Bill and Melinda Gates' Divorce: History, Reasons, and New Relationships
26 january 2025 в 21:37
Bill and Melinda Gates finalized their divorce in August 2021, but four years later, the split after 27 years of marriage remains one of the most shocking events in the world of celebrities. «The divorce was painful for me and Melinda for at least two years», - confessed the billionaire philanthropist in an interview with The Times of London, published on Sunday. «There is a certain beauty in spending your entire adult life with one person because of the memories and depth of what you have done together and having children together». The split, he admitted, «is the mistake I regret the most».
But four years later, this did not stop either of the Gates from moving forward. Here’s what you need to know about Melinda’s current interests.
Melinda and Bill’s split seems to have been at least partially due to Bill’s publicly acknowledged affair, which occurred two decades before their split. Nevertheless, she rejected any suggestions that this was the sole reason. «I definitely believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had overcome some of these issues», - she told Gayle King during an on-camera interview on CBS Mornings in 2022.
«It wasn’t one moment or one specific thing that happened», - Melinda explained. «It just reached a point where it was enough for me to realize that it just wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had».
A source told PEOPLE in May 2021 about the painful split. «He could have treated Melinda better», - he said. «He's not a saint, but there’s not one thing that led to the final split. It’s deeper. It’s years of different views on the world, the foundation, and life in general, and these things accumulate. They’re older and each personally looked at life and asked themselves, 'Is there something greater than what I have?'»
Melinda told Fortune magazine in a 2021 interview that the COVID pandemic helped her get through the split. «I had reasons why I just couldn’t stay in this marriage», - she said. «But the weirdness of COVID is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do. It’s incredibly painful, in many ways, but I had the privacy to get through it».
According to the New York Post, Melinda is currently dating former Microsoft programmer Philip Von. She has been seen gently holding hands with the Seattle entrepreneur on several occasions. According to The Daily Mail, she was previously linked to Fox News host John Du Pre in 2022. According to PEOPLE, Bill confirmed that he is dating Paula Herd in February 2023. The couple had previously appeared together at the Laver Cup in September 2022. Paula, a mother of two, was married to Mark Herd, former co-CEO of Oracle, for 30 years until his death in 2019
But four years later, this did not stop either of the Gates from moving forward. Here’s what you need to know about Melinda’s current interests.
Melinda and Bill’s split seems to have been at least partially due to Bill’s publicly acknowledged affair, which occurred two decades before their split. Nevertheless, she rejected any suggestions that this was the sole reason. «I definitely believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had overcome some of these issues», - she told Gayle King during an on-camera interview on CBS Mornings in 2022.
«It wasn’t one moment or one specific thing that happened», - Melinda explained. «It just reached a point where it was enough for me to realize that it just wasn’t healthy, and I couldn’t trust what we had».
A source told PEOPLE in May 2021 about the painful split. «He could have treated Melinda better», - he said. «He's not a saint, but there’s not one thing that led to the final split. It’s deeper. It’s years of different views on the world, the foundation, and life in general, and these things accumulate. They’re older and each personally looked at life and asked themselves, 'Is there something greater than what I have?'»
Melinda told Fortune magazine in a 2021 interview that the COVID pandemic helped her get through the split. «I had reasons why I just couldn’t stay in this marriage», - she said. «But the weirdness of COVID is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do. It’s incredibly painful, in many ways, but I had the privacy to get through it».
According to the New York Post, Melinda is currently dating former Microsoft programmer Philip Von. She has been seen gently holding hands with the Seattle entrepreneur on several occasions. According to The Daily Mail, she was previously linked to Fox News host John Du Pre in 2022. According to PEOPLE, Bill confirmed that he is dating Paula Herd in February 2023. The couple had previously appeared together at the Laver Cup in September 2022. Paula, a mother of two, was married to Mark Herd, former co-CEO of Oracle, for 30 years until his death in 2019
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