{"id":489916,"date":"2026-05-18T01:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/489916\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:14:15","slug":"heather-locklear-and-richie-samboras-daughter-ava-marries-longtime-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/489916\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora&#8217;s daughter, Ava, marries longtime boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boyfriend, Lorenzo Lamas<\/a>, while Richie, 66, sat in the same row as 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 nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Farrar is an investment associate at Pacific Partners Real Estate in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora\u2019s daughter Ava Sambora got married on Saturday. She\u2019s seen above at the wedding with her parents. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Ava, 28, (seen with dad Richie) married her longtime boyfriend, Tyler Farrar, in Montecito, California. Dsanchez\/CPR \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 nofollow\">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<p>Locklear attended with her partner Lorenzo Lamas (the two are seen second from left together).  BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Farrar, an investment associate, proposed to Ava in February 2024. (Locklear and Lamas are seen above at the wedding.) BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 nofollow\">\u201cHowie Mandel Does Stuff\u201d podcast,<\/a> Richie said he and Farrar have a close relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Richie said in a 2024 podcast that he and Farrar have a close relationship. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really in love,\u201d Richie said of his daughter and his new son-in-law.  BACKGRID<\/p>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora were the proud parents of the bride, watching their daughter Ava Sambora tie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,11998,19562,18,117,193488,19,17,11997,53729],"class_list":{"0":"post-489916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-children","10":"tag-celebrity-weddings","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-heather-locklear","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-parents","17":"tag-richie-sambora"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116592932623291983","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}