LOS ANGELES, April 23 — Shania Twain found herself in a spot recently after opening up about her political choices. couldn’t vote for or Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. But the country crossover star says she would have cast her ballot for President Trump.

The Canadian singer in an interview with The Guardian recently said that she would have voted for Donald Trump because he "seemed honest”.

"I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want (BS). I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”

However following backlash on social media, Twain backpedalled from her remarks and attempted to diffuse the criticism by tweeting an apology yesterday.

"I would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with the Guardian relating to the American President. The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context,” she said.

"I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President.

"I was trying to explain, in response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the President talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was not a politician. My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows.”