GETTY • TWITTER Richard Armitage tweeted about Brexit last year and was forced reiterate his views

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The Hobbit star admitted he was going to have to “tread carefully” in the future following the reaction from users on the micro-blogging site. The 45-year-old was forced to “reiterate” what he meant after sharing a link to a story on Theresa May’s reshuffled cabinet. Richard originally posted: “As I said I'm not a Tory, but this could be an interesting positive time of rebalance in every respect.” The actor went on to add: “Not Tory, not Brexit, not 'supporting'; 'accepting' what we now have,” and now he has addressed the posts.

GETTY Richard Armitage said he had no regrets about speaking out

PH Richard Armitage in new film Pilgrimage

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Everyone was sharing their opinion on Brexit and I thought I’d join in Richard Armitage

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Richard discussed his remarks, his future on social media as well as his new film, Pilgrimage. Asked if he regretted speaking out, he commented: “Not at all… Most of the response was, ‘You’re just an actor, shut up’. My response is, ‘I’m also a person, that has a vote in England’.” Saying that he’d hate to think people thought he was trying to influence them, Richard went on: “Everyone was sharing their opinion on Brexit and I thought I’d join in, but they come to your Twitter feed thinking it is a billboard for something - it is hard to differentiate when it is just an opinion.” Meanwhile, the star went on to discuss his latest project about a group of monks who undertake a pilgrimage to transport their monastery's holiest relic to Rome.

GETTY Richard Armitage said people told him he was just an actor

PH Richard Armitage was left feeling sick while making Pilgrimage