Here's What Really Led To Billy Joel And Christie Brinkley's Divorce
Despite appearing to be an unlikely couple on the surface, people were still shocked by the news that Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were divorcing after nine years of marriage. Entertainment Weekly reported that there had been no rumors of cheating from either side and that the union had shown no signs of deterioration before their breakup. Both parties remained schtum on their reasons for the separation, and Brinkley and Joel remained friends after the divorce, focusing on co-parenting their daughter, Alexa Joel, together.
However, as EW noted, there were a few clues as to why things went south. It had been a rebound relationship for them both as Joel was fresh from divorcing his first wife, Elizabeth Weber, and the divorced Brinkley had just split from Oliver Chandon, whom she'd dated for years. And it appears that the two were on totally different wavelengths. "Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person," Brinkley said following the split.
Things became even clearer after the model married for a third time, just eight months after their divorce. Per People, Brinkley, who was four months pregnant, said "I do" to realtor Ricky Taubman in December 1994. The magazine reported that Brinkley confessed that two years before they officially split, her marriage to Joel had "pretty much disintegrated." She blamed his grueling tour schedule and her desire to relocate to California while he wanted to remain on the East Coast.
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