Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld said that Hillary Clinton’s campaign planted the story that he was going to abandon his running mate, Gary Johnson, and endorse her instead, the Boston Herald reported Monday.

"That was completely planted by the Clinton campaign," the former Republican governor of Massachusetts said Monday on Boston Herald Radio.

Weld has already said he is not going to leave the Libertarian ticket, calling such a scenario "wishful thinking on the part of the two-party duopoly" earlier this month.

Weld said this rumor started because the Clinton campaign has zoned in on his harsh criticism of Donald Trump.

"They know I’m not a fan of Mr. Trump," he said. "They’ve heard what I’ve said about him. They heard me spend much of the summer defending Mrs. Clinton on her email issue."

"We do differ from the Democrats on fiscal issues, we haven’t made a secret of that, but they could be forgiven for thinking I seemed a little bit milder towards Mrs. Clinton than Mr. Trump," Weld added.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said last week in a conversation with USA Today’s Bill Sternberg, with very colorful language, that these rumors had no merit and Weld was not going to drop out of the race.

"That is bullshit," Johnson said bluntly.

"We are on Facebook Live," Sternberg responded.