Christie Brinkley reveals Billy Joel’s three final words to her before she left him
Billy Joel revealed he was devastated when second wife Christie Brinkley left him during their nine-year marriage that ended in divorce in I realized love is not concrete the Uptown Girl singer stated the producers in the second part of his documentary Bill Joel And So it Goes He added You know you feel like it is but there are things eating away at it and in the end it all catches up And it s hard And I was so devastated An obviously emotional Brinkley announced she had tried CHRISTIE BRINKLEY RECOUNTS THE DEVASTATING PERSONAL MOMENT THAT NEARLY BROKE HER I craved it to work I knew how lucky I was having music and all that but it just didn t work she explained The former couple met in in St Barts They married in and soon had their only daughter Alexa Ray Joel Our relationship went from lots of fun and really totally enjoying each other to his work consuming him and if I did go on the road I wasn t seeing him because the unwind period after the show was going on so late into the night and it s like What am I even doing here Brinkley reported And I just got like I don t even know what to do but I can t be lonely just me and Alexa in this big old house that was supposed to be so full of life and love and music and laughter and all that Things were starting to deteriorate Joel explained it was a hard time for him because they were newly married and had a young daughter but he was on the road a lot of the time CHRISTIE BRINKLEY ADMITS SHE'S A 'FOOL FOR LOVE' DESPITE FOUR FAILED MARRIAGES I was in a relationship with someone who I cared deeply about but I was not able to be at home he disclosed I was not able to be with my family It was a very sad time for me The -year-old reported he thinks his daughter knew he and Brinkley were going to split up And for a child that s a very traumatic thing he stated Joel s own parents divorced when he was years old around the same age as Alexa when he and Brinkley divorced in but Joel s father left after the divorce and he didn t see him again until he was in his s CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER She needed to know I d dependably be there the Piano Man singer explained of his own daughter now years old I don t think it s a secret that his drinking got pretty bad and he couldn t really remember what he did when he was drinking so he didn t really know how he could hurt people Brinkley added She mentioned she would pretend to be asleep when he came into their bedroom drunk cause I didn t want to see him in that condition LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSHolding back tears she added One night we had an argument and I stated I really can t take this anymore and I m just going to take Alexa back up to New York and leave and he announced Yeah fine go True love isn t perpetually floating on clouds and ecstasy Joel stated the producers over the lyrics of And So it Goes A lot of it s pain Joel would go on to marry celebrity chef Katie Lee in They divorced five years later and he married his current wife Alexis Roderick in They share two daughters Before his marriage to Brinkley Joel was married to Elizabeth Small from until CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe first part of Billy Joe And So it Goes premiered last Friday on HBO and for streaming on HBO Max The second part premieres Friday July on HBO and HBO Max at p m
