Billy Joel’s ex Christie Brinkley speaks out after her health diagnosis

Billy Joel can always count on Christie Brinkley to be in his corner.

The model, 71, shared a Instagram On Saturday, May 24, where she paid tribute to her ex -man, 76, after he revealed his latest diagnosis of Normally press hydrocephalus (Nph) one day before.

Publish a video that contained various clips by itself and daughter Sailor Brinkley Cookwhose father is Peter CookWhen he attended one of Billy’s concerts and wrote Brinkley: “The whole Brinkley gang sends lots of love and good desires for a complete and quick recovery.”

“I was looking for some cute photos of you and Alexa to send you, when I came across this clip from a new concert. It made me laugh … But it also reminded me of all the joy you create, and all the sensational songs you (led), she continued.”

Added Brinkley: “I’m sure I speak for everyone in that room when I say please take good care of yourself, we all want you back in the white hot limelight, You are our piano man. And we are always in the mood for your melodies and we all hope you feel okay! We love you, the kids, me and an arena or two! ”

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Billy and Brinkley got married in 1985 after meeting two years before. They welcomed a daughter together, Alexa Ray Joel1985, before their divorce in 1994.

In her recently released memoir, Uptown girlBrinkley talked about how she and the music icon met in a diving engine bar in St. Barts.

“He definitely didn’t look like a rock star,” Mom to three Said her first impression of Billy, who sat behind a piano.

“The man was tanned to a sharp, his face in the same color as cranberries and undiscovered with oil, which he had undoubtedly shaken to calm the burns, topped by what I like to call ‘The Long Island Bubble:’ A carapace of curly peeled hair popular in the 1980s in parts of the suburb of New York.

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Speech with people Recently about her romance with Billy, Brinkley said: “We laughed as if you couldn’t believe.”

“But he too was so sensitive and he did all the old -fashioned things, the flowers, the notes and the poems and the songs,” she continued. “He went into the recording studio and he wrote all these songs and said,” This one is for you. “How could I not fall in love with him?”

Brinkley added watching Billy performing live brought a spark to his relationship during his time together.

“When I heard him sing on stage, I was undoubtedly attached to this physically hot and charismatic man,” she explained.

Billy announced on May 23 that he will cancel all scheduled concerts after his NPH diagnosis. (NPH is a condition where excess cerebrospinal fluid is built up in the brain ventricles.)

The star – who is also dad for daughters By Rose Joel9 and Remy Anne Joel7, with wife Alexis Roderick – undergoing specific physical therapy under his doctor’s instructions. He has also been “asked to refrain from performing during this recovery period.”

Brinkley’s post for his ex husband was split hours after their daughter Alexa, 39, honored Billy with her own tribute to him In the midst of his health testing.

When she published a black and white photo of works of art depicting a father who held her young daughter’s hand, she partly wrote “We love you and we got you, pop!”

“The genuine care, empathy and worry from all means so much to him … It also means a lot to me,” added Alexa and then finished his caption with the texts from “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)” – A Song Billy wrote for her who was released on his album from 1993 River of dreams.