Though "disappointed and disheartened" with what transpired last week, 50-year-old Trump mentioned there had been "unwarranted personal attacks" against her. "I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me," she said. Many on social media had slammed the First Lady's absence from the scene as "shameful" and "unbecoming" of the President's wife. She was held up against former First Lady Michelle Obama, who penned a lengthy statement strongly criticising the riots.