William Martin Joel aka Billy Joel has three children, namely, Alexa Ray Joel, Della Rose Joel, and Remy Anne Joel, and he encloses a close bond with all his daughters. They have some undeniable father-daughter-love, which is clear to every nooks and corner of the world.
Recently, one of Billy Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray Joel made some comments regarding her dad, where she described him as 'A Real Mensch.' She commented on Billy Joel's habit of gifting tickets in the front row to those in the nosebleeds, she and her mom, Christie Brinkley commented 'A Real Mensch!' using a Yiddish word, which means a 'good person.'
The comment is also a description of how Billy Joel' never sells tickets to the front row of his concerts.' The post follows a comment that cites:
"He got tired of all the bored, rich people staring up at him — so now, he sends his road crew out to bring down the fans from the worst seats so there'll be 'people in the front row that are really happy to be there, real fans."
The post features the 2015 Billboard cover story where Joel taled about the good spirit and his distaste for the scalpers. 'We never sell front rows, we hold those tickets at just about every concert,' he told the magazine at the time. 'For years, the scalpers got the tickets and would scalp the front row for ridiculous amounts of money,' the post says.
Alexa Ray Joel further mentioned that her dad got sick on the rich people sitting in the front row of his show without making noise as if he was not performing. 'It turns out the real fans were always in the back of the room in the worst seats,' she added.
Joel further wrote:
"We now hold those tickets, and I send my road crew out to the back of the room when the audience comes in and they get people from the worst seats and bring 'em into the front rows. This way you've got people in the front row that are really happy to be there, real fans."
Know more about Alexa Ray Joel below:
Alexa Ray Joel's Wedding
Alexa Ray Joel's wedding is on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Joel's mother, Christie Brinkley, mentioned that 'everything is on hold now' citing the updates on her oldest daughter's upcoming nuptials.
As per Brinkley, she and her family are not social distancing together as she resides in she is at her Hamptons home, and Billy Joel has all her [music] equipment in New York.
Alexa Ray Joel and her fiance, Ryan Gleason (©: People)
Alexa Ray Joel is currently engaged to her boyfriend-turned-fiance Ryan Gleason, who is a restaurateur. The lovebirds got engaged the post-New Year of 2018 and are living as fiance-fiancee for over a couple of years. Ryan and his soon-to-be-wife gave an insight to the wedding ring he flaunted to ask Joel to marry him on Instagram and opened about his engagement with the singer.
'Luckiest guy in the world!!!!' he wrote on his Instagram post.
Carelle designed the engagement ring.
As of now, Alexa Ray Joel and Ryan Gleason's wedding is on halt and is expected to be officiated soon after the coronavirus pandemic fades out. Besides, the lovebirds are living happily with immense love and harness.
Alexa Ray Joel's Net Worth
Alexa Ray Joel, who stands at the height of 5 feet and 2 inches tall, has a net worth of $10 million, which she garners as a musician, singer/songwriter. She was born in the family of stars, where her father Billy Joel is a respected musician and singer, and her mother is a supermodel. Her dad wrote his 1993 song 'Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)' for her.
Similarly, he followed the steps of her father and pursued the music career. To this date, she has brought Sketches (EP), and singles including For All My Days, Invisible, Notice Me, and All I Can Do Is Love. Similarly, she has released other singles like Beg You to Stay and Just The Way You Are.
Besides that, she also appeared on the episode of the hit reality show, The Real Housewives of New Jersey as a family friend of the Manzos and Family Guy.