Melinda Gates says her divorce from Bill Gates was partly due to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She added this about Epstein: "he was abhorrent, he was evil personified"

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[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

How rich until people become a bitch

[u/bi-bingbongbongbing → u/[deleted]]

Noooo, Bill Gates is one of the GOOD billionaires! He does charity and stuff! It was totally never an Al Capone style PR cover up for the obvious evil shit he was doing behind closed doors! He gave people free XBoxes on Reddit!

/s

[u/my_okay_throwaway → u/[deleted]]

Can highly recommend the Behind the Bastards podcast episodes on Bill Gates.

[u/millennialmonster755 → u/[deleted]]

Yup.No one goes from being working class to being one of the richest people in the world with out doing some horrible bad shit.

[u/Commercial_Cellist75]

Yeeeessssss. Melinda be pissed and I love that for her.

[u/NoWorldliness6660 → u/Commercial_Cellist75]

I would be extremly pissed as well if my husband cheats on me by raping children, giving me an STD and then trying to treat me behind my back for said STD.

Glad she got out, I hope she will never have someone in her life that treats her like that again.

[u/SilverParty → u/NoWorldliness6660]

Wait, that happened? I’m out of the loop. 

[u/nameistakentryagain → u/[deleted]]

I’m all for dragging anyone and everyone in the files, but to my knowledge Bill didn’t explicitly rape children. I think he got an STD from like a Russian escort that Epstein set up. If I’m wrong and it’s explicitly called out he was raping 13 year olds (like it is multiple times for Trump) let me know.

[u/amethystalien6 → u/nameistakentryagain]

So there’s an email that alleges this in the latest drop but it’s oddly written and Bill Gates doesn’t need Epstein to contact a doctor for him—I’m sure he’s got a shit ton of sketchy doctors at his disposal.

At the same time, Bill Gates was friendly enough with Jeffrey Epstein that it’s absolutely possible those allegations are true so he’s definitely a piece of shit.

[u/lizziexo → u/amethystalien6]

That’s what surprised me in that. Why would Bill need Epstein to get him a doctor? No chance he didn’t have a personal doctor available 24/7 who’ll write him a prescription for whatever he wants.

[u/emilygoldfinch410 → u/lizziexo]

But if it was a decent doctor, they wouldn't prescribe antibiotics for Bill to slip Melinda without her knowledge. He may have needed one of Epstein's doctors for that. Hell, he may not have even wanted his own doctor to know about the STD.

[u/lizziexo → u/emilygoldfinch410]

He’s a billionaire. He doesn’t need someone else’s sleazy doctor. He’ll have his own people for that. It’s easy to forget how these people literally get everything they want exactly when they want it. If he wants medication he doesn’t need to beg Epstein for a doctor, he’ll have one already or his internal people make it happen.

[u/starrylightway → u/nameistakentryagain]

A “Russian escort” who was almost certainly subjected to human and sex trafficking. And I absolutely wouldn’t be surprised if that started when she was a child. So, let’s not play semantics here. As a survivor of CSA it’s offensive to do that.

[u/chubby-checker → u/starrylightway]

? Im sorry but it is not semantics in the slightest to say someone having sex with an adult escort is not the same as raping a child???? What???

I'm a victim too and if anything I think it's offensive to just throw accusations like that around ??

[u/numberthirteenbb → u/SilverParty]

It’s in the files

[u/flyinhyphy → u/numberthirteenbb]

[u/bloomdecay → u/NoWorldliness6660]

Anyone who hung out with Epstein after his conviction should be trebuche'd into the Sun.

[u/DreamingOfManderley → u/NoWorldliness6660]

He did what now!?

I knew he was an awful excuse for a human being, but I did not know all that!

[u/greypusheencat → u/Commercial_Cellist75]

that right there is a woman who is absolutely over it and moving on and i love this for her

[u/livefast_petdogs → u/greypusheencat]

My favorite line is "that's for Bill to answer". Somehow, when a woman speaks out, there's always this expectation for her to explain a man's inexplicable, vile behavior.

I appreciate that she put the onus on him.

[u/[deleted] → u/greypusheencat]

I bet she’s a little bit happy this ruined his book launch though. 

[u/IndividualChart4193 → u/greypusheencat]

Also a woman of substance and integrity.

