News hit the web yesterday that Billy Joel had bought a restaurant in Sag Harbor for his much-younger wife, ousted Top Chef host Katie Lee Joel. But either that story was false or that restaurant’s gonna have to be returned with a receipt, because today we learn that Billy and Katie are over.
“After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie have decided to separate,” reps for the pair said in a joint statement. “This decision is the result of much thought and consideration. Billy and Katie remain caring friends, with admiration and respect for each other.”
Riiiight. They have so much respect for each other that Katie’s been boinking hottie Israeli chef Yigal Azrouel for the better part of a year. And sources inside Katie’s camp say Billy’s been no better: “It wasn’t like he was a monk when he was on tour.” They’ve both retained lawyers already, although apparently there was a pre-nup.
This is Billy Joel’s third marriage to disintegrate.
Luckily, his daughter Alexa Joel is just a few years younger than Katie. I’m sure she has a friend or two Billy can marry.
It took her five years to figure out she’d married Billy Joel?
When I heard about the restaurant, I figured it was part of their divorce settlement.
Billy Joel can marry whoever he wants. He’s Billy ‘fucking’ Joel! :)
Yigal Azrouel is a fashion designer, not a chef :-)
ahahahahhahahahaha “boinking” ahahahahahaah
yes I am that childish
ahahahah boinking
Billy Joel is awesome! Even if he must be a prick to be married to.
A parting gift perhaps? No, it’s probably going to be part of her pre nup settlement. This didn’t just happen it’s been going on for while, they just made the announcement.
I think the actual separation started when she began sleeping with Yiagal and that became public knowledge.
If you did not see this coming you must have been living under a rock. I saw an interview with her and all she said was “my apartment” “I designed” “my homes” and “my husband” (never referred to him by name) I thought when you got married it was considered “OUR apartment” etc, you get the drift. She came off as in it for the money, the celebrity status that goes with his success(not hers) and even though I like Billy, he also at 55 probably said damn I can get a 23 year old. I hope the prenup is iron clad and she walks out with only her self proclaimed chef cook books in hand.
Have you seen Yigal Azrouel? Yummy.. Yummy..
Billy, talented, (or was) but not yummy…But v. taleneted.
Katie Lee, trash with good looks. got lucky, whatever.
She will become yesterdays news soon with any luck.
Good Lord!
what was she shinking, when she married him in the first place
Sag Harbor?! Looking at Billy’s puss, it seems like the harbor ain’t the only that’s saggin’. Every latest photo has him looking a lot less like a pop star and more like a diamond broker from the Jewelry Exchange.
Hey Beet,
I’m pretty sure that Yigal Azrouel is a designer who’s clothes I’d like to have in my closet. Not a chef. Either way he’s totally boink-able.
he is a fashion designer, not a chef.