Melinda French Gates has responded to the recent entry of her billionaire ex -husband that her partition was the greatest regret of her life, saying that her divorce was “necessary”.
In January, the CEO of Microsoft said in an interview that his 2021 divorce after 27 years called the biggest failure of his life “on top of the list”.
Melinda has addressed the comments, arguing that the partition “was something that was necessary”.
“If you can’t live your values inside your most intimate relationship, it was necessary,” he said Many times,
He continued: “I don’t even know what to do with that statement, so I am not going to comment on what he says. He has got his life. Now my life is. I am very happy.”
Melinda said that she started experiencing nervous attacks during her divorce, saying: “When you are leaving a wedding, it is very, very difficult. And talks were difficult.”
He revealed that he started seeing a doctor in 2014 when he had his first terror attack while having lunch with Gates when he was still together.
“I have heard about people about nervousness and I did not know it was a real thing.”
She said that she initially thought that therapy was for other people, but then when she came into the process, she realized: “No, it does not mean that I am damaged. It means that I have been through some difficult things that I need to find out.”
In 1994, the wedding pair shared three children, now adults: Jennifer, 28, Rori, 25, and Faebe, 22, as well as two grandchildren.
Bill has been in a relationship with Paula Hurd, a widow of Mark Hurd, CEO of former Oracle since 2022, but Melinda is single and told publication that she was enjoying dating.
“Many of my friends have introduced me to people and it is cute.”
Asked if men are frightened by his wealth and situation. She replied when she meets them, “I am sure there are something and nothing. But I am not really looking for someone who will be afraid of my situation. Such rules are right, right, right?”
Bill never talked about what happened due to his divorce, although he admitted in 2021 that he had a relationship with an employee during his marriage.
Before he and before the Melinda partition, Bill met several times with the culprit Podophile Jeffrey Epstein, who died of suicide in Manhattan Jail in 2019.
Gates said that men talked about global health initiative, but Melinda later told Gayle King CBS Morning Her husband’s relationship with Epstein in 2022 played a role in her divorce.
She said that she met Epstein “exactly once” at her Manhattan home in 2013, and it is “unresolved.
However, Melinda admitted that her divorce was not down to “a specific thing”.
“Just a point came in time where there was enough that I realized that it was not healthy and I could not believe what we had,” he explained.
Bill addressed the comments at that time, which CBS News He would always “be sorry for the pain I caused Melinda and our family.”