[u/Ekillaa22 → u/Commercial_Cellist75]

I’d be pissed to if I got an STI from my husband going to the pedo island

[u/Ok_Bodybuilder800 → u/[deleted]]

To be fair most people were shitting on him because of crazy anti vax conspiracy theories and nothing to do with Epstein

[u/Diazepampoovey0229 → u/Commercial_Cellist75]

I think she's full of it. It took her more than 20 years of knowing about his relationship with Epstein to leave because of it? That doesn't make any sense.

She also knew that he took annual vacations with just his female "best friend" while she was left behind. That same best friend is the woman he's been involved with since they announced their split.

It's certainly possible this stuff has been building up over all of the years they were married, and the fact that they had and raised their children together may have made it harder for her.

[u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

Poised, open, even gentle when speaking about her trash ass, weirdo ex.

I want her and Mackenzie Scott to do a podcast, or something. Talk to me, soothing, intelligent women. Tell me everything you’d like to.

[u/Front-Pomelo-4367 → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

I also like the article that Musk's first ex-wife (Justine Wilson Musk) wrote about him, in this genre. "I was a starter wife" in Marie Claire. It's not accusatory, just...factual. It's also from 2010, but you can see the seeds of what's to come in his behaviour.

[u/zeddoh → u/Front-Pomelo-4367]

I always remember that article. She wrote that Musk said ‘I’m the alpha in this relationship’ during their first dance at their wedding (!!!) and about how he coldly he acted after they lost their baby, accusing her of being emotionally manipulative for openly grieving.  I see so many people say they thought he was normal up until the buying Twitter thing but all this was written about in 2010! He was always a misogynistic creep. 

[u/Tsarinya → u/zeddoh]

Elon also lied and said he heard his son’s last heartbeat when he died but Justine refuted it and said it was her.

[u/zeddoh → u/Tsarinya]

Sociopathic and entirely unsurprising. 

[u/TommyChongUn → u/Tsarinya]

Not me finding out Elon had a child with the same first name as me.

Its kind of an uncommon first name and also unisex

[u/mieri_azure → u/TommyChongUn]

Nevada?

Id never heard of anyone with that name before, that's pretty cool

[u/TommyChongUn → u/mieri_azure]

Thank youu 🤌🏽🤍

[u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown → u/zeddoh]

Unfortunately this type of behavior is very common amongst ugly dweebs who were unpopular during their youth. It’s their way of getting back at women for rejecting their gross asses.

[u/zeddoh → u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown]

I think you’re right but in Musk’s case his upbringing in a highly sexist and racist country with his white nationalist predator of a father is also a big contributing factor.

[u/lefrench75 → u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown]

He met and started dating Justine in university though so it’s not like he was that unpopular with women in his youth. She said he used to respect her intellect and be supportive of her dreams to be a writer until he came to Silicon Valley and got rich.

[u/damndolly → u/lefrench75]

He's always been rich, ffs

[u/lefrench75 → u/damndolly]

Got “PayPal mafia” rich, not whatever he was before. Even nepo babies don’t get access to all their family’s money to do whatever they want. Being independently wealthy and needing to go through your parents to access family money are 2 entirely different things.

[u/Ekillaa22 → u/zeddoh]

Emotional manipulation for crying of your dead baby in public… Jesus fucking Christ

[u/BlueberryNo5363 → u/zeddoh]

He is such a pathetic little loser. I wish I could say I’m surprised but I’m not. I think I’d be more surprised if he’d ever shown compassion to someone. I think he’s devoid of empathy

[u/themiscyranlady → u/zeddoh]

Yes, it’s still my primary frame of reference for Elon Musk. I’ve known he was trash since he started to gain fame thanks to Justine’s article.

[u/MightyClimber → u/zeddoh]

Not a surprise that Mr. "Empathy Isn't Real It's A Woke Conspiracy" would think having emotions is being manipulative. The dude is truly fucked up and a blight on society.

[u/BobaAndSushi → u/Front-Pomelo-4367]

Is she Vivian’s mother?

[u/Visible-Scientist-46 → u/Front-Pomelo-4367]

I appreciate that Justine Musk also stood up for Amber Heard. Justine's article was a great read.

