Melinda French Gates has recently disclosed that she felt compelled to end her marriage to billionaire ex-husband Bill Gates due to a lack of honesty, which ultimately hindered their ability to connect emotionally.
During a conversation with Late Show host Stephen Colbert, the 60-year-old shared insights into her decision to walk away from her 27-year marriage with Bill Gates, the renowned founder of Microsoft, in 2021.
Melinda has now reemerged into the public eye to promote her new memoir, where she openly discusses the significant changes in her life, including the highly publicized divorce and its impact on her journey.
“I learned to have a trusted relationship, which is what I wanted in marriage, both partners have to be honest with one another,” Melinda said.
“And if you can’t, you can’t have intimacy and you can’t have trust. So in the end, I had to go.”
Melinda and Bill have three children together.
