Nicole Kidman hits out at critics who branded her a ‘Trump supporter’ after BBC interview

FANS were shocked when Nicole Kidman decided to speak out about the US election — this is what she really meant.

Nicole Kidman has clarified comments she made last week to the BBC in relation to the US election. Picture: Supplied.

NICOLE KIDMAN has clarified comments she made during a BBC interview which seemed to suggest she was a Donald Trump supporter.

Kidman told the broadcaster last week that it’s time for Americans to support the president-elect: “He’s now elected and we, as a country, need to support who’s ever the president, because that’s what the country is based on. However that happened, he’s there and let’s go.”

Her remarks sparked a backlash on Twitter and run counter to what many celebrities in Hollywood have said about Trump.

@NicoleKidman we r not supporting trump and we sure to hell not going to see your new movie

— Randi (@Randi97649538) January 13, 2017

It's time to add her to our boycott list. No more Nicole Kidman. https://t.co/JJkyYAawR5

— Eddie (@eddienotfunny) January 13, 2017

The 49-year-old Moulin Rouge actor talked to Access Hollywood on Friday in a bid to set the record straight.

“I was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution, and it was that simple,” she told Liz Hernandez.

When pressed for further comment on the issue, the Oscar winner stated: “I’m out of it now; that’s what I said and it’s that simple.”

In the past, Kidman has admitted she’s “always reticent” to comment on politics but has said that she’s “very committed to women’s issues” like battling breast and ovarian cancer.

Nicole Kidman arrives at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Politics out of the way, she also gushed about her new film Lion during the most recent interview.

“Wow,” was all the Hollywood vet could manage when she learned the movie received two Directors Guild Award nominations this week.

The story retells the tale of a five-year-old Indian boy Saroo who loses his birth mother and is adopted by an Australian family, and begins his search for his long-lost family using Google Earth decades later.