Elizabeth Weber, Billy Joel’s First Wife and Ex-Manager, Tells Why She Spoke Up in HBO Doc After 43 Years of Silence — Becoming One of the Year’s Most Captivating Screen Personalities in the Process

In agreeing to participate in “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” this year’s acclaimed two-part HBO documentary about the pop superstar, Elizabeth Weber says that she was hearted that “Susan really wanted to tell a story about the music. I mean, there’s nothing left to expose about Bill. It’s already been out there, right?”

Well, yes and no. Certainly there were nuggets to pick up about Joel’s life that felt fresh, however much has already been mined. But there was certainly one major revelation to speak of: Weber herself. As his first wife and his manager during his 1970s breakout years, she has certainly loomed large in Joel lore, but not because she was doing anything to add to any of this historical discourses herself. She’d remained pretty much silent for the better part of four and a half decades, since leaving the marriage and eventually her management position.