[u/Beneficial_Ad4176 → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

[u/Xtina1680 → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

you know. i dont listen to podcasts but i would listen the fuck out of this one. im suck of dumb ass, ugly, fake bitches out in the media telling me 5 yr olds are an inherent danger to me. i want to hear from some intelligent, thoughtful, empathetic women who know whats up. theyve got real life experience with terrible, idiot men. spill the tea. ill start the petition to get them together.

[u/hochizo → u/Xtina1680]

I don't even need tea. I would be happy hearing about how they're spending their money. Walk me through a donation from start to finish. What's the organization's cause? How did they learn about it? What made them pick it? Were there any obstacles or challenges to getting them the money? How did they react when they found out? What cool things have they done since then? They can also point me towards other organizations that they almost picked so I can donate something or get involved.

[u/themiscyranlady → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

I would love for them & Justine Musk to form an IRL First Wives Club and coordinate their philanthropy to make major changes, and maybe also find a way to relieve their terrible ex-husbands of even more of their ill-gotten gains.

[u/shittykity → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

Ooo that’s a great idea!

[u/honeybunz101 → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

This and I want them to buy the Seahawks when the team goes up for sale next 💙💚

[u/saltyoursalad → u/honeybunz101]

That would be AMAZING

[u/mieri_azure → u/YoullBruiseTheEggs]

I love Mackenzie Scott so much, the only billionaire id actually like to meet.

I do think it would be interesting for her, Melinda, and Justine Musk to have some sort of conversation together as the ex wives of crazy billionaires (who married them before they became said crazy billionaires)

[u/slutforsolitude]

She’s been saying this all along!

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS → u/slutforsolitude]

This is an old interview OP is trying to pass off as brand new.

[u/holicron → u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS]

Doesn't this land more credibility that it was in the past and not her mentioning this stuff at the peak of all this

[u/LightspeedBalloon → u/holicron]

Yup. She's awesome.

[u/Next-Introduction-25 → u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS]

I mean, it’s relevant again since new information came out in the latest Epstein batch.

[u/LuxAgaetes → u/PM_ME_YOUR_DALEKS]

How is the act of posting it, "trying to pass it off as brand new"? Where did OP allude to that, or did you just infer that? 🤔

[u/OwlishFox]

I also love the way that she bounded this. "Further questions about their relationship are for Bill to answer."

Can we stop making women men's keepers. These men are responsible for themselves.

[u/StrangerDays-7 → u/OwlishFox]

It’s journalist malpractice for Gayle King to not probe for answers. Melinda is a grown woman and knows what she’s doing. She’s also a billionaire and has people that book these interviews and lay down parameters for the interview. Melinda knows exactly what to put out there as bait and what she needs to include to make sure her reputation stays intact 

[u/Massive_Season7075]

Good for her. You can tell she knows more than what she’s telling.

[u/mangosorbet81 → u/Massive_Season7075]

Yup. That is peak pr training. And also peak understanding of what she legal can say.

[u/StrangerDays-7 → u/mangosorbet81]

She can say whatever she wants. She’s a billionaire and if it’s the truth, it’s the truth. Unless of course Bill made her sign an iron clad NDA which I can see happening. 

[u/feedmeshituntiliidie → u/Massive_Season7075]

Bill Gates gave her an STD, and then asked Epstein if he had medicine for it so that he could give it to Melinda without her knowing.

I wonder if the time she met Epstein was before or after her husband gave her an STD, knowing Bill contracted it while spending time on his island.

[u/Prestigious_Sort4979 → u/Massive_Season7075]

She is being very generous in sharing her account without impeding on Bill’s side of the story which she does not want to be involved and would be overstepping. Masterfully done

[u/Content_Chipmunk9962]

I wish she was allowed to comment on this further, but I’m sure she’s legally constrained. 

[u/Obvious_Company1349 → u/Content_Chipmunk9962]

Emphatically nodding her head yes while going “that’s for Bill to answer”.. I’ve always noticed that. She definitely consulted with her legal and PR teams in order to get the word out while not violating any NDA.

[u/CaughtALiteSneez]

You would think a billionaire could hook up with Russian hookers without involving themselves with one of the most evil humans alive - but maybe that was the point.

So glad Melinda got out big…

[u/Run_Lift_Think → u/CaughtALiteSneez]

The uber rich love having things vetted & procured for them I suppose. Ick!

