Billy Joel on Alexa Ray: 'She Is Going to Be Fine'

Dec. 7, 2009 — -- Alexa Ray Joel might need some soothing from the Piano Man.

The 23-year-old daughter of piano legend Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley is recovering after a pill popping binge and apparent suicide attempt that landed her in the hospital Friday night. He says she's all good now.

"She is going to be fine," the singer told Long Island paper Newsday Saturday evening.

Alexa Ray Joel was taken to Manhattan's St. Vincent's Medical Center after her panicked roommate called 911 from their downtown apartment about 12:20 p.m., according to the New York Daily News.

Police sources told the Daily News that the roommate said Alexa Ray Joel "had taken pills and was feeling despondent. She said she wasn't feeling good about herself."

Two law enforcement sources told the paper that the overdose was classified as a suicide attempt brought on by ingesting eight sleeping pills, although a person close to Alexa Ray Joel said she only took Traumeel, a homeopathic antihistamine.

But most homeopathic antihistamine pills actually don't contain any antihistamine -- "homeopathic" means that drug makers diluted the antihistamine to trace amounts, creating a sugar pill that holds "the memory" of the antihistamine. Because of the dilution, it's unlikely Traumeel could cause such an adverse reaction.

Although Billy Joel was confident of his daughter's well being, he wasn't by her side at the hospital. His former wife, Brinkley, arrived there Saturday afternoon while the singer remained at his home in Sag Harbor, on the eastern end of Long Island.

"Billy didn't go so it didn't become a circus atmosphere," a friend told the Daily News. "He was in constant phone contact."