Billy Joel married Alexis Roderick in 2015: a love story

Alexis Roderick married Billy Joel in 2015, six years after their first meeting. They first met at a restaurant in Huntington, New York, where both had come with friends, according to The New Yorker. At the time, she was working as a risk manager at Morgan Stanley. He took her number, finished lunch, and called her from the restaurant to ask for a ride home. She drove him home to Centre Island on the north shore of Long Island, and he invited her inside.

Billy initially offered to play something for her. She declined. He did it anyway. «It seemed like he couldn’t help but be 'Billy Joel' at that moment», - she told The New Yorker. After that, she went home («Maybe I got a little cheeky», - Billy admitted.) After that, they started dating, and in 2015, after Billy convinced her to quit her job on Wall Street, they got married. At the time, Alexis was pregnant with their first child. She gave birth to Della Rose Joel in August 2015. In October 2017, she gave birth to their second child, Remy Anne Joel.

Katie Lee (b. 1981) is a chef, cookbook author, and culinary television critic. She is known for her appearances on The Kitchen on Food Network and Beach Bites with Katie Lee on Cooking Channel. She has also appeared on Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network.

Billy and Katie met in 2003. «I really thought Billy Joel had two hits», - she told Oprah.com. «I thought it was 'Uptown Girl' and 'Piano Man,' and that was it». He was visiting New York when he met Katie at a rooftop bar at the Penisula hotel.

«I came out of the bathroom, and who do I almost run into but him», - she says. Her friends asked Billy to join them for drinks, and from there they went to dinner. «We had a great dinner, we had pasta and white truffles, and he was really trying to impress me», - she said. «I would say it was love at first bite, because we had such a good dinner, and we both love food, so that’s what brought us together».

Billy made his move when they went to see Movin' Out, a Broadway musical based on Billy’s music. «We're going there, and he sings the last two songs of the show — jumps on stage, really performs», - she said. «I thought he went there every night and sang the last two songs of the show. I didn’t know it was for me!»

Despite the 32-year age difference, Billy’s youthful spirit and Katie’s maturity made their romance work for at least a few years. They got married in 2004. Five years later, they announced they were separating. «This decision was the result of careful consideration. Billy and Katie remain caring friends with admiration and respect for each other», - the couple said in a statement, according to the New York Post.

Perhaps Billy’s most famous relationship was with Christie Brinkley. The couple met in 1983 while both were vacationing in St. Barth. «I was going through a divorce and separation», - he told Rolling Stone magazine in 1986. «I had just finished a tour, and I was exhausted. Paul Simon rented a house in a place called St. Bart, this island in the Caribbean Sea, and he said, 'Look, it’s great here. It’s really quiet. Just relax.' It seemed like a good idea to me. When I was making a connecting flight — you fly to St. Martin, then take a regional plane — I saw Christie Brinkley. I recognized her immediately. She was more beautiful than in the photos — 'Oh, wow, it’s Christie Brinkley. I wonder if she knows who I am.' So I did what I call the album cover — I tried to look like I do on the album cover. I showed myself from all sides. She didn’t recognize me from any wall»