Billy Joel's Wife Says Singer's ‘health Has To Take Priority’ After He Postponed Tour Due To Medical Condition

Billy Joel's wife, Alexis Roderick Joel, is speaking retired astir her travel pinch endometriosis. 

Alexis, who has been joined to nan 75-year-old stone fable since 2015, struggled pinch debilitating symptoms, misdiagnoses and grounded surgeries for years earlier later discovering that she was suffering from nan often misunderstood information successful which insubstantial akin to nan lining of nan uterus grows extracurricular nan uterus.

During nan clip successful which Alexis was battling her then-unknown illness and experiencing chronic pain, she was besides raising her 2 young children and accompanying Billy while he performed astatine concerts astir nan world. 

While speaking pinch Fox News Digital, Alexis admitted that being connected tour pinch Billy and her children while dealing pinch nan symptoms of endometriosis had been "really rough."

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"I was doing it, but I was not doing it very well," she said. 

Billy Joel's wife, Alexis Joel, shared an update connected nan singer's wellness aft he canceled 4 months of his tour.  (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images for The Everglades Foundation)

Alexis continued, "So, particularly pinch kids, if you've ever traveled pinch children and done a clip area change, that unsocial is an insane situation. So, if you adhd successful besides having a husband, that requires clip and attraction — you know, he's working, we're not vacationing. And maine going done what I'm going through, it was really rough. 

"Luckily, erstwhile he's touring, we person a batch of support, which was really helpful," And it was huge. So I'm fortunate successful that I do person group to thief me. And you person to, because you scope your limit. I mean, there's thing you tin do."

Alexis and nan "Piano Man' vocalist stock daughters Della, 9, and Remy, 7. Billy is besides begetter to girl Alexa Ray Joel, 39, whom he shares pinch his ex-wife Christie Brinkley, 71.

Alexis opened up astir struggling pinch chronic symptom from endometriosis while trying to raise her 2 daughters and touring pinch Billy.  ( Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Alexis explained that it was an particularly challenging clip because neither she nor Billy knew what was causing her symptoms.

"We each entered this not knowing thing astir it, I deliberation arsenic astir of america do," she explained. "And it's difficult because I cognize that I didn't consciousness well." 

"And I besides cognize I didn't want him to show maine that I didn't consciousness well," Alexis continued pinch a laugh. "Your fuse is very short astatine that constituent erstwhile you're dealing pinch 2 small kids walking nan world and you're successful excruciating pain. And each day, you don't cognize what your time is going to beryllium like, truthful it's difficult to plan." 

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"But arsenic clip has gone on, he's highly supportive," she added. "So picking up wherever I time off disconnected and covering my deficits during that clip was huge. We're conscionable ever researching — he'll email maine articles for illustration ‘Did you cognize that this happens pinch endometriosis?'"

"Never successful a cardinal years would I deliberation that he would beryllium sending maine that benignant of stuff, but erstwhile you're watching personification suffer, you prime up. You person to. It's what we do, we're a family."

Billy and Alexis joined successful 2015.  ( Myrna Suarez/WireImage)

Over nan past fewer months, Billy has been struggling pinch wellness challenges of his own. 

In March, nan five-time Grammy Award victor shared a connection connected societal media successful which it was announced that he was postponing 8 circuit dates owed to a "medical condition." 

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"The existent circuit will beryllium postponed for 4 months to let him to retrieve from caller room and to acquisition beingness therapy nether nan supervision of his doctors," nan connection read.

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"Joel is expected to make a afloat recovery. The circuit will resume astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh connected July 5, 2025."

Billy shared a individual comment arsenic well, writing, "While I regret postponing immoderate shows, my wellness must travel first. I look guardant to getting backmost connected shape and sharing nan joyousness of unrecorded euphony pinch our astonishing fans. Thank you for your understanding."

During her question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, Alexis shared an update connected her husband's health.

In March, Billy announced that he was postponing his circuit owed to a aesculapian information that required room and rehabilitation.  (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

"He's doing well," she said. "It's funny, I was conscionable having this speech nan different day. He's going to beryllium 76. And I don't deliberation of him that way. People don't deliberation of him successful that way, but he is. And he's been doing this occupation nonstop for 15 years — conscionable this caller run."

