Celebrities speaking up against Donald Trump and his policies have been getting criticism from his supporters for expressing their views, but actress Christina Applegate is taking a stand for her rights to protest what she feels is wrong.

In a series of tweets, Applegate, who found fame as a teen on Married...With Children, revealed that she found it hard to believe that some thought she wasn't entitled to voice her opinion solely because she was famous, because she was many things more than famous, including some of the same things those who criticized her fame were.

"Weird to me when you say I can't have a voice. I'm also a mother, a daughter and a human. I was birthed the same way you were," she wrote. "I find it so offensive when people say those of us can't talk. You talk! You spew. So I'm exempt? Because I chose my work? What the f**k?"

However, when some began to criticize those tweets, referring to her as an "out of touch" celebrity who didn't understand the struggles of average people, which was why she didn't have a right to speak up, Applegate fired back with reveals about her childhood and how she grew up, saying she did understand.

"I grew up in an abusive home. Now I make it public. Don't you dare say I don't understand," she wrote. "Don't you dare say I don't understand the struggles. We lived on food stamps. Don't you dare say I don't know. Don't you dare say that because I made a life for me and my single mother I don't understand. Don't you dare say that I don't get it. Because I am an actress I don't get it. That's f**ked up."

She then went to apologize for her emotional tweets, admitting that she only got so upset because she wants to make her voice heard on behalf of her daughter, who she wants to guarantee a safe world as she grows up.

"So many typos because I was angry. Sorry to my husband who said 'check your spelling and pronunciation' as I was enraged," she wrote. " Sorry for my outburst. I'm just trying to deal with everything. As a mom I just want a safe place for her. I'm sorry for my language."

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