Barron Trump became the punchline of a joke around the White House before Melania Trump put the story to bed, author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast podcast. The first lady issued a rare statement via her spokesperson on Monday,

When your last name is Trump, rumors find you quickly. Melania Trump has had enough of one in particular, a claim that her son, Barron Trump, applied to and got rejected by Harvard.

The first lady confirmed in a statement from her communications director that Barron did not apply to the Ivy League school.