Lagerfeld calls French president an 'idiot'

Lagerfeld is the German-born, Paris based creative director of French fashion house Chanel.

Lagerfeld in an interview to the Spanish edition of Marie-Claire called Hollande -- who famously said he does not like the rich -- an idiot for imposing a 75 percent tax on incomes exceeding one million euros ($1.3 million) annually.

"This idiot will be as disastrous as Zapatero," Lagerfeld said, referring to Spanish former prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero whose term witnessed the country's economic bust.

Boot licking supporters of Hollande called for Lagerfeld to apologize.