Melania Trump 'Laughed' at 'Vanity Fair' Cover Story Request: 'She's Way Above That'

Melania Trump has left her modeling days behind.

While employees for Vanity Fair reportedly threatened to quit their jobs amid the potential of the first lady of the United States starring on the magazine's front cover, staffers apparently had nothing to worry about — as Mrs. Trump was allegedly quick to reject the publication's request for a feature anyway.

According to a fashion source with knowledge of the former model's thinking, Melania "laughed" at Vanity Fair's request in July and shut it down immediately.

"She doesn't have time to be sitting in a photo shoot. Her priorities as First Lady are far more important," the insider snubbed. "These people don’t deserve her anyway."

The confidant scoffed: "She's way above doing Vanity Fair. She's been nothing but kind and works hard… She has her priorities straight."

The source's comments come just days after staffers for Vanity Fair spoke out anonymously to express their anger over the potential of the magazine's new global editorial director Mark Guiducci placing the mom-of-one on its cover.

Employees supposedly threatened to quit their jobs when they found out about the theoretical project this week.

"If [Guiducci] puts Melania on the cover, half of the editorial staff will walk out, I guarantee it," a mid-level editor predicted while speaking to Daily Mail on Monday, August 25.

They added: "I will walk out the motherf------ door, and half my staff will follow me… If I have to work bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s, I’ll do it… It sickens me."

"We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife; we’re just not going to do it. We’re going to stand for what’s right," warned the editor, who clearly doesn't support President Donald Trump's policies.

Meanwhile, another employee claimed the threats were "all talk," as they don't feel this would be an actual reason to throw away such an honorable job title.

"If they put her on the cover, people will protest and gripe about it, but I don’t see anyone quitting such a prestigious job over that," said the staffer.

“Honestly, there will be people who push back, but it’s ultimately Mark’s decision. He’s the one who will sink or swim over that choice, not the rest of us," the employee concluded.

Melania previously responded to buzz about her not gracing magazine covers during her husband's first term in office — despite first ladies like Dr. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama doing so — while speaking to Fox News in December 2024.

"Look, I’ve been there on the covers — on the cover of Vogue, on the covers of many magazines before … We have so many other important things to do than to be on the cover of any magazine. I think that life would not change for anybody if I’m on the cover," she declared.