Christie Brinkley hosts Hamptons backyard brunch for daughter Alexa Ray Joel

Bellissima Prosecco brand ambassador Christie Brinkley hosted a backyard brunch at her Hamptons mansion on Tuesday for her eldest child Alexa Ray Joel and her longtime fiancé Ryan Gleason.

The Yahoo! cameras were rolling as the 65-year-old eighties supermodel prepared ‘summery and delicious’ recipes like watermelon cucumber salad with help from her ‘talented’ 39-year-old future son-in-law, who’s a restaurateur.

Gleason and the 34-year-old singer got engaged way back on January 1, 2018 after a five-year romance, but COVID-19 has surely ruined any wedding plans.

Alexa is Christie’s only child from her nine-year marriage to five-time Grammy winner Billy Joel, which ended in 1994.

‘Even if you can’t get to the beach this summer, it’s important to bloom where you’re planted,’ Brinkley (born Hudson) told Yahoo Life on Tuesday.

‘Montauk is a gorgeous little beach town that sits all the way out on the tip of the island. It’s one of my favorite places to sit and watch the sunset, sip a glass of wine and listen to great music. I heard John Legend play there last summer and it was epic.’

The Michigan-born Hamptons native will next host a QVC program for Bellissima Prosecco on September 23.

Aside from Joel, Christie has a 22-year-old daughter Sailor Lee Brinkley-Cook from her fourth marriage to architect Peter Cook, which ended in 2008 after 12 years.

Brinkley is also mother to 25-year-old son Jack Paris, who’s dating Nina Agdal, from her third marriage to ex-husband real estate developer Richard Taubman, which ended in 1995 after less than a year.