s evident that Sammy is a family man through and through — something he wears as a badge of honor.
This story’s featured image is by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
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