Madonna says she doesn’t really want to ‘blow up the White House’
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Not everyone is convinced by the pop star’s clarification of her comments

After a fiery anti-Trump speech at this weekend’s Women’s March in Washington that ignited controversy and reportedly prompted a possible Secret Service probe, Madonna is backing down from a statement that she thought about “blowing up the White House.”

“I am not a violent person,” Madonna wrote in the Instagram post. “I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in it’s entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context.”

“I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt,” she continued. “However, I know that acting out of anger doesn’t solve anything.”

Yesterday’s Rally. was an amazing and beautiful experience. I came and performed Express Yourself and thats exactly what i did. However I want to clarify some very important things. I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in it’s entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context. My speech began with ” I want to start a revolution of love.” ♥️ I then go on to take this opportunity to encourage women and all marginalized people to not fall into despair but rather to come together and use it as a starting point for unity and to create positive change in the world. I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt. However, I know that acting out of anger doesn’t solve anything. And the only way to change things for the better is to do it with love. It was truly an honor to be part of an audience chanting “we choose love”. ????♥️????♥️????♥️????♥️???? #revoltutionoflove♥️#revolutionoflove♥️*******************************************************

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The Instagram post has over 100,000 likes and over 7,000 comments — and not all those comments are supportive. “Hope they throw your a** in prison,” wrote one commenter, while others suggested Madonna was only backing down as a result of the unverified Secret Service investigation.

British TV commentator Piers Morgan, who had previously criticized the Women’s March, is among those who think Madonna should be taken to task for her comments.