It’s another (Uptown) Girl for Billy Joel! Despite the large age gap between his kids, an insider told People Billy was “thrilled to become a dad again”.
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He and his wife, Alexis Joel, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, early Wednesday morning. A spokesman for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee confirmed the news in an exclusive to People magazine. Della Rose is the first child Roderick, 33, and Joel, 66, have had together.
Following Billy and Alexis’ clandestine nuptials, Brinkley congratulated the couple on Instagram, writing, “Congratulations to the glowing bride and groom”.
Billy and Alexis’ newborn daughter weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.
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Joel’s 29-year-old daughter Alexa Ray is from his previous marriage to Christie Brinkley.
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Joel and Roderick married in a suprise ceremony officiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July Fourth during a party at Joel’s Centre Island estate. “I could be a stay-at-home dad for as long as I can stay alive”.
