Back in April, Billy Joel announced that he and his girlfriend Alexis Roderick were expecting. At the time, he was 65 (he’s 66 now) and she’s 33 years old. Their child will be her first and his second – he’s dad to Alexa Ray, who is 29. When Billy and Alexis announced they were expecting, they did not package the news with an engagement announcement, which I appreciated. It’s not the 1950s! You don’t have to get engaged just because you’re knocked up. But people did make note of the fact that Alexis seemed to be wearing a diamond ring. And guess what? Billy and Alexis did get married over the weekend. Sigh…
Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer’s spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.
The intimate ceremony, which was held at Joel’s sprawling estate on Long Island, was presided over by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, 57, a longtime friend. Joel’s daughter, singer/songwriter Alexa Ray, 29, and actor Kevin James, 50, were part of the small group of loved ones at the beautiful nuptials.
The singer, 66, and Roderick, 33 – an accomplished equestrian and a former Morgan Stanley executive – have been together since 2009 and are expecting their first child, a little girl, this summer.
“Billy is thrilled to become a dad again,” a source told PEOPLE in April.
The music legend is currently on tour, with his next sold-out stop at Boston’s Fenway Park on July 16.
Oh, I forgot they were expecting a girl! Okay. Well, congrats to the happy couple and I hope everything goes well. This is Billy Joel’s fourth marriage overall – there was Elizabeth Weber, Christie Brinkley and Katie Lee before Alexis. But for whatever reason, I think Alexis might be the last. Even though she’s so much younger than him, the vibe I get from them is “stability.” Weird, I know.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Billy Joel.
im sure the 4th marriage will work out just fine.
He’s old so it might work because he’s done with chasing women. She, on the other hand, could tire of him because, you know, he’s old.
Eh. Another old man with a young wife, who is about the same age as his daughter. Billy will be 84 when his daughter graduates fr high school.
As soon as I saw the age difference I though cue the age gap outrage and second comment in BOOM. You didn’t let me down.
LOL…thanks for the first laugh of my mundane Monday morning!
Fourth marriage. Why do these men who clearly aren’t relationship material…continue to marry and wreak havoc with yet another woman’s life? Why the fourth one might work…is because he’s too damn old and past his prime…to continue chasing skirts. Lucky for him he found a young hottie but we all know the dollars and lifestyle were the biggest attraction in this union. No? I’m guessing when he sees how well Christie held up…he looks in the mirror and thanks his lucky stars he has money and talent.
Billy Joe’s wedding pictures with Katie Lee looked like a father with his daughter, so it’s nice that this time he went with a blond.
Suzanne I’d like to point out it isn’t just men. Kim Kardashian is on her 3rd husband. Jennifer Lopez just divorced her 3rd husband and appears to be working on a 4th. Liz Taylor was married 7 times. Joan Collins is on her 5th husband. There are women that aren’t relationship material either.
Because it’s indefensible to point out that he is too old to be a father again? His daughter won’t have a father, she’ll have a grandfather, IF he’s lucky enough to enjoy good health for the next twenty years. No matter what, she’ll lose her father early in her life. And most likely, she will watch him age and die before she graduates from high school. Just because people can become parents at 66, doesn’t mean they should.
this woman is clearly lying about her age, and I think we can safely say it’s actually not a big age gap.
Absolutely! She must be 15 years older at least.
Phew, ell. I was wondering if it was just a really bad photo or whether I should have gone to SpecSavers. I’d never heard of her until now, but as soon as I saw that pic, I thought, “She’s never 33 – 43 more like!” Eh, as has been said before by many, “This is true love – the one I’ve been waiting for all my life. This marriage is forever.” Good luck to them.
Agreed
Came here just to see if I was losing it. 33? C’mon honey.
No kidding- that’s a HARD 33.
Difficult, but not impossible, to be a “former Morgan Stanley executive” at 33. You guys are probably right about the age thing. I tend to believe what people say unless their last name is Kardashian.
I say mid 40’s….
Foolish old goat. Yeah, sure, he’s thrilled to become a father again. I just bet ….
