Juliet Huddy, a current radio host in New York City and a former daytime news anchor on Fox News, said she rebuffed an overture from now President Donald Trump after the two met at his luxury Manhattan high-rise. | Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images Former Fox News host says she rebuffed Trump kiss in 2005

A former Fox News host said Friday that President Donald Trump tried to kiss her after a lunch visit to Trump Tower in 2005.

Juliet Huddy, a current radio host in New York City and a former Fox News host, said she rebuffed an overture from the real-estate mogul after the two met at his luxury Manhattan high-rise.


The incident, which Huddy revealed on “Mornin!!! with Bill Schulz” on compoundmedia.com, as first reported by Page Six, allegedly occurred near the time he married first lady Melania Trump.

“He took me for lunch at Trump Tower, just us two. He said goodbye to me in an elevator while his security guy was there, rather than kiss me on the cheek he leaned in to kiss me on the lips. I wasn’t offended, I was kind of like, ‘Oh my god,'" she said.

After the alleged incident "everything was copacetic," Huddy said.

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Huddy called it "a weird moment" and said she was "surprised that he went for the lips." But that she "didn’t feel threatened" and that Trump "never tried anything after that."

The news came after a series of public officials resigned over mounting allegations of sexual misconduct in recent weeks, including Sen. Al Franken, and Reps. Trent Franks and John Conyers. In his resignation speech on the Senate floor, Franken called out Trump over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct that roiled his campaign for the presidency.

Huddy, who settled claims of sexual harassment against former Fox News star Bill O'Reilly, said Trump later joked about an exchange when he appeared on her daytime talk show.

“I hit on her but she blew me off," Trump reportedly said.

The former news broadcaster said that while she was mostly surprised by the alleged incident, her view on it has since evolved.

“Now I have matured I think I would say, ‘Woah, no’, but at the time I was younger and I was a little shocked. I thought maybe he didn’t mean to do it, but I was kind of making excuses," she said.

Huddy also expressed disappointed in Trump standing by O'Reilly, who departed Fox News earlier this year after a wave of allegations of sexual harassment surfaced.

"When all the stuff came out about Bill O’Reilly, Donald Trump was one of the people who said, ‘I don’t believe this happened and I don’t believe he did it.’ … I was actually very disappointed in Trump, I thought, ‘You know what, f–k you.’ He has met me a bunch of times and he knows I am not [a liar],” she said.

After an explosive tape revealed then-candidate Trump boasting about groping women on a hot mic for an "Access Hollywood" interview, several women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault against Trump. He has denied them all.