Melinda Gates said the separation was the "hardest thing" she had ever been through. Melinda French Gates recently opened up about her divorce from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a podcast with Jay Shetty. The couple was married for 27 years before parting ways in 2021.
She said that the separation was the "hardest thing" she had ever been through. Melinda French Gates stated that there wasn't "enough trust" in the relationship. "I had thought I was going to be married for life.
I thought I'd be married for 50-plus years. So all of a sudden, you see that even despite very much work and counselling what you had doesn't actually exist. And that for me, I couldn't go forward.
There wasn't enough trust any longer. So it wasn't something I wished for I certainly didn't think I would be in my late 50s and be divorced," she said. Ms Gates reflected on her insecurities and said that she "didn't know that was going to be me.
" She continued in the podcast, "And it was incredibly challenging. I've never cried so much in my whole life. And I prayed a lot for grace.
..for grace for myself for grace for my children for grace for the situation that we would somehow get through this as a family behind the scenes.
" The philanthropist added that another part of the separation that disturbed her was the news going public before the procedures were completed. She told Jay Shetty, "Because I knew that would be a whole other thing and I think sometimes the only way I got through was because I d.