Well at least he did’nt break his own rule of being with someone over 40. He sticks to his principles. Good luck Billy! Will look forward to your 5th at 76!
She looks much more than 33 yo.
Was thinking the same thing. I would say late 30s, but mostly because I assume she takes really good, expensive care of herself.
I’d go beyond that. I’m 38, my friends are all around the same age and I don’t know anyone with frown lines like that.
Came here to say the same. I even thought I was seeing the wrong picture.
Forget that, what about the Wimbledon level backhander that Christie Brinkley served on Instagram about it.
‘Congratulations to the glowing bride and groom. And to my daughter Alexa, who has a wonderful friend in Alexis! Wishing the growing family every happiness!’
Daaaaaang I’m taking off my sunglasses, mo need with all that shade! Complimentary and cruel at the same time. Yassss queen.
Christie 30, Billy Love
lol Nice!
Christie is a very hateful person. She messed up Billy real badly with the cheating, and she obviously messed up their daughter as well.
What can’t he be happy? She’s the only one who has that right? She has several failed marriages herself, she shouldn’t talk.
She “messed up her daughter as well”? Because Billy had no responsibility in raising her?
Also, sufficed to say that Billy was messed up way before he met Christie.
I’m not saying Christie is saint, but Billy is far from an innocent victim.
How did she mess up her daughter? It’s not her fault that Alexa looks like her dad. THAT is what messed her up, although Alexa is very attractive in her own right.
Christie may not be the brightest bulb, but I don’t remember her being described as hateful by anyone but that ex-husband of hers. Am I forgetting something?
I read Billy Joel’s bio and the most interesting thing I got out of it was after his album that was dedicated to Christie (Uptown Girl), he creatively dried up. No more songs. No more big albums. I think there was one more with We Didn’t Start the Fire but that was it.
The marriage failed because of the constant touring – which he had to do because Elizabeth Weber’s brother was in charge of his finances and he fleeced Billy. So Billy had to make up for all that money he lost and he owed taxes. Also, his drinking didn’t help. Yes Christie cheated but I think she finally checked out.
Ah yes! Thank you. I’m glad someone else caught that. I read that and first thing I thought was “Ooh burrrrn”.
Owwwch! Definitely the Match-point from Christie.
TODAY this morning showed the tweet and said it was a sweet compliment! I about spit out my coffee.
You’re crediting Brinkley with more intelligence than she has.
“You don’t have to get engaged just because you’re knocked up.” Even if he did get engaged after she got pregnant, they have been together for six years. I would call that a committed relationship. I would imagine the pregnancy was planned by that point anyway. Either way, planned or not, they are a long-time couple. Congratulations. I’m not concerned about the age difference since they’ve been together this long, and each to their own. It’s his drinking problem that causes issues in his relationships. I hope he’s gotten that under control.
There are no 66 year old men who “plan” to impregnate their wives. They need Viagra to “perform”. However, there are many many clever ladies who want to “lock up the money” by having the old man’s child.
I’m an assh@le, so I’ll say this anyway, I hate when old men procreate. It drives me crazy!
I wish these two happiness and peace, but it just seems unfair to the kid.
Then I’m an assh@le too, because I think it seems so selfish. Dude does realize that chances are excellent he’ll be in diapers when the kid’s in college, and underground before the first grandkid arrives? It really hurts to lose a parent young, and when you go in knowing it’s almost a certainty, you’re giving your kid a raw deal.
My dad died when I was 22. He was only 51, but I hate that I didn’t get the chance to know him as an adult. People are so damn selfish, but so am I. Sigh
There’s no rhyme or reason, though. I had a good friend who married a man 32 years older. She died when she was 34, after a breast cancer battle. We were having a huge family picnic get-together, when my SIL asked me if I regretted marrying a man 20 years older, as he would die a lot earlier than me. My brother – her husband – died suddenly two months later, at age 37, leaving a 32 year old widow and two young boys. Sadly, I did lose my husband ten years later, after 20 happy years of marriage and three wonderful children. Life is unpredictable, and sometimes unfair.