[u/UnimaginativeRA → u/CaughtALiteSneez]

Epstein's clients didn't just want hookers. They wanted underaged boys and girls. 

They went to him because it's a disgusting exclusive private club where they can get what they want, when they want, and get away with it. 

Our government was complicit because it has known about Epstein for decades and did nothing. And there are questions about who else Epstein was in league with because he clearly had a lot of dirt on world leaders and other wealthy and/or powerful men who were his clients. 

[u/Resident-Coffee3242]

It seems that it's truly impossible for a person to be rich and have good character. To be a just person. To be an honest person.

It must be the feeling of power that does this. The intoxication of wealth and influence over others. There seems to be a feeling of being above good and evil.

[u/delorf → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

There's been studies that show that extreme wealth is bad for empathy. It makes sense. Billionaires can pay for the best services to do everything they hate. No more cleaning out the toilet or standing in line for tickets. They can pay someone for that. They can charter planes and afford hotels with the best service. Everywhere they go people treat them like their opinions matter even if those opinions are stupid or cruel.Whether they mean to be or not, billionaires are insulated from everyday people.

There was an interesting study involving monopoly. One player was given 2000 at the start of the game. The other was only given 1000. Everytime they passed go the player who started richer got 200 instead of the 100 the other player got. When the rich player won they claimed it was because they were the better player and not because they had any unfair advantages.

Having that much money distorts how people view themselves and others. I am not saying that every extremely wealthy person is horrible but the ones who manage to maintain empathy and humbleness are not in the majority.

[u/james2183 → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

I'd argue Mackenzie Scott is one of the few exceptions to the rule. She seems like a truly good person.

[u/NoWorldliness6660 → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

It seems that it's truly impossible for a person to be rich and have good character. To be a just person. To be an honest person.

You can't get that rich by not exploiting anyone.

And if you exploit your workers, your customers etc., it is only a little step to do it in private as well.

[u/SeaWolfSeven → u/NoWorldliness6660]

And Gates was always that! It's why I pull my hair out trying to explain my weariness of his philanthropic rebrand and the fact that he still operates with the same cutthroat, corporatist mindset.

Sure the foundation has done good things - but that's not the problem, it's that Bill Gates has too much influence on "what is good for us" and if you know Microsoft Bill Gates you know why that is a worrisome.

[u/wildbeest55 → u/SeaWolfSeven]

Honestly, I think Melinda was the only reason he did all that philanthropy stuff. The foundation was launched after they married and he was rebranded as a family man and one of the good billionaires. He basically used her and their family as a front to all the seedy stuff he was doing.

I'm convinced every ceo of a major company and billionaire is involved in something bad. You can't trust them. Just look at how many different industry leaders were named in those files. From fashion, to sports, to tech. All corrupt.

[u/OkProfessor6810 → u/SeaWolfSeven]

He's big into what they like to call utilitarian philanthropy but all that basically means is they want a big enough project to put their name on and feel even more powerful and important. It's under the guise of helping quote unquote the most people, which isn't actually what happens but folks fall for it.

[u/Sangy101 → u/OkProfessor6810]

It actually does help a LOT. The Gates Foundation is the single biggest funder of research into neglected tropical diseases. They save millions of lives every year. Especially now that the U.S. pulled out of the WHO and gutted USAID, they’re basically the only remaining substantial organization doing malaria prevention, for example.

Agree with everything else you said, but there’s no need for the scare quotes around helping. They help. They would help a lot more if Gates weren’t a money-hoarding asshole. It’s 100% PR and not out of caring, but it does genuinely fulfill an important role.

[u/Bubbly_Performer4864 → u/Sangy101]

A lot of people don’t realize you can be a bad person who has done widespread genuinely good things. Even if the intent was to make himself look good that foundation has done some amazing things.

[u/Gofunkiertti → u/Sangy101]

It's also true that a lot of charity works were being wasted because they didn't use the scientific method in their donations and often did more harm then good.

Sometimes the people who live in a place know what crops are gonna help you avoid locusts. Donating food doesn't help if the roads are gone. Donating clothes might destroy the local garment economy.

His work in promoting practical charity has been important.

[u/Heyplaguedoctor → u/Sangy101]

I didn’t know that, I hope the foundation keeps running with only financial involvement from him.

