First lady Melania Trump’s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham called rapper T.I.’s video — depicting the first lady as an exotic dancer — “disgusting and disrespectful.”
“Like it or not, she is the first lady and this is the White House,” Grisham shared in a statement to CNN Tuesday. “It’s disrespectful and disgusting to portray her this way simply because of politics.” (RELATED: The View Has Fiery Debate Over Melania’s #MeToo Comments)
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands as they leave the White House October 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Trumps are traveling to survey damage from Hurricane Michael, the most powerful storm ever recorded to strike the Florida panhandle. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“These kinds of vulgar attacks only further the divisiveness and bias in our country — it needs to stop,” she added.
. @StephGrisham45 new statement to CNN re @TI‘s music video depicting an exotic dancer as @FLOTUS lookalike: pic.twitter.com/8LyQuzEVmm
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 16, 2018
“How is this acceptable? #disgusting #boycottT.I. @Tip,” Grisham wrote, along with a retweet of an article about the one-minute video.
How is this acceptable? #disgusting #boycottT.I. @Tip https://t.co/HvnFahfsVK
— Stephanie Grisham (@StephGrisham45) October 13, 2018
The comments came after Grisham called for a boycott Saturday of the 38-year-old rapper’s music over his latest video showing him watching a lookalike of the first lady strip in the Oval Office and dance on the desk naked.
The “NSFW” video can be seen here.