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Christie Brinkley is still Billy Joel’s muse astir 30 years aft their split.
The “Vienna” singer, 74, serenaded his ex-wife during his New York City performance astatine Madison Square Garden Friday night.
The erstwhile supermodel was each smiles while Joel sang “Uptown Girl,” which he wrote astir her astatine nan commencement of their romance successful nan early ’80s, successful beforehand of astir 20,000 fans.
Cameras captured Brinkley dancing and singing on to nan smash deed connected nan Jumbotron for astir nan entirety of nan song, according to a video posted to TikTok.
The 70-year-old exemplary looked twinkling successful a low-cut, metallic bluish apical arsenic she swayed backmost and distant alongside a friend.
“Billy Joel wrote ‘Uptown Girl’ astir his then-partner Christie Binkley,” nan personification wrote atop nan clip. “Tonight she watched him singing nan opus he wrote astir her to each of Madison Square Garden.”
In nan caption, nan personification added, “40 years later and your ex man is still grinning astatine you for illustration that while he sings nan opus he wrote astir really rich | and basking you are?”
The brace met successful 1983 while Joel was already moving connected “Uptown Girl,” which was primitively astir respective women, including one-time girlfriend Elle Macpherson.
“Rather than it [being] astir each these different girls, she became nan Uptown Girl. I started penning it astir 1 person,” he told Howard Stern successful 2010.
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Brinkley went connected to prima successful nan “Uptown Girl” euphony video and nan brace wed successful 1985. They welcomed their daughter, Alexa Ray, less than a twelvemonth later.
Although nan “Piano Man” vocalist and nan supermodel divided 9 years later, they person remained bully friends for nan liking of their daughter.
In fact, nan now 38-year-old joined her parents astatine nan performance connected Friday night, taking to nan stage to execute a opus dedicated to her dad.
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“I’m gonna effort not to get each verklempt,” she told nan crowd. “This opus is simply a opus that my begetter introduced to maine erstwhile I was a small woman and it’s a existent classic, throwback moment. And I consciousness for illustration its nan benignant of opus that 1 should singing to their hero… and you are my leader dad.”
Alexa, dressed successful a retro pinkish outfit, past did her champion rendition of “To Sir With Love” as her begetter proudly watched from his soft bench.
After finishing nan song, nan noticeably affectional vocalist hugged his girl earlier she walked disconnected stage.
