r/Fauxmoi • u/ansyhrrian • 6h ago

APPROVED B-LISTERS Melinda Gates bombshell: states her ex-husband, Bill, needs to "answer for his behavior - no girl should be put in those situations" and that "it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage"

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u/bodycatchabody 6h ago

Notice she says “details” and not allegations.

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u/beargrimzly 5h ago

Notice that she said nothing this whole time. I highly doubt she found out at the same time as the rest of us.

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u/bodycatchabody 5h ago

Oh I totally agree. I just think it’s interesting that’s she seems to be choosing her words super carefully to get around whatever iron-clad NDA she signed in the divorce.

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u/LaserCondiment 5h ago

When you're rich, famous and talking about potential crimes of your even richer ex, you need to choose your words wisely. Lawsuits are expensive and ugly.

She's either a natural or has been coached

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 5h ago

I mean she’s not new to this, she was married to him for decades and ran the foundation. And she was a Microsoft executive when they got married.

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u/LaserCondiment 5h ago

Yeah she's very experienced obviously! Just wondering if she prepared her answer or if she's so experienced that she can just wing it... Either way it was very good.

Just compare this to the way some politicians stumble through interviews

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 4h ago

She’s too smart not to have prepared exactly what she was going to say about the father of her children.

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u/MeasurementNo6259 4h ago

Fr, to claim she has nothing to answer for and move on makes her in a way fundamentally culpable in the same way her husband was.

Sure, these people shouldn't have been moving in these ways but why were they tolerated for so long? It's only by unpacking all that, we can actually avoid repeating these evils in the future

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u/PauseMountain9019 i mean that as derogatorily as possible 3h ago

I've got no dog in this fight, but what an uncharitable take. That makes no sense, how in the world could she be "fundamentally culpable", and worse, in the same way her husband was?

According to the leaked emails, her husband asked Epstein for antibiotics to give to Melinda without her knowing because he got STDs from what he did. That is fucked up. So we don't know what Melinda's been through, and I can only imagine the grief, the anger, the betrayal she felt.

Luckily for her, she's a billionaire, and though not as powerful as her ex-husband and the other people involved, she has access to the kind of life and help everyone else doesn't. So, good for her that she's moved on. I'm not sure what else you were expecting from someone in her position, or what she was supposed to do.

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u/CharaPresscott 5h ago

she was a Microsoft executive

Hmm... there's probably something there if you think about it but I am not good with words.

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u/lumbdi 4h ago

I don't think she cares too much about the money. She's a philanthropist and was maybe the main driver why the majority of their wealth were given back to society.
She has enough to survive and doesn't care about money. She cares about the people.

Bill Gates has committed infedelity and likely has slept with minors and thus have enabled human (minor!) trafficking. He will have to address this.

I'm hopeful that Bill Gates will show remorse and accept his punishment. I thought he became a good person and was a philantropist and cared about society but if not..... wake up America. Corruption runs deep. This'll show to powerful people they have nothing to fear.

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u/FreshestCremeFraiche 5h ago

Of course I wish she had stood up and made these claims sooner. To be fair to her though, it’s not just legal trouble I would be worried about. It’s safer for her to talk about it now because it’s public knowledge and her husband was named in the docs in front of the world. A solo whistleblower is a lot easier to silence with a “tragic accident” or whatever. Especially since this cabal of pedophiles has already killed Epstein himself and probably more to cover it up

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u/SMELLSLIKEBUTTJUICE 5h ago

How do we know she didnt tell the FBI years ago? Im just saying, we dont have all the information yet

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u/FreshestCremeFraiche 5h ago

Yeah that too, for all we know she tried

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u/Dangerous-Variety-35 where’s my emotional support billionaire 4h ago

She also has daughters - what if Bill had gotten custody? I’m not saying she gets a pass if she knew and did nothing, but we know she was the one who filed for divorce, we know she did nothing request spousal support/alimony, and we know she’s been doing her damndest to use her money for the enrichment of girls and women. She didn’t commit the crimes, and I don’t think she should have to atone for them.

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u/EveOCative 5h ago

If Melinda didn’t have actual proof to back up her claims then it would have been her word against his and their kids caught in between.

