LaChapelle: Madonna Is Nasty And Cruel

French magazine Paris Match spoke with David LaChapelle in a Q&A, where the famed photographer talked about why he didn’t go through with directing Madonna’s ‘Hung Up’ video. “I had written the scenario, was paid for the concept. But after ‘Rize’, when I started to analyze what made me happy or not, I understood that she was not the person with who I wished to collaborate,” he explained. “She is nice when you are alone with her, but when you work for her, she can be very… I don’t find the word… nasty. She is with people she employs. I didn’t want to be tortured.”