Redigerer Katie Lee (avsnitt)

== Biografi ==
Lee vokste opp i Milton i Vest-Virginia.<ref name="huntingtonquarterly">{{cite news|url=http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue76/Katie_Lee.php|title=Home for the Holidays|work=Huntington Quarterly|location=[[Huntington, West Virginia]]|first=Katherine|last=Reasons-Pyles|issue=76|date=udatert|accessdate=16. april 2015|archivedate=21. januar 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121161734/http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue76/Katie_Lee.php|url-status=dead}} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue76/Katie_Lee.php |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2018-01-24 |arkiv-dato=2012-01-21 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121161734/http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue76/Katie_Lee.php |url-status=yes }}</ref> Hun studerte journalistikk og matvitenskap ved [[Miami University]] i Oxford i Ohio,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/60236/|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|title=Katie Lee, Movin’ Out|first=Beth|last=Landman|date=21. oktober 2009|accessdate=16. april 2015|archivedate=31. januar 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131052136/http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/60236/|url-status=live}}</ref> hvorfra hun ble uteksaminert i 2003.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://miamioh.edu/news/campus-news/2015/03/women-leadership-sympsosium.html|date=31. mars 2015|title=Pulitzer Prize winners to give keynote address at annual Women in Leadership Symposium|first=Kim|last=Tavares|publisher=[[Miami University]]|accessdate=16. april 2015|archivedate=16. april 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416225031/http://miamioh.edu/news/campus-news/2015/03/women-leadership-sympsosium.html|url-status=live}}</ref> I studietiden var hun medlem av Kappa Alpha Theta.<ref>Katherine Lee at {{cite web|title=Notable Thetas|url=http://heritage.kappaalphatheta.org/page/notablethetas|publisher=Kappa Alpha Theta Heritage|accessdate=8. juni 2009}} (Requires scrolldown after clicking on "Explore Notable Thetas")</ref> Hun tilbrakte et semester i [[Firenze|Firenze i Italia]] ved British Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/katie-lee-joel-host-bravo-upcoming-top-chef-reality-series-3813.php|title=Katie Lee Joel to host Bravo's upcoming 'Top Chef' reality series|publisher=Reality TV World|date=2. oktober 2004|accessdate=18. september 2012}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://www.greatrestaurantsmag.com/LI/article_view/104/|title=Katie Lee Joel Talks About Food|first=Rosalie|last=Sendor|publisher=GreatRestaurantsMag.com <!--not a physical, printed magazine but just a website-->|archivedate=22. desember 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222053132/http://www.greatrestaurantsmag.com/LI/article_view/104/}}</ref>

Lee møtte [[Billy Joel]] på takbaren på hotellet The Peninsula mens hun besøkte New York City for en helg.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Billy-and-Katie-Joel-Movin-Up/4|publisher=Oprah.com|title=Billy and Katie Joel Movin' Up|first=Oprah|last=Winfrey|date=1. januar 2006|accessdate=13. desember 2012|archivedate=26. september 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926233502/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Billy-and-Katie-Joel-Movin-Up|url-status=live}}</ref> Etter å ha datet i et år, giftet hun og Joel seg i hans hjem i Oyster Bay på [[Long Island]] 2. oktober 2004. Alexa Ray Joel, Billy Joels datter fra hans [[ekteskap]] med Christie Brinkley, var Lees forlover.

Etter nesten fem års ekteskap, separerte Billy Joel og Katie Lee seg i juni 2009.