Alexa Ray Joel, Daughter Of Billy And Christie, Collapses On Cabaret Stage

(CNN) - Billy Joel’s daughter with Christie Brinkley fainted on stage cabaret in New York on Saturday, his agent said Monday.



A doctor in the emergency room concluded that Alexa Ray Joel, 28 experienced vasovagal syncope, a common cause of fainting “is usually harmless and requires no treatment," said Joel representative Claire Mercuri. In vasovagal syncope, according to the website of the Mayo Clinic, a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure can cause reduced blood flow to the brain, resulting in a brief loss of consciousness.

Joel was performing to a full house at Cafe Carlyle on the Upper East Side of Manhattan when she collapsed and was rushed to the emergency room at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Mercuri said.

"Mrs. Joel became ill in early afternoon and announced from the stage that she pulled her back and neck, but I wanted the show to go on, " she said. It was closing night of her two- week run in place.

"I wanted to thank everyone for coming to support me," Joel said Monday. “I was excited and determined to fulfill my last show and I really wanted to finish my career with a bang , but this was not what I had in mind and hope to have the opportunity to make peace with the wonderful public very soon. "

The composer and singer launched his performing and recording career in 2006.

Alexa Ray Joel talks about depression
she suffered from what he called “depression related anxiety - ." After a breakup with her boyfriend of a lifetime and former bandmate Jimmy Riot in 2010 she was rushed to a hospital in New York on 5 December 2009, after swallowing a handful of homeopathic pain pills, his publicist confirmed at the time. The pills were not considered life threatening.

After the reports of the media suggested that his depression was caused by a will fight with her mother, Christie Brinkley, former model and ex-husband Billy Joel made a public denial.

"As much as we hate dignifying tabloid stories with a response, we feel we must set the record straight," said Joel Brinkley and 2009. “Every parent can imagine the pain and anguish ... a daughter who is working to recover of dangerous actions she took while suffering a devastating anguish “.