Melania Trump says she will, indeed, be decorating the White House for Christmas this year, even though she hates doing it.
Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s press secretary and chief of staff, tells PEOPLE that Mrs. Trump is very much “looking forward to once again opening the People’s House for Christmas.”
“It is an annual tradition that she has enjoyed designing since June,” Grisham notes. “The decor will be showcased and celebrated across the country in December.”
That’s quite a reversal from what we all heard in those recordings of Melania bitching about Christmas that leaked last month.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania’s former BFF and former White House aide, shared the secret audio tapes while promoting her tell-all book in October.
In them, Melania basically lodged an all out war against Christ’s birthday.
“I’m working … my a** off on the Christmas stuff, that you know, who gives a f*ck about the Christmas stuff and decorations?” she lamented. “But I need to do it, right?”
“Give me a f*cking break!”
After the tapes leaked, the outgoing FLOTUS blasted Wolkoff, accusing her of peddling “idle gossip trying to distort my character” and saying the recordings were being taken “out of context.”
Grisham followed up her statement to PEOPLE with a tweet yesterday urging everyone not to believe any reports that suggest Melania doesn’t like Christmas. She loves it! OK?!
Tweeted Grisham: “Don’t trust any website but the original WhiteHouse.gov. @FLOTUS looks forward to once again opening the People’s House for Christmas. It’s an annual tradition that she’s enjoyed designing since June. The décor will be showcased & celebrated across the country in Dec!”
Don't trust any website but the original https://t.co/o2trpoXMJd. @FLOTUS looks forward to once again opening the People's House for Christmas. It's an annual tradition that she's enjoyed designing since June. The décor will be showcased & celebrated across the country in Dec!
— Stephanie Grisham (@StephGrisham45) November 13, 2020
In case you didn’t get to hear Melania complaining about her role as First Lady when it first leaked, here’s the recording again…
Related: Melania won’t meet with Jill Biden at the White House probably because she’s already fled D.C.
garybw
Not the Fuc…g Christmas decorations again, it’s like this comes around every year. I’m mean give me a break, it’s like clockwork.
Mister P
The ho can go decorate a tree in Siberia. Nobody wants to celebrate anything with her.
Heywood Jablowme
You have to keep in mind that in Slovenia, Christmas decorations and Halloween decorations are very similar!
Liquid Silver
Why not skip it? Toss some glitter on an effing tree, and run for the border to escape charges. They’ll be doing that in a month anyway.
Young Timer
It’d be kinda hard to get out of the country…. if your passport has been revoked because you’re under investigation, poppie.
Cam
Her style has been terrible. The Christmas Decorations look like the worst type of over indulgent store window displays in a store that can’t afford to spend any money.
And her rose garden redo changed a beautiful rose garden into an outdoor space that looks like every other outdoor space in any DMV or other govt building in the country. I mean, just one bad choice after another.
Kangol2
Her butchered Rose Garden is very wannabe French by way of Marshall Tito!
Max
she can assign it to someone else to do. really. we won’t mind.
last thing we want is for her to put any effort forward. she can start packing her outfits instead. she’ll need the time to meet the January deadline.
MHaumesser
This witch with a ‘B’ acts like she’s doing all the work herself! She needs to go work on her divorce papers and a way to get out of the country and let the actual designers do their jobs!
Jbaltes
We really need to start now to make both of them irrelevant. This would be a good place to begin! No one really gives a rat’s ass about her – and her “design sense“ leaves way too much to be desired!
jestgr
Tell FLOTUS that she can forego the flocking Christmas decorations if she would just meet with Jill Biden and transition the position over to her. That would be her “Be Best” Christmas gift to the nation than a decorated White House would ever be.
curiobi
Seriously. Can she just do that, then kindly piss off.
BrokebackBob
Mel needs to pack her things and hightail it back to Translovenia! Leave her Donaldstein all alone to be dragged out the back door to our White House!
cuteguy
Next year she won’t need to be lying to us anymore about her true feelings on the subject. Luckily, she and her loser husband (if they’re still married by then) will be long gone
MISTERJETT
she needs to start packing and ordering the u-hauls
Kangol2
I’m surprised she’s not following her own proclaimed motto and “Being Best.” Call up Dr. Jill Biden, speak like a grown woman about Joe Biden’s victory, and show some class by congratulating her and helping the transition teams since Donny Two Scoops the Con is on his way to prison…er, to Mar-a-Lago and potentially various courts of law!
Fname Optional Lname
in Slovania, Christmas decorates you!
barryaksarben
Yeah, she works so hard. She wears the most ridiculous costumes like the pith helmet to the middle east like some Lawrence of Arabia extra in whorehouse. Cant see her doing much of any real work on christmas. I dont see her stringing lights or nailing up a wreath. She tells people what to do and they do it and try to not let her terrible ideas like the bloody christmas she did take over. It isnt her house as she isnt even here LEgALLY. When donnies done with her he will have her deported by stephen miller
IndependentForever
Thankfully the spoiled bitch and her mob boss hubby and the entire Trump criminal family only have one more Christmas to spend in the White House. Bye, Bye Dumpster.
yup5hioop
I have to agree with her – this is not a woman who ever expected or wanted to be first lady. If I had to be Donald’s wife that would be enough work for me in itself.
garbone100
How about stripper poles?
Essie
The White House Christmas decorations are all done by volunteers, 100s of them. Most of them have been doing it for years. The cakes and gingerbread houses are done by the WH pastry chef. All the first lady does is okay or suggest a theme and then show up for photographs. I don’t understand why this tramp is complaining.
scotty
always get cash upfront.
TimberWolf
The tapes leaked on Melanie being miserable over Christmas decorating the White House, her cold stone look certainly reconfirms her on tape. Melanie may complain about decorating for Christmas but she did not complain about spending American money to dress her up as the first lady.
Fname Optional Lname
Sorry, she’s just as creepy as the rest of the gang! After hearing her on those tapes I would guess she is just as brainwashed an the other lemmings and of course she’s rooting for him, her designer clothes and monthly allowance depend on his “success”! They will continue the grift as long as possible, getting the lemmings to throw money their way until the very last moment. Eventually some of them will realize they are lining the pockets of a millionaire and they don’t even have money to pay for an unexpected expense over $500! Yes that is the average for the American citizen yet the are under the impression this is the best economy since the beginning of time.