Melania Trump’s spokeswoman slammed a “salacious” report Monday that suggested she did not want to be first lady, calling the editorial decision “shameful.”

In an article published by Vanity Fair on Sunday, an anonymous “friend” of Mrs. Trump reportedly told the magazine that Melania did not want to be first lady “come hell or high water,” and that she didn’t expect to rise to her role.

The first lady’s communications director, Stephanie Grisham, ripped the article as “false” in a written statement on Monday. 

“Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions,” Grisham said. “As a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. Trump, rather than focus on her positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother.”