Age Difference To Blame for Billy Joel's Latest Divorce

Surprise, surprise: 27-year-old Katie Lee wanted to go out on the town more than her 60-year-old husband Billy Joel. Following the couple's divorce announcement, the NY Post spoke to sources close to the couple, who told the paper, "It really was just an age thing. She loves the city, she loves to go out and have fun and he prefers to stay at home. The age difference didn't seem to be a big deal seven years ago [when they met], but it has become one as they got older. They just grew apart." Meanwhile, she's been locking arms with designer Yigal Azrouel all over town, as Joel prefers to stay close to home with his motorcycles and yachts. As for the money, there's allegedly an ironclad prenuptial agreement, though Katie Lee will likely get the couple's Greenwich Village townhouse, which Joel bought for $5.9 million just a few years ago. Joel's daughter Alexa Ray, just 4 years younger than his soon-to-be-ex-wife, told People she saw it coming, "I have a pretty good woman's intuition, so I could tell."

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By Jen Carlson in News on June 19, 2009 1:04 PM

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Mr Mel

Rich men are attracted to younger women and feel that their new spouses truly love them.

Aesop

Ed

This probably would have worked if Joel was twenty years older, and might have worked if he was twenty years younger.

Felix Hoenikker

Sir Paul and now this.

Why are these guys buying their cows?

Rocknrope

After 3 divorces, one from Christie Brinkley, does this mope have any money left?

pissflaps

...open you mouth, and taste the foam

pissflaps

ima pee on her too.

meechybee

Whenever I hear "Katie Lee Joel" I immediately start looking for signs of resemblance.

I then have to remind myself that we're not talking about a daughter, but a wife.

pissflaps

i think when you hit your mid-thirties 27 is sorta the cutoff in terms of lower age brackets... well, for a serious relationship, that is.

i mean seriously, what did this this old toadie looking man expect. what could they have possibly even have talked about while hanging out. weirdness?!

...ima pee on that

NannyState

No more footjobs?

r1b2

Winner.

MissPinkKate

"The age difference didn't seem to be a big deal seven years ago [when they met]"

You mean back when she was barely 21 and he was in his early 50s? Please. More like, "The age difference didn't seem to be a big deal seven years ago because he figured her hot body and she figured his money would keep them together forever."

felixthecat2

Her body isn't so hot, the hottie party girl in red is worth a townhouse not his soon to be ex-wife.

http://gothamist.com/2009/06/17/nypd_piece_together_nyu_dorm_fire_w.php

The Man Bat

GOTT-DAMN!! you ain't lying about the hottie in the red dress.....WHO IS SHE!?!?!

felixthecat2

If only I knew her name then I can meet her with my Borat's marriage sack.

SC

The age difference didn't seem to be a big deal seven years ago [when they met], but it has become one as they got older. They just grew apart."

Well, that makes sense. A 60-year-old and a 27-year-old can't relate the same way that a 53-year-old and a 20-year-old can.

Wait, that doesn't make sense at all.