Jake Bongiovi's Mom Dorothea Hurley Says She's Excited for Millie Bobby Brown to Be Her Daughter-in-Law

"The Millie I know is sweet, sensitive, loving, smart and beautiful," Dorothea Hurley said at the 2023 Glamour Woman of the Year Awards Event

 Millie Bobby Brown, and Dorothea Hurley
Millie Bobby Brown and Dorothea Hurley. Photo:

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Dorothea Hurley can't wait to welcome another woman to the family.

On Tuesday, Hurley, 61, shared how happy she is for Millie Bobby Brown to become an official member of the family as she presented her future daughter-in-law with the first-ever global honoree for Glamour Woman of the Year award. Brown, 19, is currently engaged to Hurley's son, Jake Bongiovi, whom she shares with Jon Bon Jovi.

"I'm here tonight to present an extraordinary award an extraordinary human, Millie Bobby Brown," Hurley said during her speech at the event in New York City. "Millie has been a force of nature pretty much since birth."

"The Millie I know is sweet, sensitive, loving, smart and beautiful," she continued. "But the thing that's most special to me is she loves my wonderful son Jake. Soon she will be my daughter-in-law, and I couldn't be happier or more proud."

Brown accepted the award by thanking her future mother-in-law for the kinds words. She said: "Dorothea has raised her son, my fiancé, to feel comfortable around strong women, to see women as equals and to be an ally. I'm so lucky to know you."

Following the event Jake posted a photo of him and his bride-to-be on the red carpet on Instagram. In the picture, the couple – both dressed in black – have their hands around each other.

"There was not a dry eye in the house mine definitely weren’t. Congratulations sweetheart you deserve it ❤️," Jake captioned the picture.

Brown also shared her own Instagram post with two different photos. The first being a solo. The second being a photo of her, Jake and Hurley.

"Such a wonderful night filled with love and celebration. To have both my mum and dad plus my American mom there for me, I felt so loved! And my fiancé, who I love immensely! I felt so special. Yay me. Yay women. @glamourmag#GlamourWOTY," she captioned her post.

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Millie Bobby Brown hugs Dorothea Hurley.

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The pair first went Instagram official with their relationship in November 2021. At the time, Brown posted a photo on her Instagram sharing a kiss with Bongiovi while riding the London Eye.

The actress and son of rock frontman Bon Jovi announced their engagement in April.

In September, the Stranger Things star, discussed her relationship with her fiancé on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James radio show in London.

“I am engaged. It’s nice, it’s fun, it does feel different,” Brown, who was there to discuss her debut novel Nineteen Stepstold host James. “People were like, ‘it’s not going to be any different’ — I’m like, it kind of is though."

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