Bad News, Billy Joel

It's probably never good to wake up and see your significantly younger wife's face in the Daily News in an article sprinkled with your very own song titles like "Movin' Out" and "It's a Matter of Trust." Allegedly the 27-year-old Katie Lee Joel has been cheating on the 59-year-old Billy Joel with fashion designer Yigal Azrouel. A source told the paper the two have been together for a while, and “Katie often stays at their apartment in NYC alone, while Billy likes to live in their Long Island home. They’re rarely together. And Katie likes it like that. She wants her freedom.” The crooner has heard of the designer, whom he at first assumed was gay, and the relationship rightfully has him furious. The source adds that Azrouel has “slept with several high-profile female fashion editors. It’s understandable that everyone would think he’s gay, as he’s a man of fashion in NYC, but he isn’t." Most recently, Katie (sans wedding ring) and Yigal were spotted together at a Museum of Natural History gala.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on April 10, 2009 1:14 PM

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NannyState

Apparently the girl likes Gay.

CR

I'm sorry, but I always thought Billy Joel was gay, and not in a "his music totally sucks" kinda way. No wonder he's so f*ckin' depressed all the time - if you're gay come out and be yourself already.

jonathan

She's a 6.

Think2wice

She should've followed the Kimora Lee Bible and gotten pregnant to get the most ROI from the inevitable divorce.

eyekantspel

wow, i had no idea Billy Joel had such a pretty young wife. sucks she's a cheater, but if i were him, i'd forgive her.

Think2wice

Because you had to be a big shot, didn't cha

You had to open up your mouth

You had to be a big shot, didn't cha

All your friends were so knocked out

henry.hamilton

From "Angry Young Man" to angry old man. What an incredible journey.*

*OK-I used to love this guy.

Son of Spam

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge on the River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball

Starkweather, homicide, children of Thalidomide

Rob T Firefly

Never marry someone younger than your last relevant record.

Jen S

Zzzzzzzzzing!

Guest

punch him.

TrippinJoJo

hahah i love song references....

JRod5417

"Katie often stays at their apartment in NYC alone"

Uptown girl,

she's been living in her uptown world.

I bet she's never had a backstreet guy

I bet her momma never told her why...

Felix Hoenikker

She cuts you out, she cuts you down

She carves up your life

But you won't do nothng

As she keeps on cutting

Ethan

Bruno?

Mr Mel

Michael Connelly's book "The Brass Verdict" had the same story only the husband shoots his wife and her interior decorator. He also thought the boyfriend was gay.

Moral: Assume nothing

jaycjay

"Moral: Assume nothing"

Moral: Assume that if you're a short, pudgy 60-year old with a beautiful 20-something wife you won over with your money and celebrity, she'll probably be looking around for someone younger on the side.

"Assume" doesn't mean it'll definitely happen, but it does mean you shouldn't be surprised if it does.

Mr Mel

You're wrong

Past Taliban

EXACTLY. It's like; assume you're a dumb, greedy nation that wants to live off credit cards and fraudulent speculation, going deeper & deeper into debt while fearing one day everthing will COLLAPSE.

"Assume" doesn't mean it'll definitely happen, but it does mean you shouldn't be surprised if it does.

Mr Mel

And you're wrong.

chuzzlewit

"And she'll promise you more

Than the Garden of Eden

Then she'll carelessly cut you

And laugh while you're bleedin'"

see what you get when you put forth drivel like that?

TrippinJoJo

Ok...that age gap is 15yrs. Billy joel and Katie's age gap is 32.....I believe there is a slight difference there.

But Ashton & Demi are still married after what 4 or 5 years now?

jaycjay

Kutcher and Moore married in September 2005. Billy Joel and Katie Lee married in October 2004.

Of course another difference is that Kutcher already was a celebrity. Katie Lee was "head fishmonger" at a Long Island restaurant when she met Joel.

Past Taliban

That's what helped her realize that there were OTHER fish in the sea ..

TrippinJoJo

a marriage or relationship btwn a senior citizen (or close to that age) and a kid never lasts. how can it? esp if you are generations apart. I cannot think of a marriage w/ that kind of age difference that has lasted.

Please somebody prove me wrong...there's gotta be hope for those old bags right? haha

Guest

Ashton & Demi?

angry_pickle

Sorry but Billy got what he deserved for marrying someone half his age. The silver lining is her alimony is going to be the lowest possible under the law AND she will get what she deserves for fooling around with a young charming good-looking scumbag.