"So first of all I find the word intervention completely out of line," Rudy Giuliani said. | Getty Giuliani blames Gingrich for Trump 'intervention' reports

Donald Trump is not having any sort of "intervention" with the likes of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Giuliani said Thursday, pointing to Gingrich as the source of the term.

"So first of all I find the word intervention completely out of line," Giuliani said during a discussion on Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria."


Giuliani then singled out Gingrich specifically.

"That word, I think, honestly I love him dearly, but I think that word was used by Newt in a memo that got around," Giuliani said. " What a ridiculous word. An intervention is for a drug addict and it's for someone who's an alcoholic and I've had to do them with people at times. There's nothing wrong with them, if that's the case. Donald Trump doesn't drink or smoke, by the way. We don't have that problem."

NBC News first reported Wednesday that the trio close to Trump were hoping to push the GOP nominee into a reset of his campaign after a calamitous week that led to a subsequent drop in the polls and high-profile Republicans defecting to Hillary Clinton.

Maggie Haberman of the New York Times tweeted Wednesday that Gingrich emailed her that no intervention was taking place.

Gingrich did not immediately return a request for comment.