Alexa Ray Joel watched the new documentary about her father, 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes,' with mom Christie Brinkley. The film premieres in two parts on July 18 and July 25, on HBO Max.

Forgiveness is complicated. And so is self-examination. But Billy Joel, who has an inherent likability, and his loved ones seem to be well-practiced in the art of both.

Off the runway, Christie Brinkley is a model mom. The prolific cover girl has three children: Alexa Ray Joel, Jack Paris Brinkley-Cook, and Sailor Brinkley-Cook.

There were parts where I thought, ‘Please don’t cry,'” Brinkley said of recording the painful memory for the audiobook of her memoir, “Uptown Girl.”