Madonna Sets The Record Straight About Her 'Blowing Up The White House' Comment

While speaking at the Women's March on Washington last Saturday (January 21), Madonna made a controversial quip about how she's been feeling since Donald Trump won the presidential election.

"Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House," Madonna said. "But I know that this won't change anything."

Her remarks were taken seriously by members of the Trump administration, including White House aide Kellyanne Conway, who called them "destructive."

"The revolution starts here." Madonna gave the final speech at the Women's March in D.C. pic.twitter.com/G1K6UzFs0k

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In a new post on Instagram, Madonna clarified what exactly she meant during her speech. "I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it's important people hear and understand my speech in its entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context," she wrote in a caption.

 

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♥️*******************************************************

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jan 22, 2017 at 10:49am PST

"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," the singer continued. "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."

Madge has never been one to hold her tongue, and she's definitely not about to start in 2017.

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