Melania Trump: I Was Not Surprised By 'Organized' Tape Scandal

Melania Trump, describing husband Donald Trump as a "gentleman" said they are moving on as a couple after the the 2005 tape where he was recorded making lewd comments about picking up women, but she wasn't surprised by the scandal's timing.

"I was not surprised in one way because, as I said before, everything was organized," she told Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt, in an interview airing Tuesday on "Fox & Friends." "Why now? Why three weeks before the election? And what they're accusing my husband, that is not the person that I know."

The words Trump used with then-"Access Hollywood" correspondent Billy Bush, were "offensive to me and they were inappropriate," his wife told Earhardt. "He apologized to me, I accept his apology, and we are moving on."

In an interview Monday night, Melania Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper that Bush egged her husband on to say "dirty and bad stuff," and she compared the language he used to "boy talk."

"This is not the man that I know," Trump told Earhardt in the Fox interview airing in full on Tuesday. "This is — we could see, as I always said, as my husband said, as well — for a successful businessman, entrepreneur, entertainer to be achieving so much in his life, being in so many shows, so many tapes, it's very hard to run for public office."

She continued that he told her he was running because "I want to help the American people. I want to keep America safe. I want to bring back jobs, bring back economy, so our children, our futures will be the best way possible.'"

Trump said the past year-and-a-half has been full of "excitement and a lot of drama," and described herself as a strong, confident woman, but she will not allow "people saying lies about me, saying lies about my family, my husband. And I'll file a lawsuit and I will file to the end because I will not allow that."

She said there was one lie about her that made her the most upset, and "the lie was that I was working as an escort. That is not true. It's just terrible what's going on out there."

Trump also complained the media has a "double standard" when it comes to her husband, and she believes "the media, they want to damage my family and my husband."

She also denied reports about her immigration issues that claimed there were questions about when she entered the United States from her native Slovenia and whether she stayed legally.

"The facts are I always obey the law," Trump said. "I have all the documents. I have very clean past. I would never stay here undocumented."

Meanwhile she does have a message to the women who have come out with stories of being abused sexually by her husband — she thinks their allegations should be handled in a court of law.

"Without the evidence to accuse somebody, it's a man or a woman, it's damaging and unfair," Trump told Earhardt.

She also said she'd like to remind female voters, who say his words are hard to get past, of her husband's character.

"My husband is kind, he's a gentleman, he cares about people, he cares about women," said Trump. "He's not the man that we heard him on the tape. Many times, I give him advice and I didn't agree to do all the tapes on Howard Stern, with Billy Bush because I know those people. They hook him on. They try to get from him some inappropriate and dirty language."

She also described Trump's life as an "open book," when asked if they had a conversation over whether damaging, embarrassing past information would be released.

"My husband is raw and he's real," said Trump."He tells it as it is."

She said she has envisioned life as a first lady, and indicated a focus on social media, but did not mention her husband's frequent use of Twitter.

"In [the] 21st century, it's important that we see social media, it can be very, very bad," said Trump. "I've seen what the children go through. It's really sad. I would focus on that."

Trump also spoke about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and said she thinks "she's fighting," but "I see it's like [the] Clinton machine behind it. They are playing politically correct games, and they are protected very well."

Trump has not been a presence on the campaign trail with her husband, as she wants "to be a mother first" to son Barron, but she does have advice for her husband for Wednesday night's presidential debate: "Just to be himself. Keep it calm, cool, focused, and talk about issues that American people want to hear about."