Dita Von Teese is furious after a photographer called her a "f***ing b***h".

The burlesque dancer was approached by a swarm of paparazzi after landing at Los Angeles' LAX airport on Monday (12.10.09), and was verbally abused when she refused to pose for them.

She wrote on her Twitter page: "Nice welcome to LAX. If pics run with my hand over my face, it's because this paparazzi was shouting in my face 'pose, you f'ing b***h' (sic)."

The 37-year-old star was quick to point out she has never experienced such rudeness from a photographer.

She wrote: "For the record, I have never encountered a paparazzi like this one. They are usually quite polite with me."

Dita has been in France watching catwalk shows at Paris Fashion Week, and recently revealed she was looking forward to going back to America.

She wrote on her blog: "I'm off to LA. I need a full tune-up. Pilates, heath food, long chats w/ girlfriends, cuddles with pets, sleeping in my own bed (sic)."