Christie Brinkley shared a rare family photo to Instagram with all three of her children this week.
They were huddled together at home during a Christmas celebration.
The 71-year-old supermodel has son Jack Brinkley-Cook, 30, and daughters Sailor Brinkley Cook, 27, and Alexa Ray Joel, 39.
All three kids have different fathers.
Brinkley shares daughter Alexa with her second husband, musician Billy Joel. The model met the Uptown Girl singer in 1983 before tying the knot two years later in 1985. They eventually divorced in 1994.
She welcomed son Jack with real estate developer Richard Taubman, who she married in late 1994, shortly after divorcing Billy. Her marriage with Richard only lasted less than a year.
Christie Brinkley shared a rare family photo to Instagram with all three of her children this week. They were huddled together at home during a Christmas celebration
The cover girl found love yet again with her fourth husband, architect Peter Halsey Cook. They tied the knot in 1996 and had daughter Sailor together. The Sports Illustrated stunner divorced Peter in 2008 and later went on to have a relationship with singer-songwriter John Mellencamp.
Brinkley’s children have gone on to reach varying levels of success.
While Sailor is now a professional model, Alexa followed in her Grammy award-winning father’s footsteps and became a singer.
The rising star released a few songs in 2006 and then took a break from songwriting, before returning to music for a few small residencies in New York City.
Last year, Alexa got up on stage with her father and performed two songs at his Madison Square Garden concert.
She performed To Sir, With Love, which is the theme song to the drama film of the same name, and Say Goodbye To Hollywood, off her dad’s fourth album Turnstiles.
Earlier this year, Brinkley and her daughter matched with the same men on dating apps.
The family was last year in their kitchen
The model told how her youngest child helped her set up a profile to find a potential partner but was shocked to find they were being paired with the same people.
Speaking to Kristin Davis on her Are You a Charlotte? podcast, Christie said: ‘She wanted to see what kind of guys [would match] … and she put me up there … and she said, ‘Mom, you’re right not to go on it, because the same guys that said yes to me, are saying yes to you.’ ‘
Kristin replied: ‘Smart Sailor, that is a really fascinating little experiment.’
Christie speculated on the type of guys who were matching with both her and Sailor, suggesting they were just looking for a woman who would be ‘impressed’ by their choices.
She said: ‘I find that what men like to do is to find somebody that’ll be impressed by every little thing that they do. Like, ‘Oh really, oh, you’re taking me to that restaurant.’
Brinkley shares daughter Alexa with her second husband, musician Billy Joel; seen in 2010
Christie welcomed son Jack with real estate developer Richard Taubman, who she married in late 1994, shortly after divorcing Billy. Pictured in 1994
Christie later found love yet again with her fourth husband, architect Peter Halsey Cook, and they had daughter Sailor together. Pictured 1998
Kristin, 60, is fascinated by the modern dating world and wants to learn more, even though she is ‘kind of scared’ about the process of finding a partner.
She said: ‘I’m kind of scared and awed by the whole situation that has kind of evolved in the dating world. And I don’t understand it, but I would like to understand it better.’
Christie previously spoke about how Sailor, who is also a model, has helped boost her confidence after she appeared in the 60th anniversary edition of Sports Illustrated’s famous Swimsuit issue.
She told People magazine: ‘Sailor is very strong and, you know, she has very strong opinions about feeling good about yourself because she’s gone through strong feelings, not feeling good about herself.
‘So, she’s really into empowering herself to feel confident and good. And she’ll say to me if ever I, I’m doubtful and I go, ‘I don’t know, you know, is this like…?’ She’s like, ‘Mom, you’re beautiful, embrace it, you know, go with it, lean into it.’ And I’m like, ‘Ok, I shall try.”
