{"id":183252,"date":"2025-07-27T10:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/billy-joels-wife-was-unimpressed-by-his-musical-talents\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:01:57","slug":"billy-joels-wife-was-unimpressed-by-his-musical-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/27\/billy-joels-wife-was-unimpressed-by-his-musical-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel&#8217;s wife was &#8216;unimpressed&#8217; by his musical talents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-07-27\" datetime=\"1753610517\" pubdate=\"\">27 July 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/billy-joel\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,billy-joel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Joel<\/a>&#8216;s wife was &#8220;very unimpressed with the whole Billy Joel thing&#8221; when they first met.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Alexis and Billy Joel have been married since 2015<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old star tried to woo Alexis, 43, with his musical talents during the early days of their romance, but she was completely unimpressed by his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In the new HBO documentary series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/billy-joel\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,billy-joel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Joel<\/a>: And So It Goes, he explains: &#8220;I remember the first time I met Alexis, we went to my house, and I wanted to play the piano for her. It\u2019s a form of communication for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Billy assumed that Alexis would be wowed by his award-winning talents. However, she was unmoved when he played the piano for her.<\/p>\n<p>Billy &#8211; who married Alexis in 2015 &#8211; said: &#8220;I\u2019m playing that and she\u2019s completely unimpressed with it, totally. She couldn\u2019t care less what I\u2019m playing and I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Oh OK, this isn\u2019t working.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;She was very unimpressed with the whole Billy Joel thing, which impressed me. Because I thought, \u2018OK, maybe she\u2019s just here because she likes me, not the Billy Joel guy.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe music star &#8211; who has daughters Della, nine, and Remy, seven, with Alexis &#8211; made a conscious effort to develop their relationship away from the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe explained: &#8220;We had a couple years together before we had kids and he had completely stopped doing shows. We travelled everywhere. We did a motorcycle trip from Maine down to Long Island, we were on boats 24\/7. We were in Europe. We had so much fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Billy recently admitted that he was hesitant about committing to his HBO documentary.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe music icon revealed that he was reluctant to reflect on some of the &#8220;stupid stuff&#8221; he&#8217;s done in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told People: &#8220;I&#8217;ve resisted this kind of thing for so long. I&#8217;m sick of talking about myself. Some of the stupid stuff I did, that&#8217;s painful to talk about. (But) they asked me for some thematic guidance. I said, &#8216;Just tell the truth.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBilly initially just wanted to get the documentary &#8220;over with&#8221; because he doesn&#8217;t enjoy talking about himself.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Uptown Girl hitmaker said: &#8220;My goal was to get it over with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;When I do interviews, people just ask you about yourself and you get a little self-conscious about it eventually. It&#8217;s almost embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;When you&#8217;re talking about your personal life detached from the material &#8230; I suppose there&#8217;s a little bit of wariness involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/billy-joels-wife-unimpressed-musical-talents-1422649.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 July 2025 Billy Joel&#8216;s wife was &#8220;very unimpressed with the whole Billy Joel thing&#8221; when they first met. Alexis and Billy Joel have been married since 2015 The 76-year-old star tried to woo Alexis, 43, with his musical talents during the early days of their romance, but she was completely unimpressed by his efforts. 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