Melinda Gates SHOCK Interview On Bill Gates & Epstein TIES: ‘Unbelievable Sadness’ | WATCH INTERVIEW

📅 Feb 04, 2026 ETimes 9 MIN 4953 VIEWS 14 SEGMENTS · 3 SPEAKERS

Melinda French Gates is back in the headlines after opening up about the latest Jeffrey Epstein file releases, revealing that the renewed scrutiny has brought back “very, very painful times” from her marriage to Bill Gates. Speaking on NPR’s Wild Card podcast, she described feeling “unbelievable sadness” and made it clear she is relieved to be “away from all the muck.” The newly released Department of Justice documents include claims made by Epstein about Gates, allegations his representatives have strongly denied as “absolutely absurd.” Watch #melindagates #billgates #epsteinfiles #epsteinsc...

Melinda French Gates 0:00 ↗

No girl should ever be put in the situation that they were put in by Epstein. Those people and for even my ex-husband, they need to answer to those things, not me. For me, it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because...

Narrator 0:37 ↗

Melinda French Gates has broken her silence and the Epstein Files are dragging old wounds back into the spotlight. Speaking on NPR's Wildcard podcast, she admitted the new revelations bring back very, very painful times from her marriage to Bill Gates. Her reaction, unbelievable sadness and one blunt line that's now everywhere. I'm so happy to be away from all the muck. Well, let me say this.

Melinda French Gates 1:10 ↗

I think we're having a reckoning as a society, right? No girl, no girl should ever be put in the situation that they were put in by Epstein and whatever was going on with all of the various people around him. No girl, I mean, it's just it's beyond heartbreaking, right? I remember being those ages those girls were. I remember my daughters being those ages. Right.

Narrator 1:44 ↗

The Department of Justice dump includes Ghislaine's own claims about Gates. Allegations his team calls absolutely absurd. Important detail. Bill Gates has not been accused of wrongdoing by any Epstein victim. Still, with millions of pages now public, pressure is rising and Melinda says the answers don't belong to her.

Melinda French Gates 2:13 ↗

For me, it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage. But I have moved on from that. I purposely pushed it away and I moved on. I'm in a really unexpected, beautiful place in my life. So, whatever questions remain there of what I don't can't even begin to know all of it, those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband.

Narrator 2:45 ↗

Hours after Melinda French Gates' explosive interview pushed the Epstein controversy back into global headlines, the Microsoft co-founder addressed fresh allegations surfacing in newly released Justice Department files with his team blasting the claims as absolutely absurd and completely false.

Bill Gates 3:06 ↗

I met Jeff in 2011. The focus was always he knew a lot of very rich people and he was saying he could get them to give money, you know, that was a dead end and I was foolish that time.

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Gates, M. (2026, February 4). Melinda Gates SHOCK Interview On Bill Gates & Epstein TIES: ‘Unbelievable Sadness’ | WATCH INTERVIEW [Interview transcript]. ETimes. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1231869/

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Melinda Gates. "Melinda Gates SHOCK Interview On Bill Gates & Epstein TIES: ‘Unbelievable Sadness’ | WATCH INTERVIEW." ETimes, 4 Feb. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1231869/.

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Key Quotes (2)

“No girl should ever be put in the situation that they were put in by Epstein and whatever was going on with all of the various people around him. No girl, I mean, it's just it's beyond heartbreaking, right? I remember being those ages those girls were. I remember my daughters being those ages.”

▶ 1:10 CONTROVERSIAL

“For me, it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because um brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage. But I have moved on from that. I purposely pushed it away and I moved on. I'm in a really unexpected, beautiful place in my life. So, whatever questions remain there of what I don't can't even begin to know all of it, those questions are for those peo”

▶ 2:13 CONTROVERSIAL

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Melinda French Gates has recently discussed her philanthropic work and advocacy around women's health, particularly menopause and perimenopause. In September 2026, she appeared on multiple podcasts and programs, including Marie Claire's "Nice Talk," the "unPAUSED" podcast, and FOX 13's "For the Girls: Women on the Rise." She discussed findings from a survey conducted by her organization Pivotal in partnership with Gallup, noting that a third of women experiencing perimenopause symptoms did not know they were in that stage. She also described her own experience with perimenopause, saying she began to doubt herself during the peak of her career due to symptoms like anxiety and sleep issues. French Gates stated that she believes women's health is interconnected with women's power, saying, "When women have their full health, they can step into their full power." French Gates also discussed her recent funding commitments, including $215 million announced for midlife health as part of a larger $600 million investment in women's health over two years. She called for more government funding for women's health research, saying, "We should expect our national health institutes to put far more funding into women's health." She also commented on the impact of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, describing reproductive health "contraceptive deserts" in the United States and recounting conversations with women in Louisiana who said they could not access clinics due to confusion among providers. Additionally, she discussed a $56 million privately funded revitalization project for Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park and Centennial Park, and mentioned acquiring a minority ownership stake in the Seattle Kraken. She encouraged women to "surround yourself with others who believe in you," adding that workplaces "were set up for men" and have not been modernized.

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