"With nan objection of COVID, he's been moving each 2 weeks for 15-plus years," Alexis continued. "And it's a lot. At 75, 76, location comes a clip wherever you can't ever scheme retired everything you request to do a twelvemonth and a half successful advance, you know? And that's really agelong these schedules are. That's erstwhile you're booking things. You're booking it that agelong prior." 

"So, sometimes your wellness has to return priority, and things person to get postponed," she noted. "But really, successful nan expansive strategy of things, he's a patient person, and he's good and moving connected himself, trying to get amended and do what he has to do medically. So it's important, you know, we request him astir truthful he has to do what he has to do. I had to do what I had to do. Now he has to do what he has to do." 

"But astatine slightest I'm capable to prime up his deficits now, truthful it's OK."

Alexis said Billy is "doing well" and "trying to get better." ( Mireya Acierto/Getty Images for The Everglades Foundation)

Alexis, who usually stays retired of nan spotlight, first went nationalist pinch her wellness conflict successful a station shared connected Billy's Instagram page during Endometriosis Awareness Month successful March. 

She posted a photograph of herself posing pinch Dr. Tamer Seckin, who she described successful nan caption arsenic her "earth angel." Seckin is simply a New York-based gynecologist, laparoscopic surgeon and endometriosis master who co-founded nan Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) pinch personage cook Padma Lakshmi successful 2009. In her post, Alexis recalled really she had recovered Seckin and really he had been capable to dainty her condition. 

"We each person warfare stories, and I americium nary different: years of pain, misdiagnosis, grounded surgeries, followed by soul bleeding, and astir importantly, Doctor aft Doctor telling maine I was fine," Alexis wrote. "I ran nan gamut from ‘It’s each successful your head’ to ‘Just get a hysterectomy.'"  

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She continued, "I had gone to my 3rd ER retired of excruciating pain. I was non-functional. This was nan infinitesimal I conscionable started researching specialists and everything pointed maine to him."  

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"One room later, 27 lesions removed, 1 little appendix and my full abdominal cavity free of this horrible disease. I americium everlastingly grateful," Alexis added. "The activity he does pinch The Endometriosis Foundation of America is truthful important to this battle.  They activity to raise awareness, instrumentality school successful schools, and proceed his investigation for nan adjacent generation.  Our family has privately supported this work, but successful grant of March being Endometriosis Awareness Month, I wanted to do my portion to thief others who are unheard.  It is simply a reliable road, but judge successful yourself and find your world angel - they are retired there!"

On May 1, Billy joined Alexis arsenic she said astatine a property convention to denote nan expansive opening of nan Seckin Endometriosis Center for Women's Health astatine Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). EndoFound and CSHL collaborated to found nan center, which was named aft Seckin. According to a property release, it is nan first dedicated endometriosis investigation halfway wrong a starring U.S. basal subject institution. 

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Billy later posted photos from nan arena connected his Instagram page, noting successful nan caption that nan Joel Foundation, which he co-founded pinch Alexis, supports nan activity of EndoFound.

Endometriosis is estimated to impact much than 1 successful 10 women of reproductive property — complete 200 cardinal worldwide. Though room tin thief alleviate symptom from endometriosis, symptoms whitethorn yet return. There is presently nary cure for endometriosis. 

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During her question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, Alexis shared specifications astir nan work that will beryllium conducted at nan Seckin Endometriosis Center for Women's Health. 

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"Cold Spring Harbor Lab is simply a location that is world-class successful what they do arsenic acold arsenic investigation astatine a molecular level," she said.

The center, named aft Dr. Tamer Seckin, opened connected May 1. (Lauren Peteroy )

By co-founding EndoFound pinch Lakshmi, Seckin launched nan first shape of backing investigation and acquisition astir endometriosis, according to Alexis.

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Billy and Alexis are pictured pinch Dr. Tamer Seckin, Semir Beyaz and Piraye Beim. (Lauren Peteroy )

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"And done his work, surgically, he came upon personification who was affiliated pinch Cold Spring Harbor Lab. And they began nan discussions of placing each his specimens here. And it's really nan cleanable location," she said.