Actress Shailene Woodley is not backing down after receiving backlash for sharing a statement by former First Lady Melania Trump after the Assassination Attempt on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

ā€œI posted that letter because I thought it was a beautiful message of human compassion, and then I forgot about it because I have a life and I don’t live for what social media says,ā€ Woodley said to Bustle.

The ā€œDivergentā€ actress said she was disturbed by people seeking violence in the wake of the shooting in July in Butler, Pennsylvania. The statement penned by the former first lady was a breath of fresh air.

ā€œLiterally, I read it and I was like, ā€˜This is so beautiful.’ I was in circles of people that I deeply respect — friends, colleagues, progressive, very intelligent thinkers, shakers and movers — and many of them were saying, ā€˜He missed! F—ing assassin missed! Maybe it was a setup. Maybe it was a conspiracy.’ I was going, ā€˜Have we forgotten that two human lives were taken?’ Two people died. That is sad. That is devastating. I could not understand how people were speaking about something with such passion for death,ā€ Woodley said.

Melania Trump issued a statement July 14 when she thanked the Secret Service agents and law enforcement who protected her husband, She also called for unity.

ā€œA monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald’s passion – his laughter, ingenuity, love of music, and inspiration,ā€ Melania Trump wrote. ā€œThe core facets of my husband’s life – his human side – were buried below the political machine. Donald, the generous and caring man who I have been with through the best of times and the worst of times.ā€

ā€œLet us not forget that differing opinions, policy, and political games are inferior to love. Our personal, structural, and life commitment – until death – is at serious risk. Political concepts are simple when compared to us, human beings,ā€ the statement continued.

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Woodley just shared the first page of the statement to her Instagram stories; the page focused on Trump’s humanity, then it became ā€œmore political.ā€

Woodley said she was shocked to find out there was backlash from three repost on social media.

ā€œI was like, ā€œOh my God, that is now this? Hundreds of articles because I posted about a woman saying she’s grateful her husband is alive? Really?ā€ she said.

ā€œIt made me shake my head. If is not coming through in the way that I’m intending, I’m not going to participate on social media. I participate in my own ways now that maybe are less public because I want to add to the right noise. I don’t want to add to unnecessary noise,ā€ Woodley added.

Woodley admitted her political beliefs are ā€œpretty well-known.ā€

She said the rush to ā€œcancelā€ people on social media is ā€œa dangerous thing.ā€

ā€œI’m like, d—, I do one thing that someone doesn’t understand — not even , doesn’t understand — and there isn’t a question of, ā€˜I wonder what she means by that.’ It’s an immediate, ā€˜Oh, she’s this type of a person,’ which is just a dangerous thing that’s happening in general these days. Instead of being inquisitive to try and dissect and discover, we pigeonhole and cancel. Man, it’s so destructive,ā€ she said.