In her new memoir, the model recounts her ex-husband’s drunken outbursts, including a chaise longue thrown through patio doors.

"He was acting delusional in a way I’d never seen before," Brinkley wrote of the incident. "I was so scared that I couldn’t think."

Christie Brinkley once thought Billy Joel was her soulmate. But in her new book, Uptown Girl, the 71-year-old model reveals how his battles with alcohol ultimately shattered that dream—and their marriage.