Nicole Kidman has said her comments that Americans should support President-elect Donald Trump were merely a statement of her belief in democracy, not an endorsement of the incoming president.
The Oscar-winning actress’s earlier remarks sparked both criticism and praise online after they were aired by the BBC earlier this week.
Kidman told Access Hollywood that her comments were misconstrued. She said, “I was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution, and it was that simple.”
When an interviewer pressed her for more details, Kidman threw up her hands and said she was done commenting on the topic.
The 49-year-old actress came under fire after she addressed the 2016 presidential election results in an interview with BBC 2’s Victoria Derbyshire.
“I just say, [Trump’s] now elected, and we as a country need to support whenever is the president because that is what the country is based on,” the Hawaiian-born actress, who was raised in Australia and has dual citizenship, said.
Kidman won an Oscar for 2002’s “The Hours” and currently stars in “Lion.”

Source: Arab News