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Christie Brinkley’s ex-husband Billy Joel serenades her at concert 30 years after split
The supermodel, 70, was spotted at Joel’s concert in New York City on Friday. In video obtained by Fox News Digital, Brinkley looked elated as she swayed back and forth to “Uptown Girl,” a song Joel wrote about her in 1983. She was broadcast on the jumbotron for the whole crowd to see.
Another angle of the moment, captured and shared on TikTok, shows Brinkley singing along.
Although the couple divorced in 1994, the two have remained friends. They share a daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, who also performed on Friday at Joel’s concert.
The “Piano Man” singer is finishing up his residency at Madison Square Garden, which began in Jan. 2014 and will end in July 2024.
In 2010, Joel finally confirmed that “Uptown Girl” was written about Brinkley (she did appear in the music video), although he explained that there was more to the story.
“I wasn’t even dating Christie when I started writing the song, I was dating Elle [Macpherson],” Joel shared on “The Howard Stern Show.” He remembered a moment when he was surrounded by Brinkley, Macpherson and Whitney Houston while he was working on the song.