melinda french gates is opening up about her divorce from bill gates for the first time i think it's really important to say look i had a lot of tears for many days i mean days where i'm literally laying on the floor in the carpet you know this close to me thinking how can this be how can i get up how am i going to move forward in days i certainly was angry that's part of the grieving process you're grieving a loss of something you thought you had and thought you had for your lifetime in an
exclusive interview that aired on cbs mornings on thursday melinda said that there wasn't one moment that led to their split she also opened up about the affair bill had with a staffer 20 years ago which a spokesperson for the microsoft co-founder had confirmed i certainly believe in forgiveness um so i thought we had worked through some of that 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 after 27 years
of marriage bill and melinda announced their split in may of 2021 saying in a joint statement at the time that they quote no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives they finalized their divorce in august and melinda says she is looking ahead i started on this journey of healing and i feel like i'm starting to get to the other side and i do feel like i'm i'm turning a page in the chapter now i mean it's 20 22 and i'm actually really excited about what's to come
in life ahead for me in december bill reflected on their divorce calling 2021 the quote most unusual and difficult year of my life amid their split the pair parish continued to work together at the bill and melinda gates foundation we both want to work together we founded this institution you know back in 2000 and you said we yes both of us i mean it has both of our names on the building i believe in that institution i believe in what we do my values are baked into that institution so i have always felt like it
calls us to be our higher selves and i think the thing that people don't realize is that even during the difficult times the last 18 months while we were going through this process behind the scenes we were able to show up and work effectively together in a year in review blog post billets shared that the exes have found a good new working rhythm
