--- title: Melania Trump: More Important Things to Worry About Than Alleged Affairs description: First Lady Melania Trump said she is not concerned about alleged infidelity by President Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/5422984/melania-trump-donald-trump-affairs/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-12T12:17:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:02:45.045Z article:section: Politics og:title: Melania Trump: I Have More Important Things to Worry About Than Donald Trump's Alleged Infidelity og:description: "It is not concern and focus of mine" og:url: https://time.com/5422984/melania-trump-donald-trump-affairs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ecbb62c4b4d5acc/69893c068fd2eeed7a35ccf5/melania-trump-kavanaugh-egypt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4896 og:image:height: 2754 og:image:alt: melania-trump-kavanaugh-egypt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melania Trump: I Have More Important Things to Worry About Than Donald Trump's Alleged Infidelity twitter:description: "It is not concern and focus of mine" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ecbb62c4b4d5acc/69893c068fd2eeed7a35ccf5/melania-trump-kavanaugh-egypt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Melania Trump: I Have More Important Things to Worry About Than My Husband's Alleged Infidelity > Sponsored content. 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Melania Trump is offering some supportive words for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 12, 2018 12:17 PM UTC Melania Trump is offering some supportive words for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 12, 2018 12:17 PM UTC First Lady Melania Trump said she is not concerned about alleged infidelity by President Donald Trump. In a new interview with [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lady-important-things-trumps-alleged-affairs/story?id=58436548) during her [recent trip to Africa](http://time.com/5419616/melania-trump-controversial-fashion-choices/), Melania Trump said she didn’t have time to think about the “gossip” surrounding her husband’s alleged affairs. “I’m a mother and a First Lady, and I have much more important things to think about and to do,” Trump said. She later added: “It’s not always pleasant, of course, but I know what is right and what is wrong and what is true and not true.” > [](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1050688816640663552) Donald Trump’s [alleged affairs](http://time.com/5264555/donald-trump-statements-stormy-daniels-payoff/) were brought into the spotlight this year after former porn star Stormy Daniels said she’d had a sexual relationship with Donald Trump in 2006\. Melania, Trump’s third wife, was pregnant with son Barron at the time. Daniels spoke out as she sued Trump to break an agreement made to prevent her from talking about their alleged affair and drew attention to a $130,000 hush payment she received from Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen before the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump has acknowledged that he reimbursed Cohen for the payment to Daniels, but says he did not have an affair. Melania Trump insisted she and Donald Trump remain in love. “Yes, we are fine,” she said. “It’s what media speculate, and it’s gossip. It’s not always correct stuff.” ## Transcript [00:00] But I would say that if [00:04] we're talking about the Supreme Court and Judge [00:09] Kavanaugh, I think he's highly qualified [00:13] for the Supreme Court. I'm glad that Doctor [00:18] Ford Was heard. I'm glad that Judge Kavanaugh was [00:22] heard. FBI investigation was done, it's completed, [00:26] and Senate voted. Did you believe Christine Ford? I [00:31] will move on that. And I think the old victims, [00:36] we need to help all the victims no matter what kind of [00:39] abuse they had. But [00:45] I'm against any kind of abuse or violence. Well, I don't [00:48] always agree what he tweets and I tell him that. I give [00:52] him my honest opinion and honest advice. And [00:57] sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't. 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