Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

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Billy Joel selling Hamptons home

Billy Joel is selling the perfect Hamptons beach house for a global-warming denier who has deep pockets.

The house — which the Piano Man bought for $16.8 million from actor Roy Scheider in 2007 — is perched on an eroding bluff in Sagaponack.

Joel’s publicist Claire Mercuri denied the mansion is threatened by the surf.

“The house is well set back behind the dunes. It’s never been damaged in any storm,” Mercuri said.

Tons of sand were brought in after Hurricane Sandy to restore the beach.

Joel first tried to sell the Nate Berkus-decorated mansion five years ago — after he split from wife No. 3, Katie Lee — for $22.5 million. The price gradually dropped to $16.8 million before the singer took it off the market.

Now, it’s listed for $23.5 million — a big bet that the oceans won’t rise as the polar ice caps melt.