Exclusive Update! Alexa Ray Joel Released From Hospital, Rep Confirms!
We’re glad to hear she’s going to be all right!
UPDATE: Claire Mercuri, who represents Billy Joel, tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that Alexa Ray Joel “has been released [from the hospital].”
When asked about daughter Alexa Ray Joel, who was admitted to the hospital yesterday after a drug overdose, Billy Joel tells Newsday: “She is going to be fine.”
Billy was contacted at his Sag Harbor, where he stayed yesterday, rather than visiting Alexa Ray at the hospital. A friend of Billy’s tells New York’s Daily News that “Billy didn’t go so it didn’t become a circus atmosphere,” but assures the paper that Billy “was in constant phone contact” over his daughter’s situation.
Mom Christie Brinkley, meanwhile, rushed to her daughter’s hospital room at about 4:20 p.m. Saturday, the Daily News reports. Alexa Ray has a close relationship with both parents.
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