Billy Joel’s Secret Affair & Suicide Struggle
Fantastic—just when you thought rock legends had it all figured out, Billy Joel drops a bomb that’s part soap opera, part tragedy. The Piano Man admits he tried to “end it all” not once but twice after an affair with his best friend’s wife, according to the New York Post (April 2023). I don’t *want* to break down celebrity sorrow, but the guy’s life careened off a cliff—and here we are.
Joel confesses the clandestine romance triggered guilt so crushing he attempted suicide in the late ’80s, a period he’s long kept behind the curtain. “I couldn’t live with what I’d done,” he reportedly told the Post, corroborating details in a recent People Magazine interview. Apparently, the booze-fueled haze of rock ’n’ roll left him convinced that life wasn’t worth the spiral he’d created. Two separate tries—once in his New York apartment, a second on a hotel balcony—were enough wake-up calls that he finally sought professional help.
Look, I don’t *enjoy* pointing out these disasters, but Joel’s timeline isn’t exactly subtle. This all allegedly unfolded just after his mega-hit “Uptown Girl” era, when everyone saw chart-topping success but missed the personal wreckage behind closed doors. Rolling Stone adds that therapy and vows to stay sober ultimately pulled him back from the brink. He later credited his second wife, Alexa Ray Joel, for pushing him toward a healthier mindset.
Of course, the storyline reads like a tabloid fever dream: rock god wrecks friendship, spirals into despair, then emerges battered but wiser. Joel’s publicist confirmed to People that the singer’s initial silence was fueled by shame rather than PR strategy. He’s never been one to overshare—so when the man himself says he “walked a dark path,” you better believe the walls of Manhattan penthouses were trembling with regret.
Now in his seventies and still selling out arenas, Joel insists he’s found balance in therapy and family. He’s quietly dropped hints in recent interviews that compassion—both for himself and others—was the only life raft that mattered. And yes, his best friend has reportedly forgiven him, because apparently even rock stars sometimes get happy endings.
This saga proves one thing: celebrity status doesn’t come with an immunity card for moral meltdowns or mental health breakdowns. I told you so—fame and fortune never guarantee inner peace.
And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and New York Post, People Magazine, Rolling Stone
Attribution: Creative Commons Licensed
