Christie Brinkley (and her daughter Alexa Ray Joel) attending the Wayuu Taya fundraising gala in New York  last night hosted by Donna Karan and Patricia Velasquez.  The organization’s goal:

The Wayúu Tayá Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2002 to help improve the lives of Latin-American indigenous people while
maintaining and respecting their traditions, culture and beliefs.

Also attending:  Padma Lakshmi, Nate Burkus, Noemie Lenior, Russell Simmons and Jennifer Esposito.  Jennifer used to be married to Bradley Cooper and starred with Christina Applegate in Samantha Who?

At the event last night, Christie Brinkley said to Access Hollywood of her ex-husband’s split from his current wife of 5 years, Katie Lee Joel:

“My heart goes out to them,” “It’s sad news, but Billy is a great dad and a great friend, so of course, I wish him the best.”

Their daughter together, Alexa Ray said:

“This is old news for me,” “I heard this a while ago. I was the first to know. OK, I’m his daughter, but you know what? I’m completely supportive of my father and very protective of him… I’m behind him 100%. So I’m just there for him right now.”

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