Why did Melinda French Gates divorce Bill Gates? Philanthropist says ‘many things’ forced her to end the marriage

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Healing after heartbreak. Nearly one year after Melinda Gates and ex-husband Bill Gates announced their split, the philanthropist opened up about the difficult decision.

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until their split last year. “You’re grieving a loss of something you thought you had and thought you had for your lifetime,” French Gates said. She admitted that at least one affair, plus Bill’s friendship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein had shaken the foundations of their union irreparably.

An unexpected end. Bill Gates‘ split from Melinda Gates after 27 years of marriage sparked plenty of questions — and the pair have slowly opened up about what went wrong.

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Melinda Gates has been telling all in her new interview with CBS Mornings‘ Gayle King.

Jeffrey Epstein, Melinda French Gates is not mincing words. During a new interview for , the philanthropist, who divorced longtime husband Bill Gates in 2021, addressed Bill meeting with Jeffrey, the convicted sex offender financier who died in jail in 2019 amid federal sex trafficking charges. «I did not like that he'd had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no,» Melinda told interviewer Gayle King. While she clarified that there were «many things» that played a role in her and Bill's divorce, Melinda confirmed that she made it clear to Bill that she did not like that he'd met with Jeffrey.

A contributing factor. Melinda Gates revealed that ex-husband Bill Gates‘ relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein played a part in the couple’s split.

Gayle King's much-anticipated exclusive interview with Melissa French Gates aired on CBS Mornings on Thursday, as the journalist sat down with Bill Gates' ex-wife – who discussed her divorce for the first time.MORE: Gayle King's grandson steals the show in adorable new photoMelinda reflected on her "journey of healing" as she opened up to Gayle about the breakdown of her 27-year marriage.Gayle - who was applauded for the interview - asked Melinda: "Did you have moments you were just so angry? Did you have moments that you were just in so much pain? Because people look at you Melinda French Gates and think you have it all."VIDEO: CBS Mornings' Gayle King sits down with Melissa French GatesMelinda replied: "Well, I think it's really important to say that I had a lot of tears for many days. I mean, days where I'm literally laying on the floor and the carpet, you know this close to me, and thinking 'How can I get up? How am I going to move forward?' And days I certainly was angry.MORE: Gayle King wows in her iconic yellow dress as she celebrates a decade with CBSEXCLUSIVE: Tony Dokoupil teases future plans with wife Katy Tur"That’s part of the grieving process.

Well, this looks intriguing!

Bill and Melinda Gates ended their marriage in May of 2021 after nearly 30 years of marriage.

Nearly a year after announcing the end of her marriage to Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates is feeling like she’s “starting to get to the other side.”

Something they couldn’t get past. Melinda Gates spoke out for the first time about the ramifications of her ex-husband Bill Gates’ affair during their marriage.

For the first time since Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their decision to end their near-three decade-old marriage, the 57-year-old philanthropist spoke about the breakup with CBS Morning. After Gayle King brought up the affair, Bill, 66, admitted to following the divorce announcement, Melinda said that their split wasn’t due to a single instance. “I certainly believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had worked through some of that,” she said. “It wasn’t one moment or one specific thing that happened. There just came a point in time where there was enough there that I realized it just wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had.”

announcing the end of her marriage to Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates is feeling like she's «starting to get to the other side.»That's what the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair told ' Gayle King in a preview from their recent interview, which aired Wednesday. During the sit-down, Gayle broached the topic of Bill's extramarital affair, which his spokeswoman confirmed in a statement issued last May. «There was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended amicably,» Bill’s spokeswoman, Bridgitt Arnold, said in an emailed statement to  at the time.

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