Billy Joel reveals his heartbreak over divorce from Christie Brinkley

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Billy Joel mentioned he was "devastated" when second spouse Christie Brinkley left him throughout their nine-year marriage that resulted in divorce in 1994.

"I noticed love just isn't concrete," the "Uptown Lady" singer instructed the producers within the second a part of his documentary "Invoice Joel: And So it Goes." He added, "You realize, you are feeling like it's, however there are issues consuming away at it, and ultimately all of it catches up. And it’s onerous. And I used to be so devastated."

An clearly emotional Brinkley mentioned she had tried.

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Billy Joel mentioned he was "devastated" when Christie Brinkley left him throughout their nine-year marriage that resulted in divorce in 1994. (Robin Platzer/Photographs/Getty Photographs)

"I needed it to work. I knew how fortunate I used to be, having music and all that, nevertheless it simply didn’t work," she defined.

The previous couple met in 1983 in St. Barts. They married in 1985 and shortly had their solely daughter, Alexa Ray Joel .

"Our relationship went from a lot of enjoyable and actually completely having fun with one another to his work consuming him, and if I did go on the street, I wasn’t seeing him as a result of the unwind interval after the present was happening so late into the night time, and it’s like ‘What am I even doing right here?’" Brinkley mentioned. "And I simply obtained like ‘I don’t even know what to do, however I can’t be lonely simply me and Alexa on this huge outdated home that was speculated to be so vigorous and love and music and laughter and all that.’ Issues have been beginning to deteriorate."

Joel mentioned it was a tough time for him as a result of they have been newly married and had a younger daughter, however he was on the street lots of the time.

"I noticed love just isn't concrete. You realize, you are feeling like it's, however there are issues consuming away at it, and ultimately all of it catches up. And it’s onerous. And I used to be so devastated."

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"I used to be in a relationship with somebody who I cared deeply about, however I used to be not capable of be at house," he mentioned. "I used to be not capable of be with my household. It was a really unhappy time for me."

The 76-year-old mentioned he thinks his daughter knew he and Brinkley have been going to separate up.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel shortly after they met in 1983. (Sonia Moskowitz/Photographs/Getty Photographs)

"And for a kid that’s a really traumatic factor," he mentioned.

Joel’s personal mother and father divorced when he was 8 years outdated, across the identical age as Alexa when he and Brinkley divorced in 1994, however Joel’s father left after the divorce, and he didn’t see him once more till he was in his 20s.

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"She wanted to know I’d all the time be there," the "Piano Man" singer mentioned of his personal daughter, now 39 years outdated.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel with their daughter Alexa in 1988. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Photographs)

"I don’t assume it’s a secret that his ingesting obtained fairly dangerous, and he couldn’t actually keep in mind what he did when he was ingesting, so he didn’t actually know the way he may damage folks," Brinkley added.

She mentioned she would fake to be asleep when he got here into their bed room drunk, "‘trigger I didn’t wish to see him in that situation."

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Holding again tears, Christie Brinkley mentioned, "One night time, we had an argument and I mentioned, ‘I actually can’t take this anymore, and I’m simply going to take Alexa again as much as New York and go away, and he mentioned, ‘Yeah, superb, go.’" (Vinnie Zuffanate/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Photographs)

Holding again tears, she added, "One night time, we had an argument and I mentioned, ‘I actually can’t take this anymore, and I’m simply going to take Alexa again as much as New York and go away, and he mentioned, ‘Yeah, superb, go.’"

"Real love isn’t all the time floating on clouds and ecstasy," Joel instructed the producers over the lyrics of "And So it Goes."

"A variety of it’s ache."

Joel would go on to marry superstar chef Katie Lee in 2004. They divorced 5 years later, and he married his present spouse, Alexis Roderick , in 2015. They share two daughters. Earlier than his marriage to Brinkley, Joel was married to Elizabeth Small from 1973 till 1983.

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The first part of "Billy Joe: And So it Goes" premiered final Friday on HBO and for streaming on HBO Max. The second half premieres Friday, July 25 on HBO and HBO Max at 8 p.m.