Madonna Addresses ‘Blowing Up the White House’ Comments: I Was ‘Taken Wildly Out of Context’

Madonna took to social media on Sunday night in order to defend the controversial speech she gave this weekend during the Women’s March on Washington.

During her appearance at the demonstration, the pop icon went on an explosive, profanity-filled speech calling on marchers and the rest of the country to stand up for their political beliefs. Madonna’s speech took an abrupt turn, however, when she remarked that she “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.”

Madonna’s comments were quickly picked up by the media, and they have reportedly drawn the attention of the Secret Service. Madonna posted a photo on Instagram Sunday, where she said she doesn’t encourage violence, that she was “taken wildly out of context,” and that she was speaking metaphorically at the time:

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

To be fair, the pop icon is well-known for speaking in metaphor, as explained in the opening scene of the film Reservoir Dogs.

[Image via screengrab]

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