Madonna's estranged brother Christopher has written one of those 'warts' books about life with his sister. Chris is (or was) an artist and designer who Madonna used on several of her tours in the 90s, including what many people believe to be her best: Blond Ambition. He featured heavily in "Truth or Dare" and seemed to be one of the few siblings that had transitioned with her from normality into celebrity. Sadly he has struggled with drug and alcohol addictions in the last few years and seems to have fallen out with Madonna big time. Note to Chris: this won't help.
In the book he talks about their fiery relationship, her diva like behaviour, Guy's homophobia and generally brings out every bit of dirty washing that could possibly be aired. He talks about calling her an "evil queen" in an email, which seems slightly ironic given the circumstances. I'm sure the fall out is not entirely one sided and I hope that Chris takes some responsibility for his own life and choices. I'm sure he has caused a fair amount of grief to others with his own behaviour in recent years. On one hand I am not particularly interested in another grubby book about Madonna, but Chris is (was) an intelligent and sensitive man so this book may actually have some depth to it. Of course all we see at the moment in the papers is the headline grabbing scandal, and with a bit of luck the book will be more balanced. I'll let you know once I've read it!
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