Earlier this month, we reported that former “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron Bure had clapped back at haters who were targeting her family for a photo she had posted of them on Instagram. In a new interview, Bure refused to back down over this, making it clear that this self-described “mama bear” has no regrets about defending her family.

“Mama bear, that’s what happened,” Bure, 44, told Extra. “Listen, on social media, everyone gets criticized, and if you are a celebrity, it just comes with the territory and I can handle it, but the second someone starts to criticize my children or say negative things like that, mama bear comes out. I just had to remind people that there are real people with real feelings behind the screen and I’m not posting for your negativity.”

“In that instance, I was simply sharing a family photo that was so beautiful to me,” she added. “Even a hint of people criticizing my family picture I wasn’t going to take.”

This came after Bure posted an adorable family photo of herself, her husband, and their three children, only to be met with hate from social media users.

“I posted my family Christmas photo and sadly, there were so many unkind comments. Do you think it’s funny to criticize someone’s children? To make jokes about them? To critique our poses? The direction in which we are looking? Our physical appearance and facial expressions?” Bure wrote in response to her detractors. “I wished blessings upon everyone as I shared it in the spirit of a happy new year, yet so many of you came back with jokes about our appearance and criticism of what you thought would have been a better photo.”

“Shame on you. It doesn’t matter if you’re 10 or 90 years old, rude is rude,” she added. “Be better than that. I’m praying for humanity. Manners and respect. If you don’t like something, just move on. There are people and real feelings behind every screen. P.S. Please don’t tell me to ignore the ‘haters.’ There were plenty of well meaning people who thought it would be funny to point out things and share their commentary, ‘with love.’ Umm… that’s not love. That’s rude. Try kind. It looks good on everyone.”