Billy Joel's Daughter: I "Wasn't Surprised" by Dad's Split

Us Magazine - June 18, 2009 5:09 AM PDT
Story photo: Billy Joel's Daughter: I Alexa Ray Joel and Billy Joel attend "The Comfort Table" by Katie Lee Joel book launch on April 1, 2008 in New York City. Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comUs Magazine
Alexa Ray Joel says she is standing by her dad Billy Joel, who announced Wednesday that he is splitting from his third wife, Katie Lee.

"I was the first person that he came to [with the news]," she told Usmagazine.com Wednesday at the 6th Annual Wayuu Taya Foundation Gala in NYC. "You can't just trust everybody, and I like knowing that my father can talk to me in the same way that I come to him. I'm just supporting him right now."

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Reports have linked Lee, 27, to 36-year-old Israeli-born fashion designer Yigal Azrouel, who has frequently escorted her to events. But a source tells Us that "had nothing to do" with the split and that Joel, 60, and Lee had just grown "apart" after five years of marriage.

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Alexa Ray tells Us she "wasn't surprised" when she heard the split news.

"I have a pretty good women's intuition, so I can tell," she said. "I know my dad pretty well, so Im behind him."

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Alexa Ray's mother Christie Brinkley went through a rough divorce last year with ex Peter Cook.



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  • hink221@...
    his daughter is being kind ...call her the c word alexia she fits the bill...
    report abuseposted June 19, 2009 10:50 AM PDT
  • hink221@...
    his daughter is being kind ...call her the c word alexia she fits the bill...
    report abuseposted June 19, 2009 10:50 AM PDT
  • Cheerleader
    This is a desperate old man to try and find love with a woman who is the same age as his daughter!!!! Please date your own age next time..........I'm sure you'll have a more lasting marriage that way.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 8:54 AM PDT
  • Anonymous
    Pat, I totally agree. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley need to reconcile. She is the mother of his only child, he is the godfather and even babysitter to her other children, and they are still on super friendly terms. Sometimes the grass isnt' always greener on the other side, and it takes a string of failed relationships to realize it.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
  • Anonymous
    Pat, I totally agree. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley need to reconcile. She is the mother of his only child, he is the godfather and even babysitter to her other children, and they are still on super friendly terms. Sometimes the grass isnt' always greener on the other side, and it takes a string of failed relationships to realize it.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
  • Anonymous
    Pat, I totally agree. Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley need to reconcile. She is the mother of his only child, he is the godfather and even babysitter to her other children, and they are still on super friendly terms. Sometimes the grass isnt' always greener on the other side, and it takes a string of failed relationships to realize it.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
  • Cakes
    I agree, they still have love there and a child.
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 6:30 AM PDT
  • Pat
    Billy and Cristy should get back together now
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 5:16 AM PDT

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