{"id":2463,"date":"2026-05-17T19:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/heather-locklear-and-richie-samboras-daughter-ava-marries-longtime-boyfriend\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:43:01","slug":"heather-locklear-and-richie-samboras-daughter-ava-marries-longtime-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/heather-locklear-and-richie-samboras-daughter-ava-marries-longtime-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora&#8217;s daughter, Ava, marries longtime boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128053953.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora were the proud parents of the bride, watching their daughter Ava Sambora tie the knot on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ava, 28, married her longtime boyfriend, Tyler Farrar, in front of friends and family at an outdoor ceremony in Montecito, California.<\/p>\n<p>Locklear, 64, attended the nuptials with her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/29\/celebrity-news\/lorenzo-lamas-breaks-silence-on-heather-locklear-romance\/\">boyfriend, Lorenzo Lamas<\/a>, while Richie, 66, sat next to his ex.<\/p>\n<p>Ava is an actress and model with a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from Loyola Marymount University and a master\u2019s degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Southern California. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tyler-farrar-739684186\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Farrar is an investment associate at Pacific Partners Real Estate in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora\u2019s daughter Ava Sambora got married on Saturday. She\u2019s seen above at the wedding with her parents. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ava, 28, (seen with dad Richie) married her longtime boyfriend, Tyler Farrar, in Montecito, California. <span class=\"credit\">Dsanchez\/CPR \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The young couple first appeared on Ava\u2019s social media in March 2019 with a St. Patrick\u2019s Day-themed post. \u201cMy lucky charm \ud83c\udf40,\u201d she captioned a photo of herself sitting on Farrar\u2019s lap in green.<\/p>\n<p>Farrar featured a photo of Ava in 2018.He <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/heather-locklears-daughter-ava-sambora-engaged-to-tyler-farrar\/\">proposed in February 2024<\/a>, surrounded by a white rose-festooned arch and candles. \u201cHard launch!\u201d the duo captioned their joint post of sunset photos.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Ava had a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ava-sambora-celebrates-bridal-shower-ahead-of-wedding-to-tyler-farrar-11969883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floral-themed bridal shower<\/a>. She shared photos to social media showing the gift boxes, a table covered in blooms and Ava posing alongside her mom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Locklear attended with her partner Lorenzo Lamas (the two are seen second from left together).  <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Farrar, an investment associate, proposed to Ava in February 2024. (Locklear and Lamas are seen above at the wedding.) <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe most beautiful bridal shower,\u201d Ava wrote in the caption. \u201cThank you to all the amazing women who hosted, organized, and attended this special day. I am beyond grateful for each of them, especially my mama, God mother Juliet, future mother in law Mary, and sister Monica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/05\/28\/ava-sambora-wears-mom-heather-locklears-20-year-old-bon-jovi-shirt\/\">former Bon Jovi guitarist <\/a>has given the thumbs-up on his new son-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>During a November 2024 appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dh8t00ED7CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHowie Mandel Does Stuff\u201d podcast,<\/a> Richie said he and Farrar have a close relationship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richie said in a 2024 podcast that he and Farrar have a close relationship. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey\u2019re really in love,\u201d Richie said of his daughter and his new son-in-law.  <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, you know, my speech [at the engagement party] was they\u2019re really in love. I love the kid,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean I\u2019ve taken him on vacation. I like to put him right in the limelight so I get to know him, I get to see him, we get to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/17\/parents\/heather-locklear-and-richie-samboras-daughter-ava-marries-longtime-boyfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora were the proud parents of the bride, watching their daughter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128053953.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}