Current:Home > InvestBilly Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley dances as he performs 'Uptown Girl': Watch -AssetTrainer
Billy Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley dances as he performs 'Uptown Girl': Watch
View
Date:2025-04-18 14:12:07
The uptown girl herself is still living in her uptown world.
Billy Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley danced along as he performed "Uptown Girl," the song he wrote about her, during a recent show at Madison Square Garden, according to a video shared on TikTok. The model, 70, was seen swaying and singing the hit track with a huge grin on her face.
Released in 1983, "Uptown Girl" was famously inspired by Brinkley, whom Joel would later marry in 1985. They divorced in 1994. Brinkley also appeared in the music video for the song.
In a 2010 interview on "The Howard Stern Show," Joel explained that when he first started writing "Uptown Girl," he was dating Elle MacPherson, and the original title was "Uptown Girls." But as he continued working on the song and ended his relationship with MacPherson, "rather than it be about all these different girls, (Brinkley) became the uptown girl," Joel said.
"I started writing it about one person," he added, disputing claims that the song was not about Brinkley.
Joel and Brinkley share one child together, 38-year-old Alexa Ray Joel. He was previously married to Elizabeth Weber until 1982, and he was married to Katie Lee from 2004 to 2009. He has been married to Alexis Roderick since 2015. Joel and Roderick share two daughters: Della Rose Joel, 8, and Remy Anne Joel, 6.
In 2019, Brinkley told Yahoo Entertainment that she still has fond memories of "Uptown Girl" and loves the fact that it's associated with her.
"Being the 'Uptown Girl' was really fun and it remains really fun to have a theme song," she told the outlet. "You know, you go into tennis and they play it. You go here or on a talk show and they play it as you walk out. It's really fun to have a theme song, you know? How many (people) get to have that?"
Interview:Billy Joel talks 100th MSG show, getting to 'hang out' with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
Joel has been performing at Madison Square Garden since January 2014, and he's set to conclude his record-setting run on July 25. The landmark 100th show of his residency was televised on CBS on April 14 and later rebroadcast after ending early during his performance of "Piano Man."
Contributing: Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY
veryGood! (36259)
Related
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Jennifer Lopez Shares Rare Videos of Twins Emme and Max on 15th Birthday, Proving Love Don’t Cost a Thing
- Gisele Bündchen Is Unrecognizable With Red Hot Transformation
- Golf allows me to pursue perfection, all while building a community
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval Calls Lala Kent a Bully Who Needs a Hobby as Feud Heats Up
- Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel
- From Slayer to Tito Puente, drummer Dave Lombardo changes tempo
- Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
- Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case
Ranking
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Goldbergs' AJ Michalka Reveals Why She Has It Easy as Co-Star Hayley Orrantia's Bridesmaid
- For May the 4th, Carrie Fisher of 'Star Wars' gets a Hollywood Walk of Fame star
- 'Succession,' Season 4, Episode 5, 'Kill List'
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Belarus dictator Lukashenko, a key Putin ally, lauds China's peaceful foreign policy before meeting Xi Jinping
- Marriage and politics are tough negotiations in 'The Diplomat'
- Pete Davidson is an endearing work in progress in 'Bupkis'
Recommendation
'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96
Comic Roy Wood Jr. just might be the host 'The Daily Show' (and late night TV) need
Pink Recalls Losing Out on Song “Beautiful” to Christina Aguilera
'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
In 'Book Club: The Next Chapter,' the ladies live, laugh, and love in Italy
A Black, trans journey through TV and film; plus, inside Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' tour
'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance