When did Christie Brinkley date John Mellencamp? Supermodel’s dating history explored

Christie Brinkley released her new memoir, Uptown Girl. The title is a reference to her ex, Billy Joel's 1983 hit song. In the memoir, Brinkley delves into various aspects of her life, like her romance with popular singer Billy Joel, surviving a helicopter crash, etc.

Amidst the memoir release, let us talk about the dating life of the American model, a topic Brinkley herself delves into in Uptown Girl. Christie Brinkley, a Sports Illustrated model, has had her share of adventures with her love life, from her first husband, Jean-François Allaux (1975 to 1981), to her last known relationship with musician John Mellencamp, whom she dated for a year from about 2015 to 2016.

Christie Brinkley's dating history is explored.

Brinkley details her relationships in her memoir, Uptown Girl.

Jean-François Allaux

According to the publication, the two started dating when Brinkley was nineteen and met in Paris. When Brinkley began her modeling career, they moved to New York. The duo married in 1975 and later divorced in 1981, but Allaux, as reported by People magazine, still regards Allaux as one of her "great loves."

Olivier Chandon de Brailles

Brailles was a French race car driver and heir to the Moët & Chandon champagne fortune. Brinkley and Brailles began dating in 1982 until he died in 1983. He died in a car accident during a race practice in Florida on March 2, 1983.

Billy Joel

If her first husband, Jean-François Allaux, is one of her "great loves," then the other is popular singer Billy Joel. Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel began their relationship in 1983, the same year she also appeared in the MV of 'Uptown Girl'. Later, in 1985, Brinkley and Joel married and welcomed their daughter the same year. Though the two divorced in 1994, they still maintain a good rapport.

Richard Taubman

According to the publication, Christie Brinkley and Richard Taubman started bonding after they survived a helicopter crash while heli-skiing tour in the San Juan mountain range in Telluride in April 1994. They got married later the same year. The ex-couple welcomed their son and got divorced the same year, in 1995.

Peter Cook

According to People Magazine, in her memoir, Brinkley refers to her decade-long marriage (1996-2006) with Cook as "the most tortured relationship I've ever had.” The duo first met in 1975 but reconnected in 1995 and married in 1996. The ex-couple welcomed their daughter in 1998. Their relationship culminated in a divorce and years of custody battles.

According to reports, during a high school graduation, a man told Brinkley that her husband was having an affair with his teenage daughter. Cook later admitted that he had an affair with an 18-year-old.

John Mellencamp

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Brinkley got into a relationship with Mellencamp about a decade after her divorce from Cook. They began dating in 2015, after they bonded over similar interests. According to People Magazine, their relationship ended a year later, in 2016, due to busy schedules.

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