(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, March 3, 2022) Melinda (right), the ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates (left), said in an interview that after learning of her husband's affair, she tried to forgive, but later realized that their marriage was "no longer healthy." Photo from Associated Press)

The ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, spoke publicly for the first time about her divorce from Bill Gates in an interview on March 2nd. Melinda said she tried to forgive when she learned of Bill Gates' affair, but then learned that their marriage "wasn't healthy anymore, and I couldn't trust what we had."

Melinda made the remarks in an interview with CBS News anchor Gayle King. The interview is scheduled to air on today, March 3. In 2019, Bill Gates had an affair with a Microsoft employee came to light; the Gates and his wife reached a divorce settlement in May last year, ending their 27-year marriage.

"Of course, I believe in forgiveness, so I thought we resolved something," Melinda said. "It wasn't that any specific event happened at one point. It was just that at a certain point, I finally understood that it was no longer healthy, I can't believe what we have."

Melinda said she cried for "many days" after the two separated; "I literally lay on the floor and the carpet and thought, 'How is that possible? How can I get up? How am I going to get through this? "You're grieving the loss of something you thought you had and thought you'd have for a lifetime," she said.

Melinda said she also felt anger, which was "part of the grieving process." But she also noted that while the whole process was painful, she felt she was "turning a new page in her life right now" and excited about the future.

Melinda is a philanthropist and former general manager of Microsoft who, after her divorce from Bill Gates, still co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which they founded in 2000 and is the largest in the world. private charitable organization.

(Source: Compiled from Online Information)

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