My mom died at age 49. I was 25, my younger sister 17. Numbers are just that: numbers. Frankly, if it *is* love, more power to them. The world needs that, not hate and war.
Numbers aren’t just numbers. There are unfortunate events (dying young) and the course of life (a 66 year old).
Yep. Who wants a dad too old to keep up when they’re a kid and too dead to see their high school graduation? Money’s not everything.
Sixty-six, to me, is far too old, also. He’s heading into his 70s. But when you get in these relationships with women with no children and young, of child-bearing age, that’s what he gets if they want a family. He caves to her wanting a child to keep the relationship. The child gets terribly shortchanged, but at least the child will have a young mother who will still be around and have energy. He certainly won’t.
Yeah, it’s just gross. The whole thing is gross. No fool like an old fool, but that baby will have an old man for a father and a gold digger for a mother. Nice.
I’m not sure it matters how old he is when the nanny is the one raising the kid anyway.
I’m still embarrassed for these old farts with their young trophy wives though.
I agree, but both of them are selfish. Why does the new young wife get a pass when it’s her body and her control that brings a baby into the world and all for why? because she wants one. Where are her scruples in determining this is a wise thing to do? Also, it’s true that random crap happens to people all the time and they die young, but that doesn’t mean old people should be purposely bringing children into the world knowing they wont’ be around to see them grow up. It is completely different. They are making an informed decision to have a baby with the father older than most grandparents when their grandkids are born. It’s not the same as thinking I’m not going to have a child because my husband could get prostate cancer and die on us when he’s in his 30’s. Random v. informed.
I lost my dad at 18. He was 37 when I was born. Awful. And now I’m about to have a second baby with my second husband and he is 42. Not ideal, but that’s how it worked out.
I think it is waaaay worse to have multiple kids in your 20s if you can’t support them than to have two 30 years apart that you can support.
ITA. Hey guess what? People are getting married now later than ever and having kids later than ever. Makes sense when you think that the average life expectancy rate grows longer with every passing decade. Also, another great thing is happening: fewer and fewer people are getting divorced. You know why? Because we’re waiting to find the right person, waiting until we know that we’re ready for marriage and kids.
Congrats BTW 🙂
42 is not the same as 66. Your husband will be around to see his child grow up. Billy Joel will not. He probably wont’ even be around to see her graduate highschool.
Thanks, @Kitten! Want your advice on where we should stay in Boston to watch fireworks one of these years.
Hopefully my husband will be around for high school graduations and more. There are no guarantees, but I agree his odds are better than Billy Joel’s. You just never know. My dad didn’t make it to any of my graduations, and he was younger when I was born than my husband will be for both of ours.
Older parents are definitely becoming more the norm. It seemed weird when I was a kid and people thought my parents were my grandparents, but times have changed.
Funny, she does look much older than 33.
The body language in the photo with her leaning in toward him tells it all. It’s all about him.
You’d have to pay me to marry him – oh wait, that’s what a child is for, isn’t it? Money security.
I am going to defend the pic. it’s the official pic of their wedding .It’s him who is famous ,not her.
I just spent several minutes looking at pics of them on Google, and all the pics of them have him standing straight and her leaning in because she is several inches taller. In herls she’s probably 5in taller than he is. I wonder if she’s got bad neck problems from crooking her neck so awkwardly for the last 6 years. Girl, if you’re gonna date a short (old, tubby, bald, alcoholic) man then own thay sh*t and stand up straight!
I thought she looked older than 33 too, but after wasting way too much time looking at her on Google I saw that she actually looks MUCH younger with less/no makeup. I think she’s actually TRYING to look older using makeup & hairstyles that skew a bit older because Joel looks so much older than she does.
I don’t get to wound up about these things anymore. My sister planned everything perfectly, (very) long term relationship, financial security, best time of the year educationally speaking and the list goes on. She didn’t expect to be a widow with a 4 week old baby. So good luck to them, they know they won’t have many years together, so maybe they will make the best of what thy have.
