Madonna defends scathing White House remark

Pop singer Madonna, who said in a profanity-laced speech at Saturday's Women's March in Washington, DC, that she had thought about "blowing up the White House," said on Sunday that she was speaking metaphorically. Madonna's speech, which was criticized on social media, led some television networks to abruptly stop their live feeds of the march. "I am not a violent person," the singer songwriter said on Instagram. "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." The 58-year-old led the crowd on Saturday in chants of, "Yes, we're ready" to take on policies promoted by Trump, who alienated many women during the election campaign with comments' about rivals' attractiveness and promises to outlaw or diminish abortion rights.