“You hear the graphic allegations and we know that would have been something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman,” she said, according to partial transcripts of an interview with Greta Van Susteren that will air on Fox News Monday night. “And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women.”

Cain, who has been married for 43 years to the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza has been silent for much of her husband’s race for the White House. Her last public appearance came in May when her husband announced his candidacy.

“I’m thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said,” Cain said.