London, January 5 : Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has confessed that being rejected as a choreographer by his celebrity sister had left him devastated.

The 48-year-old had collaborated with the Queen of Pop to direct her various world tours.

Ciccone had, however, been replaced by the singer in favour of celebrity choreographer Jamie King in 2001.

The co-author of the tell-all book `Life with My Sister Madonna' further mentioned the growing rift between him and his sister, including her 2000 marriage to director Guy Ritchie.

"From the moment I found I wasn''t doing (Madonna''s 2001 tour) Drowned World, to her and Guy''s wedding, everything became a bit of a blur, a dark, fairly negative period of time for me," the Daily Express quoted him as telling British newspaper the Observer.

"You know, she was my family. I wasn''t close to my other brothers and sisters, I moved out when I was 18 and moved to New York so... she was my family.

"Plus I''d come out of a 10-year relationship straight after (1993''s) the Girlie Show. So losing that, losing her - I was kind of out there for the first time in 15 years by myself," he added. (ANI)