Nicole Kidman clarifies her controversial comments about Donald Trump.

After encouraging Americans to leverage and throw their support behind US President-elect Donald Trump, Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has been forced to clarify her comments amid considerable backlash.

In conversation with Access Hollywood on Saturday, Kidman said her comments had much less to do with Trump as a person and much more to do with the concept of democracy in its entirety.

“I was trying to stress that I believe in democracy and the American Constitution, and it was that simple,” said.

When asked to comment further on the backlash, Kidman did not see the need to elaborate.

“I’m out of it now,” she added. “That’s what I said and it’s that simple.”

In an interview with BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire last week to chat about her newest film Lion, conversation turned to her dual American and Australian citizenship, her opinion on Trump and the current political climate in the US.

Despite putting forward an initial disclaimer that she’s always “reticent to start commenting politically” and that she “never does” because she is more “issues-based”, Kidman went on to give her thoughts.

"[Trump is] now elected and we as a country, need to support whoever is the president," the 49-year-old said.

"That is what the country is based on. And however that happened, it happened, and let's go."

Kidman's remarks sparked backlash on Twitter, with some calling for a boycott of her and other saying we should something "forget" about her.

Trump will be sworn in as President this week on January 20 at his inauguration.