Billy Joel was a mess there for a while, about a decade ago. Remember that? Within the span of two years, he crashed his car THREE times, all of accidents were rumored to involve alcohol or some kind of substance. Then he married Katie Lee, his third wife, who was 23 years old when they married in 2004 (Billy was 55 years old at the time). Katie and Billy split in 2009 (word is she got a nice settlement in the divorce) and soon after, Billy began dating another younger woman named Alexis Roderick. Alexis is 33 years old right now while Billy is 65, soon to be 66 in May. And now they’re expecting their first child together. Billy already has one adult kid: 29-year-old Alexa Ray Joel.

Billy Joel, 65, has confirmed he is becoming a dad again. The singer and his girlfriend, Alexis Roderick, said in a statement Tuesday they are expecting their first child this summer, when he will be 66. He already has daughter Alexa Ray Joel, 29, with Christie Brinkley.

A spokeswoman for Joel said in a statement, “Billy Joel and his girlfriend, Alexis Roderick, are expecting their first child this summer. The singer has one daughter, singer/songwriter Alexa Ray Joel. The couple, together since 2009, opted to keep any further details of her pregnancy under wraps until their new addition makes an official debut.”

Joel issued the statement after Radar Online first reported that Alexis is pregnant with his child, and is expecting a girl. The website said the child would be named Madison, but a source said that was not the correct name. Alexis, 33, is a former Morgan Stanley financial adviser, and while sources recently told us they have no immediate plans to marry, she has been seen wearing a diamond ring.

[From Page Six]

I was going to say “At least he finally learned that he doesn’t have to marry ‘em” until I got to that last part. Yeah, he’s probably going to marry her. In retrospect, I’m still a little bit surprised that Katie Lee didn’t get pregnant. That would have been interesting, just as this is interesting. So… I don’t know, I don’t really feel like unloading on Billy Joel. I think he’s still probably a big mess, just not as publicly messy as he was a decade ago. I think he knows that he’s not going to be around for a large part of this kid’s life, but he figures, “Eh, why not?” Something nice: Alexis is 33, which means she’s old enough to know what she’s doing, even if what she’s doing is simply making a financial plan for her future. She’s not some naïve kid, and hey, at least this wasn’t a one-night thing. Billy and Alexis have been together since 2009.

Still… when your pregnant girlfriend is only four years older than your adult daughter, that’s never a good thing.

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