Shailene Woodley addresses reposting Melania Trump Instagram statement
Shailene Woodley covers the September issue of Bustle Magazine where she discusses, among other things, her starring role in Starz's upcoming series adaptation of Lisa Taddeo's New York Times bestselling book Three Women (premiering September 13).
During the interview, she is asked by interviewer Chloe Joe whether she felt "misunderstood when [she] shared Melania Trump's letter about the assassination attempt" of her husband, former President Donald Trump, via her Instagram Story.
"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, 'He missed! Fucking assassin missed!'" Woodley recalled. "I was going, 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."
Noting that she "only posted the first page [of the letter], because the second page was more political," Woodley, 32, expressed dismay at the response.
"I 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," she said. "I was like, Oh my God, that is now this? Hundreds of articles because I posted about a woman saying she's grateful her husband is alive? Really? It made me shake my head. If [who I am] is not coming through in the way that I’m intending, I'm not going to participate on social media."
In ‘Three Women,’ @shailenewoodley digs into the mess of sex and gender in America. Off the clock? She’s touching grass. For Bustle’s September cover story, the actor speaks to @chloefou below.https://t.co/QhAUc533Jc
- Bustle (@bustle) September 9, 2024
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