Saturday, August 15, 2026

UPDATE Frankie Valli Insists Not Ending Career, Brother Recants: “I Apologize, I misunderstood, I was under the impression my brother was retiring”

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UPDATED

I’m not surprised.

Frankie Valli issued a terse one sentence response to his brother Bobby’s post.

Frankie wrote on Twitter: “In spite of what you might have heard, I am not retired.”

Bobby responded on Facebook: “I apologize, I was misinformed. I was under the impression my brother Frankie was retiring. Hoping for him to have a speedy recovery. to continue his illustrious career!”

We learned a lot today. Frankie thinks at 92 he’s still going to do the circuit singing “My Eyes Adore You.” If you see him doing that, call the police. He should absolutely not be working unless he plans to die on stage — which is always possible.

Frankie married his fourth wife, Jackie Jacobs, three years ago. She’s 30 years his junior and should be insisting on it.

Meantime, we learned a little about Bobby Valli courtesy of his Facebook page. He’s an unrepentant MAGA who rails against immigration — even though the Valli’s came here from Italy. His Facebook page is filled with hate filled rants on the subject, and also voting fraud. He actually believes immigrants will bring Sharia law to the US. (See below.)

Bobby, as evidenced from his social media, spends his time performing Four Seasons songs at backyard barbecues.

And that was Friday. Let’s try and forget any of this happened.

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