Melania Trump lives in the White House as a virtual prisoner of the Secret Service and is hiding a strong personality, suggests Brigitte Macron.
The wife of the French president praised the first lady and told of her fun side after a three-day visit to Washington.
Yet to many Mrs Trump seemed stern and unsmiling compared to the repeated hand-holding and hugging her husband and French President Emmanuel Macron shared during the trip, reports Daily Mail.
The image portrayed by the 48-year-old is allegedly a lie, Mrs Macron, 65, said: "On the contrary she is really fun. We have the same sense of humour. We laugh a lot together.
"Everything is interpreted, over-interpreted. She's someone who has a strong personality but she makes an effort to hide it."