First lady Melania Trump shot down a viral conspiracy theory Tuesday that her son Barron applied to Harvard University and was rejected, with a spokesman calling the assertion “completely false.”

First lady Melania Trump dismissed rumors that her son with President Donald Trump, Barron, had applied to Harvard University in a statement to The Palm Beach Post on Tuesday.Newsweek reached out to the White House and Harvard University via email for comment.

"Barron did not apply to Harvard, and any assertion that he, or that anyone on his behalf, applied is completely false," a spokesperson for Melania, 55, tells PEOPLE. PEOPLE reached out to Harvard University admissions,