CHRISTIE BRINKLEY - JOEL'S DAUGHTER HAD 'WOMEN'S INTUITION' ABOUT ROCKER'S MARRIAGE SPLIT

JOEL'S DAUGHTER HAD 'WOMEN'S INTUITION' ABOUT ROCKER'S MARRIAGE SPLIT

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY's daughter ALEXA RAY JOEL was not surprised to learn her father BILLY JOEL had split from his third wife KATIE LEE - because she never really liked the chef.
Rocker Joel confirmed he had separated from Lee, his spouse of three years, on Wednesday (17Jun09), with both parties' representatives insisting the break-up was amicable.
But 23-year-old Alexa wasn't left reeling by the news, because she had seen this day coming.
She tells OK! magazine, "I have a pretty good women’s intuition so I could tell. I know my dad very well. So I’m behind him, you know.
"He was the first person that (sic) told me (about the split). Being who he is, he can’t just trust everybody and you know, I like knowing that my dad can talk to me in the same way that I come to him... I’m just supporting him right now."
Questions about Joel and Lee's relationship hit gossip columns last month (May09) after photographs of the 27-year-old cook dirty dancing with designer Yigal Azrouel, 36, appeared in the U.S. tabloids.
However, Joel's spokeswoman Claire Mercuri was adamant the couple's split had nothing to do with the saucy snaps: "Their decision to separate was absolutely unrelated to Yigal."