The Guardian journalist who was accused of having "sinister ambitions" by Lana Del Rey following their interview has responded.
In a serious of deleted tweets, Del Rey appeared to have confused him with music critic Alexis Petridis and slated him over reporting over her saying: "I wish I was dead already".
In tweets that were deleted, she wrote: "i regret trusting the guardian- i didn't want to do an interview but the journalist was persistent. Alexis was masked as a fan but was hiding sinister ambitions and angles
"Maybe he's actually the boring one looking for something interesting to write about. (sic)"
She added: "His leading questions about death and persona were calculated."
Lana Del Rey (WENN)
Jonze responded in an article saying: "I was not "masked" as a fan, I genuinely like her music and really liked her too – her life story is fascinating, she was refreshingly open when answering even the most difficult question and she seemed completely in love with music."
He also wrote: "It's not pleasant asking a pop star if she thinks the idea of dying young herself is attractive – it's a dark question, but it's not a leading one. She has every opportunity to say no... Ultimately, the problem with Lana's complaint is that she doesn't seem to know what she's actually complaining about. She's not alleging that I made up her quotes, nor is she claiming that they've been "twisted" or that we've printed them out of context.
"Instead she seems annoyed by the fact I wanted her to say interesting things and asked questions that caused her to do so. Well sorry, Lana, but that's just me doing my job."
Listen to his actual recording of the interview below. She says the quote at 1 minute 18 seconds.
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