After supporting her mother Christie Brinkley through a difficult divorce last year, Alexa Ray Joel is now lending support to her father, Billy Joel, who is separating from his wife of five years, Katie Lee Joel. Alexa Ray told Us Weekly she "wasn't surprised" when her father told her about the split.

'I have a pretty good women's intuition, so I can tell,' she said. 'I know my dad pretty well, so I’m behind him.' "

So after seeing her parents struggle with marriages, what are Alexa Ray's thoughts on marriage for herself?

'I am a true romantic - I would love to get married,' Alexa Ray told Us. 'The government doesn't necessarily have to get involved. You can just
celebrate your life and have a wedding and have it big and fabulous and
not necessarily complicated, with the papers and all that. Having seen
what I've seen, I'll be skeptical, sure, but I will be having a
wedding.' "

Given what she's seen her parents go through, I'm not surprised Alexa Ray has this outlook!

What do you think: is the legal institution of marriage still important?

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