Billy Joel is opening up about a tough moment with longtime friend and tourmate Elton John.
In the second part of the new two-part HBO Documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” the “New York State of Mind” singer shared how John’s public comments that he needed rehab strained their friendship.
“Elton had made a comment that he thought I needed real rehab,” Joel said in the film, referencing an interview he did with “Rolling Stone” in 2011. “He chalked it up to, ‘Oh, he’s a drunk.’ And that really hurt me.”
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