First lady Michelle Obama Michelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaBlack stars reimagine 'Friends' to get out the vote Obama shares phone number to find out how Americans are planning to vote Michelle Obama: 'Don't listen to people who will say that somehow voting is rigged' MORE says she is willing to help Melania Trump adjust to her new role in the White House.

“My offer to Melania was, you really don’t know what you don’t know until you’re here, so the door is open, as I’ve told her and as Laura Bush told me and other first ladies told me,” Obama told Oprah Winfrey in a CBS interview released Monday. "We will do whatever they need to help them succeed.”

“You know, you don’t have questions the day after the election,” Obama added of being first lady. "It’s just sort of like, you’re looking around the house and it is like, ‘What do you want to know?' And it’s like, ‘I don’t know what I should know.’ ”

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Obama said she would follow Bush’s example, praising the former first lady’s help after President Obama’s election in 2008.

“I’m not new in this going high thing; I’m modeling what was done for me by the Bushes. Laura Bush was nothing but gracious and helpful. Her team was right there for my team throughout this entire eight-year process.”

The Obamas have pledged to help President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE and his family have a smooth transition into the White House after an at-times bruising presidential campaign. The president and his wife were high-profile supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE, taking to the stump to blast Trump and his policies.

Melania Trump rarely appeared at public campaign events for her husband ahead of his Oval Office win. The Slovenian-born former model has said she prefers to focus her energy on Barron Trump, her 10-year-old son with the president-elect.

Reports have suggested that Melania Trump may live in New York City with her son, while Donald Trump's elder daughter, Ivanka Trump, may assume some of the responsibilities of the first lady's office.