AceShowbiz - Shailene Woodley is unapologetic after receiving backlash for sharing Melania Trump's letter in the wake of Donald Trump's assassination attempt. In a new interview, the actress has defended her decision to post the former first lady's statement, calling it a "beautiful message of human compassion."

Speaking with Bustle for the interview published on Monday, September 9, the 32-year-old recalled her reaction after reading the statement for the first time. "Literally, I read it and I was like, 'This is so beautiful,' " she said. "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! F**king assassin missed! Maybe it was a setup. Maybe it was a conspiracy.' "

"I was going, 'Have we forgotten that two human lives were taken?' " Shailene continued. "Two people died. That is sad. That is devastating. I could not understand how people were speaking about something with such passion for death."

Clarifying that she only shared the first page of the two-parter since the final page "was more political," the "Divergent" star added, "The first page was very much like, 'Look, underneath the political mask is a man, a grandpa, who comes home to his children, his grandchildren, and plays music. The man underneath that mask is my husband.' "

The Emmy-nominated actress further explained, "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."

On the backlash she received for sharing the letter, she said, "Then a week later, I got a text from a friend that said, 'Are you OK?' I Googled my name, because I'm like, 'Oh f**k, what did I say?' And of course, there were all these news articles about Melania Trump, and 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?"

The backlash "made me shake my head," Shailene admitted. Doubling down on her stance, she added though, "If [who I am] 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."

In the letter in question, Melania condemned the July shooting in Pennsylvania that reportedly left her husband with a 3/4 inch ear wound. In the statement, she described suspected gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service officers on the scene, as "a monster" while calling for "love, compassion, kindness and empathy."

The former first lady also reminded that beneath his political drama, Donald is still a human and her husband, whom she described as "the generous and caring man who I have been with through the best of times and the worst times."

The criticism aside, Shailene talked about her personal life and hinted at the reason behind her split from Aaron Rodgers. While telling the outlet about her "broken heart," which had "healed and broke[n] again," the "Big Little Lies" star admitted to falling in love "over and over with unavailability."

She shared, "I love easy and I care easy, but I do not love lightly, and I do not care lightly. It's really taken me a lot of time to understand that it's not on me to fix or heal or do anything about [a relationship] other than protect the deep care and love that I have for the world and for my people."

"Ultimately, that has helped me walk away without the need to understand why certain things didn't play out the way that I may have desired them to," the actress, who stars on Showtime's upcoming drama series "Three Women", said.

She went on noting that she is "not interested" in people who "cross" or "disrespect" her. "I used to be a person who … would continue to give and give," she stressed. "And now … I respectfully go, 'Thank you so much for that information. Have a beautiful life. I wish you well.' "