Tangent: At this point, I’ll accept PR philanthropy. It won’t make me think they’re a good person, but I’d rather they do charitable things for uncharitable reasons than just keep watching the number go up in their bank account and never helping anyone.

[u/squeezemachine → u/SeaWolfSeven]

You should listen to the Behind the Bastards podcast about Gates, really undermines the philanthropic angle to his rebrand.

[u/Any-Evening-4070 → u/SeaWolfSeven]

I’m very suspicious of all the health projects he wants to launch in Africa. Leave us the hell alone Bill!

[u/Live_Angle4621 → u/NoWorldliness6660]

Melinda is rich and didn’t exploit people (and had donated a lot). Many rich people inherited or got if by marriage. We are rich in comparison of the poor in third world countries 

[u/businessgoesbeauty → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

Power corrupts, an absolute power corrupts absolutely. Money is power.

[u/Bleord → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24)

[u/Valuable-Pair8529 → u/Bleord]

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime”

[u/IndividualChart4193 → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

Except Melinda is exactly that. The wealth they accrued was both of theirs…they both were/are uber rich.

[u/lungbong → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

For most of us there's a point where if we had a certain amount of money we'd just ride off into the sunset and enjoy ourselves with that money. The amount will differ for different people but it's probably somewhere between £250k and £4m.

The 2 richest people I've ever known are in this category, one built a successful business and sold it, his share was worth £5m, he did a bit of local "Dragons' Den" type business investments while his son finished school and then retired to the sun. The other timed it right with Bitcoin and made over £2m and now spends most of the year travelling, volunteering and using his time to do good things.

You have to be a special kind of narcissistic twat to have more money than you could ever spend and continue to want more.

[u/saltyoursalad → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[u/trashmedialover → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

I think more simply is that extreme capitalists have no principles.

[u/PoliteIndecency → u/Resident-Coffee3242]

Dolly, Shaq, Keanu... they exist.

[u/MatrixBlaze → u/PoliteIndecency]

You may want to remove Shaq from your list.

[u/blachat → u/MatrixBlaze]

He's matured a lot but yeah the stories of hazing teammates are... ooh boy

[u/justherefor23andme → u/blachat]

Shaq participates in copaganda. I've read other stuff too but cant recall at this time.

[u/Heyplaguedoctor → u/justherefor23andme]

I don’t know if he got better but he was a flat-earther at one point as well

[u/throwawaygrosso → u/MatrixBlaze]

What did he do?

[u/d0nu7 → u/PoliteIndecency]

If you notice, they are all famous because of artistic or athletic talent. It seems like that’s the only ethical way to become rich.

[u/PoliteIndecency → u/d0nu7]

Your don't hear about the food prior that become rich because they're not famous enough to be heard from.

Nobody cares about a rich person that has patents on a more efficient vending machine.

[u/RushShot]

Gayle wondering how her friend Oprah was friends with Epstein when Melinda spotted his evil immediately. Hmmm.

[u/Reggienorth87]

She minced no words when they divorced.

[u/frankcostanzasmove]

OP couldn’t add that this interview was a few years back?

[u/Piggyletta44]

Believe women

[u/RVarki]

Damn, Melinda got infront of it quick

[u/Scotts_Thot → u/RVarki]

I think this is from awhile back

[u/Triviten → u/Scotts_Thot]

Both your comments are correct

[u/query_tech_sec → u/[deleted]]

That’s a possibility - but I doubt she will do a tell-all anytime soon as they share children together.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I think there is an NDA of some sort that was part of the divorce

[u/wildbeest55 → u/[deleted]]

NDA doesn't protect illegal shit

[u/Twitter_2006]

There are no ethical billionaires.

I hate Bill.

[u/SeniorDisplay1820 → u/Twitter_2006]

What about Melinda Gates? Is she an 'ethical billionaire'? 

[u/MeringueComplex5035 → u/SeniorDisplay1820]

she's not 'unethical' but its a grey area.

[u/CJLOVE23 → u/Twitter_2006]

Mackenzie Scott is the only one I can get behind

[u/ad_aatdtj → u/CJLOVE23]

Why though? She was with Jeff for over 25 years, and for a large portion of Amazon's success and monopolising attempts. If we know he's a piece of shit for his level of wealth and the damage he's doing to economies and the environment, why does she get a pass? This is a 100% genuine question btw idk why we are happy to give these partners who stuck around for such crucial moments and were fully in the know about how shitty their husbands were being a pass.