I agree with you. You can’t plan life, and if he feels that after 6 years with this woman he wants to start a family then he has a right to do whatever he wants.
He has money, and can give his child many valuable things even if he’s not young.
Sorry to hear about your sister.
If she’s an “accomplished equestrian”, that means she has spent a lot of time outdoors/in sun, so that can age your features. Had never read of them being together in first place, but if poster above is correct, they have been in a relationship for 6 years?? So they started dating when she was mid 20s??? Don’t go changin’ Billy.
Thinking the same thing she spent a lot of time out side so her face has lines. Alexa Ray looks much younger like 10 years even though it’s only 4. Christy gave a snarky passive aggressive comment! Whoa girl!
Meh, I’ve worked outside and played sports for years and I still look much younger than this woman despite being a couple of years older than her alleged age. You’d think she’d have used hats and sunscreen.
He’s old and to tired for instability. She would have to leave him. He’s in it until he’s in the nursing home, old and mellow.
4th marriage done on the 4th of July – funny.
How weird it must be since the wife is called Alexis and the daughter Alexa..
I’m surprised these old guys still care about getting hot looking young women. It’s not like they could do much with them.
I’m sure they stock up on the blue pill.
And damn you for putting that visual in my head.
It’s not all about sex, believe me, a lot of what old farts want is some sweet young thing being nice to them and interested in what they say, giving them the illusion that they’re still young and attractive.
Now, remind me, what’s the definition of insanity? Oh, yeah, doing the same thing over and over….
Something tells me if he was Billy Joel the plumber she wouldn’t be with him.
Hey I lived next door to a plumber and he was pretty damn well off! Making more than a lot of white collar jobs.
I’m with Annie, plumbers make good money.
hahahahah, no way she’s 33. try 43.
No way is she 33, I’m 34 and neither I nor any of my friends look anywhere near that old. Not even the heavy smokers/drinkers/full time partiers who’ve aged faster. She’s been badly botoxed and has knocked at least ten to fifteen yeas off. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was even more than that.
Seriously I don’t understand why women lie about their age, is it not better to be thought of as looking good for your age rather than looking terrible or deluded if you expect people to believe the false age you’re pretending to be. And it’s so pointless when you’re marrying a 66 year old!!!!!!!
Ugh, she looks so feigning in the wedding photo. I’m 35 and the idea of sleeping with a man twice my age is completely unappealing. But I guess baby = longtime financial support.
It’s also not just any old guy, he’s a musician, maybe she was a fan?
I would marry any of the now fat, bald, wrinkly artists I admire if I was given the chance to.
To each his own 😊
That’s your argument? You’d marry any of the artists you admire? So, because you know their music and you like it, you’d marry them? Whatever.
As as life-long fan of Billy Joel’s music and somewhat a fan of the guy himself -I think ultimately he is a good guy, but he’s definitely got some issues, I really want to be happy for these two. However, I follow her on IG and she just gives off a gold-digging/fame-wh*ring vibe. In the interviews I’ve read about Billy, he really does seem to want to find a lasting love, so I do hope this is it for him. I don’t know though…when I read her latest IG post this morning I instinctively side eyed.
33? Hmm.
i was about to say ‘what a fool’ but they’ve been together for 6 years and have a kid so it’s obviously not a gold-digging situation and he didn’t dump her for a younger/fresher model once she had a kid.
Whatever floats their boat. Would not like to be married to a 66 year old at just 33 though. My dad is that age and he’s just getting crankier and crankier and set in his ways. Then again .. maybe she is playing the long game and will be a very wealthy 40 year old widow who can have her pick of hot dudes??
I would have said she was closer to 40 though
The age gap doesn’t bother me – if he’s into younger women and she’s into older men, then hey, maybe they’re a great match. Doesn’t bother me.
What bothers me is the bringing of a baby into it. Billy has been pretty open about having issues with depression and such and it’s well-known that he’s an alcoholic who’s had his ups and downs with booze. A baby is a stressor. Somehow, I don’t think that an elderly alcoholic needs that kind of upheaval in his life. And yeah, I know the nanny will be doing the heavy lifting, but still. If he wants to boogey down his golden years with a young woman, hey, go on with it. But there’s now going to be a child in the mix who might have to deal with some not-so-great stuff. And that’s what makes me dislike it.
