Billy Joel’s former spouse, Elizabeth Weber, mentions that she has the freedom to reach out to the Piano Man any time she wishes, yet she’s choosing to keep a respectful distance as he copes with a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).
‘If I feel the need to communicate with him or share something, I can do so at my discretion,’ Weber shared about Joel, 76, in an interview with Us Weekly on Friday.
Weber referenced Joel’s marriage to equestrian Alexis Roderick, 43, and their two children, Della Rose Joel, nine, and Remy Anne Joel, seven.
‘But he has a wife and he has children,’ Weber said, ‘and right now, he’s struggling with something that’s … that’s a big thing.’
Back in May, Joel had to cancel a series of concerts following his diagnosis with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a condition affecting the brain.
Weber initially crossed paths with the famed singer and pianist in the 1960s, amid a timeframe when she was wed to Joel’s Attila bandmate Jon Small.
Billy Joel’s ex-wife Elizabeth Weber says she can still contact him when needed, but is opting to maintain a respectful distance during his health ordeal. Joel pictured in NYC in 2023.
Elizabeth Weber, pictured in NYC in June, said, ‘If I wanna talk to him or if I have something to say, I am able to contact him whenever I want to’
After Joel and Weber had an affair, their band fell apart and Joel dealt with severe depression around the same time.
Weber explained to the publication that her relationship with the musician behind ‘The Downeaster Alexa’ is appropriately close for those who ended their marriage four decades ago.
Weber said that her son Sean Weber-Small (from her prior marriage) and grandkids have past spent quality time with Joel.
‘I have grandchildren who know him, and he knows them,’ Weber stated. ‘In fact, my granddaughter Ella introduced Bill to TikTok and explained its current trends.
‘And his relationship with Sean is important to both of them,’ adding that her son and Joel ‘were very close.’
Weber said that her communications are somewhat constrained by the cross-country distance of their residences.
‘We’re not distant but we’re, you know, and he lives in Florida and I live in California,’ Weber said. ‘But it’s all good.’
The It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me artist and Weber tied the knot in 1973, and parted ways in 1982.
Joel and Weber met in the late 1960s, wedn in 1973, and parted ways in 1982. Pictured in 1979
Weber said of her ex-husband: ‘Rght now, he’s struggling with something that’s … that’s a big thing’
The famed singer-songwriter was pictured playing at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas last fallÂ
The Just The Way You Are singer had been seeing Australia-born supermodel Elle Macpherson prior to his high-profile romance with model Christie Brinkley, 71.
The five-time Grammy winner and his Uptown Girl muse were wed from 1985 to 1994 in a union that produced daughter Alexa Ray Joel, 39.
The We Didn’t Start the Fire vocalist subsequently exchanged vows with culinary expert Katie Lee, 43, in 2004 and the couple parted ways in 2009.Â
Joel has been wed to Roderick since 2015.
The Bronx-born musical artist is the focal point of new two-part documentary titled Billy Joel: And So It Goes, which can be seen on HBO.Â
