Melania Trump Shuts Down Vanity Fair Report That She Didn't Want to Be First Lady | THR News - video Dailymotion

FLOTUS is "honored by her role," says a spokesperson.

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00:00Melania Trump has responded to a report published by Vanity Fair, in which an unnamed longtime

00:05friend of the float has told the magazine that she didn't want to be the first lady.

00:09In the article titled,

00:10She Didn't Want This Come Hell or High Water, Inside Melania Trump's Secret of East Wing,

00:15writer Sarah Ellison reportedly spoke to one of Melania's friends, who said that becoming

00:20first lady isn't something she wanted, and it isn't something he ever thought he'd win.

00:24The anonymous pal added,

00:30A spokesperson for Melania issued a statement to CNN's Kate Bennett, stating,

00:34The statement concluded,

00:53As has been stated on the record many times before, she is honored by her role.

00:57Ellison noted in the article that some of her friends say she is slowly warming to the job.

01:02Since taking on the role of Flotus, Melania has pledged to stomp out cyberbullying as part of her

01:07main priority in the White House. However, many have found her cause to be ironic, given that her

01:12husband is known to bully everyone on Twitter. The VF article comes a month after Melania's first lady

01:17title was being debated by Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, who said during the press tour of her new

01:23memoir, Raising Trump, that Ivana is basically first Trump wife and the first lady. In response,

01:28Melania's communications director told CNN,

01:31Mrs. Trump has made the White House a home for Barron and the president. She loves living in

01:36Washington, D.C. and is honored by her role as First Lady of the United States. She plans to use

01:41her title and role to help children, not sell books. She added,

01:44There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. This is unfortunately only attention-seeking

01:50and self-serving noise. For more on this story, head to THR.com's Pretta Reporter. For The

01:55Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.