Melinda, ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. (Photo / Dazhi / Associated Press)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced in 2021 that he would divorce his wife Melinda of 27 years, which shocked the global business and philanthropic circles at the time; and following the divorce news came to light, Melinda continued to operate as usual. Charitable foundation career, but she has never revealed too much regarding her private life. It was not until recently that she finally accepted an interview with CBS. She admitted that she was angry for a while following the divorce. “Every day I lie on the floor and shed a lot of tears.” .
After her divorce from Bill Gates, Melinda finally appeared on the CBS program recently and was interviewed by anchor Gayle King. She also revealed her mental journey following the divorce for the first time on the program. The news of the affair has indeed caused a gap in their marital relationship.
“I certainly believe in the power of forgiveness, so I used to think we might work things out together,” Melinda admits, adding that mistrust has built up over time in her marriage to Bill Gates. “Divorce is not because of a moment, or It was a concrete thing, it just came to a point where enough had accumulated for me to realize that the marriage was no longer healthy and that I mightn’t believe what we had.”
The anchor Gelkin asked her if it was difficult to reply following the trust was broken? Melinda admitted frankly that she believes that in any relationship, once trust is lost, it is irreversible. She also said that she used to feel angry following the divorce. “I was grieving for the loss of something, something you thought you had for a lifetime. Every day I There were a lot of tears and I literally lay on the floor thinking ‘how can this happen? How can I get out of bed? How can I move on?’”.
But at the end of the interview, Melinda also said that she has now started a new chapter in her life, she has come out of the haze of divorce, and now she is excited regarding what will happen in the future and her life.
