Scrubs star John C. McGinley, who famously portrayed the ever-so-grumpy Dr. Perry Cox, says he had an odd interaction with singer Billy Joel.
While speaking to Channel Guide for a May 2025 interview, McGinley said he met Joel after one of his concerts in the early '90s, as reported by Remind Magazine.
“I was shooting a medical comedy in Kansas City, Article 99, with Kiefer [Sutherland] and Ray [Liotta], rest in peace. Billy Joel was coming to town. So, we got to go to the show and then go backstage," said McGinley during the interview.
McGinley then said Joel asked him to read his then-wife, Christie Brinkley, a bedtime story. According to McGinley, he obliged to the request.
“When I met Billy, I was quite starstruck. But then the real starstruck thing — this was starstruck on steroids — happened. Billy calls me by my first name, and he goes, ‘John, I have Christie [Brinkley, Joel’s wife at the time] on the line. She can’t sleep until somebody reads her a bedtime story.’ And so, I told her a bedtime story," said McGinley to the publication.
Joel and Brinkley were married for 10 years until their 1994 divorce. The former couple shares a daughter named Alexa Ray Joel, 39.
Brinkley shared her support for her ex-husband after he announced he has been diagnosed with the brain disorder, normal pressure hydrocephalus, in May 2025. In a May 24 Instagram upload, Brinkley told Joel that she and her family are "sending [him] lots of love and good wishes for a full and speedy recovery." In addition, she wrote that he has given countless people joy with his talent.
"I’m sure I’m speaking for everyone in that room when I say please take good care of yourself, we all want you back in that white hot spotlight, you’re OUR piano manAnd we’re always in the mood for your melodies And we all hope you’re feeling alright!We Love You, the kids, me and a whole bunch of full arenas!" wrote Brinkley in her Instagram upload.
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