{"id":24325,"date":"2025-03-18T23:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24325"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:26:03","slug":"melinda-gates-responds-to-bill-gates-claim-their-divorce-is-the-mistake-he-most-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24325","title":{"rendered":"Melinda Gates responds to Bill Gates’ claim their divorce is the \u2018mistake he most regrets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Melinda Gates has responded after her ex-husband Bill Gates described their divorce as the mistake he ‘most regrets’ in his 69 years of life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill<\/a>\u00a0and Melinda Gates announced their plans to go their separate ways in May 2021, after 27 years of marriage during which they welcomed three children.<\/p>\n

Throughout their\u00a0relationship<\/a>, the couple carried out numerous philanthropic acts including investments into access to\u00a0vaccines<\/a>\u00a0for children, and the creation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks to try and combat global poverty and disease.<\/p>\n

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Bill and Melinda Gates have become known for their philanthropy (Frederic Stevens\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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Following their divorce, Melinda explained she and Bill had reached a point in their relationship that ‘wasn’t healthy’, and she ‘couldn’t trust’ what they had.<\/p>\n

So they split up – but in January 2025,\u00a0Bill described his split\u00a0<\/a>from Melinda as ‘the mistake [he] most regret[s]’.<\/p>\n

In a newly released interview\u00a0with<\/a>\u00a0Elle, Melinda has now responded to her ex-husband’s comments and admitted that leaving her marriage was one of the hardest things she has ever done.<\/p>\n

However, the philanthropist said the split was also one of the most important things she’s done.<\/p>\n

Upon being told that reports were questioning whether Bill and Melinda would get back together, Melinda responded: “You\u2019ve clearly Googled more than I have.”<\/p>\n

She continued: “Look, divorces are painful, and it\u2019s not something I would wish on any family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melinda described her divorce as ‘painful’ (Christian Liewig – Corbis\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Though the split after a near 30-year marriage took its toll, Melinda has high hopes for her future.<\/p>\n

When asked what she hoped people would find upon\u00a0Googling<\/a>\u00a0her in five years time, Melinda said: \u201cShe\u2019s thriving on the other side of a divorce. Just thriving.”<\/p>\n

Following her split from Bill, Melinda decided to resign from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in May 2024.<\/p>\n

Bill admitted her resignation was tough for him, but he looked back fondly on their relationship when he spoke\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0The Times in January.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThere is a certain wonderfulness to spending your entire adult life with one person because of the memories and depth of things you have done and having kids together. When Melinda and I met, I was fairly successful but not ridiculously successful \u2014 that came during the time that we were together. So, she saw me through a lot.<\/p>\n

“When we got divorced it was tough and then she made the decision to leave the foundation \u2014 I was disappointed that she took the option to go off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melinda has now committed\u00a0$2 billion<\/a>\u00a0to ‘expanding women\u2019s power and influence’ both in the US and across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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