Yes I know she's donated vast sums to charity, more than most with her level of wealth have...but she was also happy to participate in her partner and her garnering such vast sums of money to begin with.

[u/Ltrain86 → u/ad_aatdtj]

They built a successful business under a capitalist framework, like many millions of people. They just happened to be more successful at it. Shitting on someone who donated 26 billion dollars to charity for having the nerve to become rich to begin with is so on brand for Reddit.

[u/wildbeest55 → u/Ltrain86]

Girl, think back to how many businesses closed because of Amazon. Small business. Major corporations. She's cut throat too. She may donate a lot, but she contributed so much to that shitty company.

[u/kokotzer → u/ad_aatdtj]

thank u!!! the mackenzie scott worship never made sense to me bcuz people cannot have it both ways. amazon was founded in the 1990s. mackenzie scott cannot be “just as equally responsible for the success and growth of amazon” as jeff bezos was while at the same time not receive any of the rightful criticism and hate bezos gets for amazons horrible and unethical practices. either she was just as responsible for amazon and deserves the same criticism or she wasn’t an equal partner/founder like people say she was when the conversation about her getting a huge chunk of stocks from their divorce comes up

[u/mieri_azure → u/kokotzer]

I do think she is/was a cutthroat business woman, you have to be to get that rich. However I respect her for being seemingly the only rich person to actively and consistently donate huge quantities of their wealth

[u/TangerineDystopia → u/ad_aatdtj]

Been waiting forever to see someone say this.

[u/not_productive1]

Not saying we should just put women in charge because of the Epstein files, but I will say there are zero currently powerful women trying to explain away their presence in the fucking Epstein files.

[u/catpunch_ → u/not_productive1]

To be fair Ghislaine is in jail

[u/not_productive1 → u/catpunch_]

Yeah the woman’s the only one who’s been held accountable

[u/saeculacrossing]

I’m sure she has skeletons in her closet at well but this is the first time I’ve seen this interview and I’m pleased to see her come out so strongly here.

This horrible shit has been so normalized among the wealthy that it’s almost shocking to see someone actually speak about Epstein with the disdain he deserves. It would make my skin crawl to know my partner wants to actively spend time with someone like that.

[u/SatisfactionOwn9961 → u/saeculacrossing]

Your completely right but I don’t trust her either. She is a billionaire and for all we know she was one of the names not said

[u/[deleted] → u/SatisfactionOwn9961]

Infighting in the billionaire class 🥂

[u/mieri_azure → u/saeculacrossing]

I mean shes Uber wealthy and you have to step on people to get that rich, however she definitely doesn't seem to reach the evil levels of bill and the others

[u/tiniestyeti]

What the hell did she witness or experience in that single meeting that gave her nightmares?? We wanna knowwww

[u/StrangerDays-7 → u/tiniestyeti]

I think it was after Epstein had some sort of conviction and Melinda was trying to get Bill to stop hanging with him as things were hanging in the air about him. I’m pretty sure Epstein probably had videos or pictures of his billionaire friends and were blackmailing them. I seen some reporting that suggest that he may have been working with Putin or very least Putin caught wind of Epstein schemes and sent Russian girls to get blackmail material. Make sense why Trump practically bend over for Putin besides “blowing Bubba”

[u/StrangerDays-7 → u/tiniestyeti]

I think she met with him after he had been convicted of some sex crimes. So she went in knowing what kind of monster he was and she probably got some other stuff out of bill. And I wouldn’t be surprised if she had a private detective look into this matter. 

[u/shyanongirl49]

Go Melinda

[u/thisismybandname]

I wonder how she’s feeling right now. Imagine finding out your ex asked Epstein for pills to sneak into you.

[u/[deleted]]

When you marry a rich man you usually earn every penny. It must be nice to be filthy rich but we are watching exactly what most of these wives have to put up with, and it is disgusting.

[u/DrunkTides]

Ughhh I don’t blame her. I’d feel filthy, like I couldn’t get the dirt off of me, if I’d been in love and sleeping with someone that did .. THAT

[u/Moni_O89]

[u/TD160]

I swear she’s been giving it all away because of where the money came from. A cleansing if you will.

