Current:Home > reviewsBilly Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley dances as he performs 'Uptown Girl': Watch -ProsperityStream Academy
Billy Joel's ex-wife Christie Brinkley dances as he performs 'Uptown Girl': Watch
View
Date:2025-04-16 02:28:29
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! (66)
Related
- Immigration issues sorted, Guatemala runner Luis Grijalva can now focus solely on sports
- 2 Mass. Lottery players cash $1 million tickets on the same day
- Sandra Bullock Spreads Late Partner Bryan Randall's Ashes in Wyoming
- Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer says he's grown up, not having casual sex anymore
- Blake Lively’s Inner Circle Shares Rare Insight on Her Life as a Mom to 4 Kids
- Jets QB Aaron Rodgers reaches new low with grudge-filled attack on Jimmy Kimmel
- Former Guatemalan president released on bond; leaves prison for first time since 2015
- Trump’s lawyers want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt in 2020 election interference case
- RFK Jr. grilled again about moving to California while listing New York address on ballot petition
- Court records bring new, unwanted attention to rich and famous in Jeffrey Epstein’s social circle
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- A return to the moon and a rare eclipse among 5 great space events on the horizon in 2024
- After exit of Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman paints bull's-eye on diversity programs
- Poor schools are prepared to return to court if Pennsylvania budget falls short on funding plan
- Boy who wandered away from his 5th birthday party found dead in canal, police say
- Georgia deputy fatally struck by Alabama police car in high-speed chase across state lines
- Horoscopes Today, January 4, 2024
- Iowa school shooting live updates: 6th grade student dead, 5 others injured in Perry High School shooting, suspect identified
Recommendation
Louisiana high court temporarily removes Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from Baton Rouge bench amid probe
Trump’s lawyers want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt in 2020 election interference case
Michigan vs. Washington national title game marks the end of college football as we know it
The Book Report: Ron Charles' favorite novels of 2023
Michigan lawmaker who was arrested in June loses reelection bid in Republican primary
Former Harvard president Claudine Gay speaks out about her resignation in New York Times op-ed
Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge
Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments while he was president, House Democrats say