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On May 3 local time, Microsoft founder Bill Gates responded to allegations of marital infidelity a year after he divorced his wife of 27 years. “I did make a mistake and I have to take responsibility.” Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce in May 2021 and completed it in August of that year. Since then, they have continued to run the Gates foundation together.

Bill Gates is reflecting on the pain he brought to his ex-wife Melinda French gates.

In an interview with today on Tuesday - just a year after the billionaire announced his divorce after 27 years of marriage - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates answered the question about the reasons for their breakup.

In his new book how to prevent the next pandemic, Bill Gates said it was a “difficult year” to reach an agreement on their divorce.

“Divorce is definitely a sad thing. I have a responsibility and brought a lot of pain to my family,” said the 66 year old philanthropist, who continued. “It’s good that all of us are looking forward now.”

As early as March, Melinda, 57, talked with CBS about her own recovery journey and some factors leading to divorce.

When asked about Bill’s incident with an employee about 20 years ago - a spokesman for Microsoft’s co-founder confirmed this last May - Melinda said she believed in “forgiveness” and “thought we had solved some of these problems”. She went on to say that rumors about many things about her predecessor were “questions bill needs to answer”.

“Are you unfaithful to your marriage?” “Today” host Savannah Guthrie asked Bill in an interview on Tuesday. “Is this one of the reasons for divorce?”

“Of course I made a mistake and I have to take responsibility,” he replied. “I don’t think it’s constructive to delve into the details at this time, but yes, I caused pain and I feel bad about it.”

Savannah Guthrie, the host of today, explicitly asked gates in the interview, “why did you continue to meet him? When you met him, he was already a convicted sex offender. Do you regret it?”

In the interview, Bill reiterated his regret for meeting with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein - another topic discussed by Melinda in an interview with king. She said there were “many things” that led to divorce.

“Of course I made a huge mistake. I not only met him at the beginning, but also met him many times,” Bill said. “My goal is to raise money for global health. I didn’t realize that meeting him almost played down the incredible and terrible things he did. Over time, I learned more about it.”

“But I will add it to the list of major errors, including Melinda’s suggestion, which is reasonable and I should follow it earlier,” he added.

When asked about the first time he heard his ex-wife say how they felt about their divorce in March, Bill said it was “a very difficult thing”.

“It’s a very difficult adjustment,” he said. “I know divorce is different, but it’s a complete change. We’re partners. We grew up together. It’s different now.”

Despite their divorce, the couple are still committed to working together through the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Bill said he felt “lucky”.

As for his new book, Gates said that even if the world is tired of the covid-19 pandemic, it is important to start talking about preventing potential epidemics in the future.

“I don’t want us to wait until we forget how terrible it is,” he said. “We have tens of millions of deaths, trillions of dollars in economic losses, education losses and depression. Through several key steps, we can ensure that this situation will not happen again.”

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