This ↑
old, alcholic, mental illness, 4 marriages, mid-60s = no right to have a child just because your younger wife wants one.
Oh, but won’t it be cute when the baby sez it’s first words–‘sugar da da’…
Gross. The age difference is just gross.
I wish men had the same biological limitations as women do when it comes to reproduction. It’s sad for their child that his/her dad will be 66/67 when they are born.
And yes, as everyone has said, she looks 10-15 years older than she is. It doesn’t look like bad Botox to me, her face does not look frozen, except maybe around the eyes. Her hair looks fries to hell and her skin texture just looks like crap. She looks a lot like Ramona Singer, who is what? In her 60s nearly?
Men do have biological limits to their fertility, they also experience dramatic drops in fertility as they age. Of course science has solved that problem by inventing pills to give old goats erections but I’m sure there were probably fertility treatments to ensure this conception. It doesn’t happen “accidentally” at 67.
On Alexis’s instagram, there is a photo of her and Alexa standing side-by-side, and Alexis looks at LEAST 10 years older. I don’t believe she’s 33.
I think it’s funny that she’s referred to as a “former Wall Street executive.” Technically, yes, she is. But in reality, it looks like she only worked at Morgan Stanley for four years, until 2010, I think — making her just 28 or so when she left. Maybe I just need to learn how to beef up my resume more. I was a junior report editor for a huge consulting firm in Toronto for three years in my mid-20s. I’m going to refer to myself as a “former Bay Street communications consultant” from now on.
That’s what irked me also….What sub 40 yr old can really be called an ‘executive’?
About that wedding photo.
Her expression= Oh Billy, I just love your money…..I mean you so much!
His expression= WTF did I get myself into?
I’m sure this will work out about as well as his other three marriages.
Hey, let’s give the poor guy a break. She’s his oldest wife yet. Clearly he’s learned from his mistakes!
Let’s imagine reactions to a 66 year-old woman being pregnant with her 33 year-old fiance. Congratulations, right? How is this different? Ok, he doesn’t have to carry, but everything else is the same.
I say eeek to this story.
Women got to have some rights only after 2nd World War. And only because men were scarce and there was no other way but to allow them into the public arena.
There will be another 200 years before any mentality on gender issues really changes, and men are no longer considered virile when the only thing coming out of their penises are dusty white spiders, while women are no longer considered fuckable after 39. I’m referring to an Amy Schumer skit with three fabulous fuckable women aged 50+/-.
+100 Jigli
Love the official photo – she’s leaned in like “emmmmmmm, I love the smell of money”…….anyway, congrats ? Like my Mom used to say, there’s no fool like an old fool…….
Yes he will be in his 80s by the time the child graduates high school, but that’s not the only reason this is (arguably) selfish: Men and women past a certain age are much more likely to conceive children with genetic… issues. If one partner is a lot younger it helps even the odds a little, but the chances are still greater that there will be problems. I’m not saying people 60+ should be banned from having children or anything, I just think it’s a bad idea for them to do it—and certainly wouldn’t choose to myself at that point.
I’m the age she claims, and while some of the people I went to highschool with have noticeably “aged” (especially those who have had a hard life or who love to drink/smoke/tan, but some just have unlucky aging genes) none of them, NONE look as old as Alexis does in that wedding photo. Even hard 30 somethings never have that neck. She’s gotta be in her 40’s.
That said, I *adore* Billy, so can only wish him the best.
Oh…hey, you guys! Another aging rock star just married a much younger wo…..Zzzzzzzzz.
Huh?…Whaaa?…Oh. Sorry. I fell asleep there for a minute. Who wants to go get smoothies?
anyone find it weird that his new wife to be and his daughter are basically the same age and have the same name? eeeew! Oh well, the d*ck wants what the d*ck wants, right? It’s a mutual “using”, lol!