Excerpt
"Oh My God! Look at Me!"
Was Madonna really as upset about the nude photographs as she had indicated to
Tommy Quinn? Perhaps an example of her mercurial nature was that she could later
make light of the predicament in which she had found herself.
"I remember when we were both broke and living in New York, Madonna showed me
some of the nude shots," recalls Erica Bell. "We were just sort of being lazy,
and a little drunk, and she brought out this envelope and spread the pictures on
the floor. 'Look at me, Rica,' [Madonna's nickname for Erica Bell] she said.
'I'm as flat-chested as you are!' And we just laughed and laughed, for some
reason, thinking the pictures were hysterical. She said, 'One day I will be
world famous, and Playboy will publish these photos, and it'll be the
greatest scandal of all time.' I asked her, 'My God, won't you be embarrassed?'
And she laughed and said, 'What do you think?' "
When the photographs were published many years later, Erica received a telephone
call from Madonna.
"Oh my God," Madonna said, nearly hysterical with laughter. "It's happened, jus ... read full excerpt from: Madonna: An Intimate Biography ebook
