[Python] Can I override type of an existing attribute by `__getattribute__` method?

I wrote a simple code where I override the __getattribute__ method so that it always returns an empty string. But Pyright doesn't understand this and complains "int" is not assignable to "str"

My code:

import typing as ty
from dataclasses import dataclass


class MetaModel(type):
def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
return super().__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)

def __getattribute__(cls, name: str, /) -> str:
if name.startswith("_"):
return super().__getattribute__(name)
return ""


class BaseModel(metaclass=MetaModel):
def __getattribute__(self, name: str) -> str:
return ""


@dataclass
class Model(BaseModel):
field: int = 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
model = Model()
field1: str = model.field # "int" is not assignable to "str"
field2: str = Model.field # "int" is not assignable to "str"
field3: str = Model.undefined_field # it`s fine
ty.reveal_type(field1) # str
ty.reveal_type(field2) # str
ty.reveal_type(field3) # str

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