Madonna may have inspired many who were at the Women's March on Saturday (January 21), but all the swearing and a comment "about blowing up the White House" has been criticized. So Madge wanted to clarify her statements but also proved to stand by the spirit of what she said.

"I am not a violent person," she wrote in a post on Instagram. "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.

She explained her train of thought throughout her speech and ended by writing, "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."

See her full statement below.

 

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

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