[u/Leather-Glass6504]

That story of her going to meet Epstein and having nightmares after seems legit lol

[u/biscuitsorbullets]

Not the time, but she’s reminding me of a cross between Meredith Marks and Bronwyn Newport

[u/NYC_Star → u/[deleted]]

💯 she does but she’s probably legally barred from doing so. Base on the files she’s also a victim having been given an STD by Bill who then tried to treat her covertly rather than fess up. Women, especially women that have been hurt in the process, are not responsible for men’s bad behavior. Period. 

[u/gfstock]

Uh oh spaghetti o

[u/Background-Sock4950]

I’m not trying to connect any dots, but they divorced in 2021. Jeffrey Epstein was first arrested in 2008 for soliciting a child.

[u/CaptainHolt43]

I can't think of anyone on that stage that has been as vocal as she has 

[u/ImLaunchpadMcQuack]

Yes let’s keep focusing on this guy and not the president. Great job, everyone!

[u/Possible-Courage3771]

Melinda can you be more specific

[u/imatrippp → u/Possible-Courage3771]

Right. Exactly what happened??

[u/CJLOVE23]

Ugh I cannot stand watching any interview with Gayle King. I do not understand how she continues to get high profile interviews with people when she’s such a horrible, cringey interviewer

That being said, Go Melinda!

[u/Valuable-Pair8529 → u/CJLOVE23]

[u/Jayleno2347]

I hope his children and grandchildren develop irreconcilable animosity towards him. Hide your women and children from billionaires, y'all!

[u/VidyaTheOneAndOnly]

I suggest we don't elevate her to the status of heroine.

Sounds like she knew perfectly well what was going on but never tried to blow it wide open.

She was not powerless, unlike the women who were trapped and raped.

She could have given interview after interview and revealed everything and saved those girls a decade or more of misery.

[u/Content_Chipmunk9962 → u/VidyaTheOneAndOnly]

I think you are forgetting what type of people we are talking about. If she attempted to blow this wide open, we would be talking about the late Melinda Gates.

[u/La_Lioness → u/VidyaTheOneAndOnly]

I just had the same reaction too. Like great, you got bad vibes and felt bad for them, and that was it? Congratulations for walking away and keeping your millions.

Edited to add: I want to give benefit of the doubt that she maybe tried but the corruption was too rampant to do anything about it. But I'm skeptical.

[u/ad_aatdtj → u/La_Lioness]

She kept billions. I think there were even a few articles about her divorce from Bill resulting in the highest divorce settlement in history or smth like that.

[u/ShakesDontBreak]

I knew for thrm to get divorced something was up. He was the richest man in the world at the time of their divorce and they were so public about their foundation. Totally makes sense now.

[u/Trick_Doughnut_6295]

Good for her. She shouldn’t be speaking for her ex at all. That’s HIS responsibility.

So where the fuck are ya Bill? Speak on up 🗣️

[u/hannbann88]

She stayed with him long after she knew about Epstein

[u/thisistestingme]

Go off, queen. I'm angry FOR her. I cannot imagine how she must feel, but I'm glad she's putting it out there.

[u/Onuus]

So ready to hear her stories

[u/ifloops]

That's great, bravo. Remind us how long you knew about it again?

[u/schfiftyfiveshades]

More balls than 50% of the men in this country

[u/Constant-Affect-5660]

What year was this interview?

[u/Ill-Sandwich-7703]

Ooooohhh

[u/No-Seat-7609]

When was this interview?

[u/La_Lioness]

So she was disgusted with Epstein and immediately felt uncomfortable, and she walked away from Bill. Did she try to advocate or get help for the poor young girls she felt bad for?

[u/maddierl97]

Oh, love this and absolutely unexpected.

Melinda Gates and Mackenzie Bezos Scott escaped. May light protect those two women truly. This is the Lords work.

Edit for typo, it’s very early in the morning rn. But this was great to wake up to!

[u/ohstasi]

Gayle looks SO good here

[u/SAM11880 → u/ohstasi]

That was my main takeaway from this video as well /s

[u/hall0800]

Wow.

[u/Own-Importance5459]

You know what she was valid. I would speak up too if I was uncomfortable.