{"id":182697,"date":"2025-07-24T20:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/billy-joel-addresses-rumor-that-hes-deathly-ill-after-canceled-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T20:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:32:35","slug":"billy-joel-addresses-rumor-that-hes-deathly-ill-after-canceled-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/billy-joel-addresses-rumor-that-hes-deathly-ill-after-canceled-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel Addresses Rumor That He&#8217;s &#8216;Deathly Ill&#8217; After Canceled Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/billy-joel-reveals-brain-disorder-cancels-all-remaining-concerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billy Joel canceled all of his upcoming concerts<\/a> after revealing that he had been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder.<\/p>\n<p>In the months since, the rock icon has mostly kept a low profile as he recovers at home.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/billy-joel-opens-up-about-multiple-suicide-attempts-following-affair-with-friends-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new documentary about Joel<\/a> has led to increased scrutiny of his personal life.<\/p>\n<p>That may be why the Piano Man decided to break his silence and open up about his condition:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-1024x621.jpg\" alt=\"US singer songwriter Billy Joel arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-530897 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-2048x1242.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-960x582.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-1080x655.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-1200x728.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1978654814-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US singer songwriter Billy Joel arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-billy-joel-explains-scary-neurological-condition\">Billy Joel explains \u2018scary\u2019 neurological condition<\/h2>\n<p>Joel is battling normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition that affects numerous brain functions, including the ability to maintain balance.<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter first became concerned after falling down during a concert earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like being on a boat all the time,\u201d Joel explains in a new interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/billy-joel-not-deathly-ill-after-brain-condition-diagnosis-exclusive-11775883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>But while he admits that his ailment is \u201cscary\u201d at times, Joel says there\u2019s no need for immediate concern.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Joel attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-530896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Joel attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-530896 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1986255902-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy Joel attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI know a lot of people are worried about me and my health, but I\u2019m okay,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I have is something very few people know about, including me, no matter how much you try to research it. I\u2019m doing my best to work with it and to recover from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joel added that while it may be a while before he\u2019s able to perform again, he\u2019s not \u201cdeathly ill,\u201d as some fans seem to think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was scary, but I\u2019m okay,\u201d he tells <em>People<\/em>. \u201cI just wanted to let people know, don\u2019t worry about me being deathly ill or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-billy-joel-is-back-in-the-headlines\">Billy Joel is back in the headlines<\/h2>\n<p>With the second part of his HBO Max documentary set to premiere on Friday, public interest in Joel is the highest it\u2019s been since the peak of his fame.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-530895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-2048x1437.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-960x673.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1080x758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1200x842.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-530895 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-2048x1437.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-960x673.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1080x758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-1200x842.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2183952441-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve resisted this kind of thing for so long. I\u2019m sick of talking about myself. My goal was to get it over with. When I do interviews, people just ask you about yourself and you get a little self-conscious about it eventually. It\u2019s almost embarrassing,\u201d the legendary singer-songwriter tells <em>People<\/em>, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was worried, maybe I\u2019m going to hate this thing, because it\u2019s a lot to ask of somebody, a lifetime of work.[But] at the end, I didn\u2019t hate it, which, to me, is the real compliment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the doc is not always flattering, Joel says watching it has been a revelatory experience:<\/p>\n<p>I\u201cThere was some stuff I found out about myself. There was some self-revelatory stuff.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Joel says co-director Susan Lacy helped him realize that \u201ca lot of the things I was searching for were my father in my life, and I recognized that in the documentary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joel\u2019s father left his family and moved to Austria when Billy was a boy. He later wrote the song \u201cVienna\u201d about the experience, and he reconnected with his father toward the end of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Part one of <em>Billy Joel: And So It Goes<\/em> is currently streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/billy-joel-addresses-rumor-that-hes-deathly-ill-after-canceled-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in March, Billy Joel canceled all of his upcoming concerts after revealing that he had been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder. In the months since, the rock icon has mostly kept a low profile as he recovers at home. But in recent weeks, a new documentary about Joel has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-182697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}