At the same time, Chelsea derided the 'divisive and bigoted' rhetoric coming from the Trump campaign

She also said that she doesn't expect Ivanka to have to defend her father

Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump are apparently still friends, despite their parents' escalated assaults against each other in the media.

At least, that's what the former first daughter says.

In an interview with the Today show on Thursday, Matt Lauer asked Chelsea if she is friends with Ivanka and she said 'absolutely'.

At the same time, Chelsea said she was 'disturbed' by the GOP convention last week, and praised her mother for not 'engaging in divisive, bigoted rhetoric'.

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Chelsea Clinton spoke about her friendship with Ivanka Trump during an interview with the Today show, ahead of her speech at the DNC on Thursday

When asked my Matt Lauer, right, if she had thought about organizing a 'children's summit' with Ivanka to address the nasty comments in the campaign, Chelsea said she hadn't thought about it but is open to the idea

Chelsea said she doesn't expect her longtime friend Ivanka 'to always have to defend her father'. Ivanka, left, and Chelsea, right, at the 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Awards

The 36-year-old mother-of-two is set to introduce her mother tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where the former first lady will officially accept the party's nomination.

I think it was clear last week, when Ivanka introduced her dad, that she's so proud of him. I hope it will be at least as clear why I'm so proud of my mom when I introduce her here in Philadelphia. Chelsea Clinton

It will also mark Chelsea as the only person ever to have both parents receive the party's nomination.

Like Chelsea, Ivanka introduced her father when he received the Republican nomination at last week's GOP convention in Cleveland.

'I think it was clear last week, when Ivanka introduced her dad, that she's so proud of him. I hope it will be at least as clear why I'm so proud of my mom when I introduce her here in Philadelphia.

'And yet clearly Ivanka and I have very different views on who we think should be our president and who would be best for the country,' Chelsea said.

When asked if she would consider holding a 'children's summit' with Ivanka to discuss the personal attacks their parents' and their parents' surrogates have been launching at each other, Chelsea said it hadn't occurred her but it's 'certainly something I would consider'.

On Thursday, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner (left) looked loved up on the street of New York. The night before, Chelsea was accompanied by her husband Marc Mezvinsky (right) at the Democratic National Convention

However, she added that she doesn't expect Ivanka 'to always have to defend her father'.

'I think it's clear that Mr. Trump is running his campaign and saying what he thinks is important in this election. I think what were seeing here in Philadelphia is a very strong contrast to that. My mother's not engaging in divisive, bigoted rhetoric,' Chelsea said.

Earlier, when asked how it feels to hear her mother called a 'liar' and 'corrupt', Chelsea said she was more scandalized by the Republican platform than anything said about her mother.

'As a mom, what I found so disturbing were the things that were being said on a national stage, literally on the stage and off the stage, around the convention about women, about minorities, about Muslims, about immigrants.

'I mean - that's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom,' she said.

During a panel earlier this week (above), Chelsea critiqued Ivanka's portrayal of her father as a feminist who would fight for equal pay for women. Chelsea said that Trump has never spoken on the issue and has not actively drafted policies he plans to enact if president

Chelsea's most recent comments about her friendship with Ivanka come just two days after she was questioned about Ivanka during a panel with actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera.

Chelsea was asked her thoughts on Ivanka portraying her father as the 'Gloria Steinem of the Republican Party,' as Glamour's editor in chief Cindi Leive put it, last week.

In Cleveland, Ivanka suggested that Donald Trump would get behind equal pay for working moms.

'If you got to ask her a question about how her father would do that, what would it be?' Leive asked.

Chelsea responded carefully and without any kind words for the other potential first daughter.

'Well, it would be that question,' Chelsea replied. 'How would your father do that?' she wanted to know.

'Given it's not something he's spoken out,' Chelsea continued. 'There are no policies on any of those fronts that you just mentioned on his website.Not last week, not this week.'