Billy Joel’s ex-wife Elizabeth Weber is opening up about the place she stands with the famed singer after their notorious affair and almost decade-long marriage.
“If I wanna discuss to him or if I’ve one thing to say, I’m able to contact him every time I wish to,” Weber solely instructed Us Weekly on Friday, August 8. “However he has a spouse and he has youngsters and proper now, he’s battling one thing that’s… that’s a giant factor.”
In Could, Joel, 76, canceled the remaining dates of his 2025 tour after revealing he had been recognized with regular strain hydrocephalus, a mind situation through which an irregular quantity of cerebrospinal fluid builds up, inflicting strolling, reminiscence, steadiness and bladder management issues.
“So, [our relationship] is as shut because it must be for 2 individuals who determined to divorce 40 years in the past,” Weber continued, including that “in fact” she reaches out to her ex amid his well being prognosis.
Billy Joel and ex-wife Christie Brinkley have remained on good phrases within the years after their divorce. The previous couple tied the knot in March 1985, welcoming daughter Alexa that December. After almost 10 years of marriage, Joel and Brinkley divorced in August 1994. (Joel additionally shares daughters Della and Remy along with his fourth spouse, […]
Weber first met Joel when she was married to his greatest buddy and former bandmate, Jon Small. The pair engaged in a subsequent affair, which led to the band breaking apart and Joel battling a extreme melancholy that included two suicide makes an attempt. (The affair and its aftermath have been mentioned within the two-part HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which premiered in July.)
The pair later reconnected after Weber’s divorce and married in 1973, occurring to spend almost 10 years collectively earlier than ending their marriage in 1982. Joel went on to marry Christie Brinkley in 1985, welcoming daughter Alexa Ray Joel earlier than calling it quits in 1994. Joel then married cookbook writer Katie Lee in 2004 — the pair divorced 5 years later in 2009. In 2015, Joel married Alex Roderick. The pair share two youngsters, Della Rose Joel and Remy Anne Joel.
Billy Joel and spouse Elizabeth Weber circa 1981 in New York Metropolis. Robin Platzer/Pictures/Getty Pictures
Weber, for her half, shares a son, Sean Weber-Small, together with her first husband.
Whereas talking with Us, Weber mentioned that her son and her grandchildren additionally know and are even considerably near Joel.
“I’ve my grandchildren that he is aware of they usually know him,” she defined. “My granddaughter Ella taught Invoice what TikTok was and confirmed him what was taking place. And his relationship with Sean is vital to each of them.”
Not solely is Billy Joel the piano man, however he’s additionally a devoted household man. Two years after parting methods along with his first spouse, Elizabeth Weber, Joel tied the knot with actress and mannequin Christie Brinkley in 1985. That very same yr, the duo turned mother and father with the beginning of their daughter, Alexa. Joel and Brinkley […]
She added, “So, we’re not distant however we’re, you already know, and he lives in Florida and I stay in California. However it’s all good. “
Weber mentioned that her son Sean and Joel “have been very shut,” including that in their marriage the three “lived on high of the mountain.”
“We entertained one another,” she defined. “Invoice and I labored all day lengthy and the entire writing course of was by no means accomplished — within the years that Invoice and I have been collectively — was by no means accomplished remotely or in [a] studio. It occurred in our front room, and Sean was an integral half.”
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