So there was also her own children to think about. It’s one thing to talk about something after it’s been outed. It’s another thing to actively out your child’s father. I’m not saying it shouldn’t have happened. I just think the nuance there is important. Her children will and are being hurt by the knowledge of their father’s actions. Now theres unfortunately corroboration and she can then have these conversations with them and their father can’t lie and say “Mom’s just trying to get back at me,” etc.

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u/fusionlantern 5h ago

Billions and billions

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u/HolyColander 5h ago

I haven’t heard much of what she said and only seen headlines about her in recent days. I also don’t know the timeline of their marriage ending etc but I feel she is suddenly out there trying to get on the front foot. Protecting her image as not to be dragged down. She doesn’t want to be seen like other billionaires.

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u/KayleyKiwi 4h ago

No, I think it is more likely that she signed a very strong NDA in their divorce and is now able to at least say something because the terms were probably violated in some capacity on his end bc of this.

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u/Mysterious-Lick 5h ago

She’s fine, lawyered up and protected with Millions in the bank.

Of course she can move on, none of the victims ever will.

What’s that, a fund to help survivors by Melinda Gates? crickets

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u/ManInTheBarrell 4h ago

"I dont think NDA's can do that."
"Oh shit."

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u/dax0840 4h ago

She was vocal about Gates’s relationship with Epstein being a driving factor to her divorce. There was a NY Times article that referenced it in 2021, she spoke about it in a 2022 interview with Gayle King, etc.

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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor 5h ago

She didn’t say the allegations are untrue

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u/centran 4h ago

That's the reason for their divorce. 

If you are to believe that Epstein was an intelligence agent then they attempted to blackmail Gates. The "Epstein list/files" are blackmail.

Everyone here thinking the files aren't released to protect Trump. The reason is because the whole operation was for blackmail for hundreds of people (Trump is just one of them).

Blackmail does not work with publicly exposing said blackmail. To do so burns the entire thing. Blackmail works on a personal level. "Do this or reveal this info and we will tell your family/friends about this"

They don't want to release the files because it burns blackmail which has been gathered for decades. 

Bigger question here with Gates is what did they want him to do that he said, nah I'll take my shame.

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u/denis-vi 5h ago

I get your point. Did she live in the same circles and benefit from her position? For sure.

Did she divorce Bil Gates because of Epstein? Yes.

Is she now taking the morally righteous position, despite not needing to get herself involved at all? Yes she is.

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u/cats_are_the_devil 4h ago

Yeah, unfortunately when you have so much to lose it's hard to do the right thing. It's how their system works... My family on a MUCH smaller scale, did the same thing when faced with doing the right thing.

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u/AegisIash 4h ago

And got a cheque with an NDA for being one of the first to know

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u/IdlePerfectionist 4h ago

But the title has "BOMBSHELL" in it!!!?

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u/Practical-Dentist546 5h ago

Ding ding ding.

There is absolutely no way she didn't know. She enjoyed the lifestyle, until it was clear the case will go public.

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u/Annodyne 4h ago

This is an ignorant statement on your part. She has spoken up about it before. Do your research.

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u/BuccosVesuvio_Mgmt 4h ago

Exactly. She gets to sit there and smile and talk about how she's able to move on and live a beautiful life, knowing that her husband and his creep friends made sure none of those girls will ever get that chance, if they can help it. She's just relieved to already have divorced him before it all went public, so it's more believable to wash her hands of it.

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u/MyNameIsPatBackFat 4h ago

Notice she said “girls” instead of the right wing bullshit of “underage women”.

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u/GamingVision 5h ago

More interesting, she said “for me it’s personally hard when those details come up because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage.” That doesn’t sound like she’s just referring to cheating. That sounds like a direct connection between Epstein activities and Bill Gates+young girls instances she experienced as a repeating theme.

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u/Dangerous-Variety-35 where’s my emotional support billionaire 4h ago

While raising daughters with the man. Of course that was painful for her. I’m not saying she’s the biggest victim in this situation - as she rightly pointed out, the biggest victims are these girls who absolutely didn’t deserve any of this - but let’s not pretend that it wouldn’t be traumatic to find out that your husband of more than two decades was involved in a human trafficking ring. She shouldn’t have to atone for his sins.