EXCLUSIVE: Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley's Daughter Alexa Hospitalized For Drug Overdose
Posted on Dec 05, 2009 @ 09:40AM
Alexa Ray Joel, the 23-year-old singer/songwriter daughter of Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel was hospitalized Saturday for an overdose of pills, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
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A 911 call came in from Alexa's Big Apple apartment at 12:19 pm. A female caller told the dispatcher she had "taken pills." Paramedics responded and found her having difficulty breathing.
Alexa was taken to New York's St. Vincent's Hospital where a NYPD source told RadarOnline.com she is "conscious" and expected to recover.
Billy’s publicist Claire Mercuri said in a statement: “Alexa is stable. Her doctors are assessing her needs and that’s all we can say this moment.”
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Other sources told RadarOnline.com that Alexa has been rocked by her parents' personal problems. She supported her mother through her nasty divorce from cheating hubby Peter Cook, even writing a song about it called "Now It's Gone." Alexa also endured her father's divorce earlier this year from Katie Lee Joel, a chef only two years older than she is.
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According to the source, “There was an indication the call came from Alexa’s roommate, but it could have been made by Alexa herself. The caller said the victim had taken “pills” and that they “want to die.”
Investigators at the NYPD’s Sixth Precient are saying the suspected drug overdose may have been part of an attempted suicide, according to the source.
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Dec 06, 2009 @ 10:41
How Alexa survived her two totally dysfunctional parents is a miracle in itself. I wish her the best of luck, she is a very talented and exceptionally beautiful young woman.
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:51am
This is really sad...I hope she finds peace & happiness again.....Have always been a Christie Brinkley fan....It would be very hard for any other to watch your child suffer like this!
BTBEME: Not appropriate.
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:22am
It has to be so hard to be a child of two very famous people!! She must have put some extremely high expectations on herself, then snapped when she couldn't live up to them. . . . . .
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:13am
. . . . . . I hope that she receives the help that is needed to get through this very hard time in her life.
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:14am
...so sad. she strikes me as very sweet and loyal to her parents. my wishes for a speedy and complete recovery !!!
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 5:21am
SUCH NASTY TALK HERE. THIS GIRL NEEDS HELP. WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD. WOULD YOU BE POSTING SUCH MEAN THINGS. I DON'T THINK SO. WHAT YOU PUT OUT THERE ONLY COMES BACK TO GET
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 3:21am
Very sad. I've been there too, many years ago. I too, pray for her to recover & get the help that she needs.
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 3:20am
Last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it.
Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 12:14am
At least Alexa has people around her who love her. For the nasty posters...sounds like you are very lonely people. Your messages say it all, karma .
Posted Sat, 12/05/2009 - 11:45pm
She was setting herself up for failure by going in the music biz. Kids of music legends don't fare well, Julian Lennon, Lisa Marie Presley. And she couldn't be a model, so I assume she was depressed.
Posted Sat, 12/05/2009 - 11:06pm