"It wasn't a Marilyn Manson video," Manson told NME: "The editor of the company that put it out was somebody who's edited my videos, that video was something that was done with a camera that Eli (Roth), who's my friend, and I both wanted to test out, so I let him test it out... what they filmed was put in context seemingly as if it were a Marilyn Manson video, and that was in no way the intention."
Manson also told NME that working with Del Rey was a priority, but one that quickly dissolved over creative differences and general rapport. He says the rape scene was filmed without his knowledge: "Eli and I wanted to do a music video with her but she was being such a problem... Although I still respect her, I'm friends with her. I just left, I was tired, I was not willing to make that part of the video. Eli and I originally had intentions of making a video with her, but that is not the intention that is represented in that film clip because that is not what I filmed, not for my video."
To hammer home his disgust with what he says is third-party editing, Manson expressed disdain for the notion of rape scenes as artistically central to anything the singer would condone: "...the people put it together with my other clips. And it really strongly stands out of place, it doesn't really make sense. I would not make a video of that nature, nor would Eli. I don't think either of us were ever intending for that to be seen, it was more of a camera test. I'm a person that would beat somebody's ass if they raped somebody that I know."
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