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‘No turning back’: Bill Gates’ legacy ruined after Jeffrey Epstein association

📅 Feb 05, 2026 Sky News Australia 8 MIN 64731 VIEWS 20 SEGMENTS · 7 SPEAKERS
‘Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered’ host Kinsey Schofield predicts there is “no turning back” for Microsoft founder Bill Gates after he denied claims made about his conduct in the Epstein files. Bill Gates’ ex-wife has spoken out about his involvement. “She said we should put some pressure on his ex-husband to talk, to have to answer some pretty tough questions,” Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “This will be a problem for Bill Gates in the future. “Whether you believe him or not, once false information is out there, it can persist in memory. “These headlines have been so sensatio...
Narrator 0:00 ↗
Now, Bill Gates has denied claims made about his conduct in the Epstein files in an interview with 9 News Australia. Here's what he had to say.
Bill Gates 0:10 ↗
It's factually true that I was only at dinners. You know, I never went to the island. I never met any women. And so, you know, the more that comes out, the more clear it'll be that although the time was a mistake, it had nothing to do with that kind of behavior.
Host 0:28 ↗
Kinsey, his former wife, has also been speaking out. What has she had to say?
Kinsey 0:34 ↗
She said we should put some pressure on her ex-husband to talk, to have to answer some pretty tough questions. You know, she's saying, 'Yeah, I think that I'm loving this negative attention, quite frankly. This will be a problem for Bill Gates in the future. Whether you believe him or not, once false information is out there, it can persist in memory. This is science. It persists in memory even after people know it's false. It's a phenomenon sometimes referred to as belief perseverance. People may remember the content but forget whether it was debunked, leading to that lingering influence. These headlines have been so sensational that some have already consumed them as truth. And there's no turning back. This is horrible for his legacy.'
Host 1:22 ↗
Oh, absolutely. He's made emphatic denials about a lot of these allegations. But he also wants the public to believe that he was fairly naive in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. And this is a man who's considered by many a genius. He's a billionaire. He built this massive company. And normally those people aren't naive, but he does emphatically deny any wrongdoing. Now GB News has sent a reporter to Billie Eilish's mansion to question her about her stolen land Grammys rant after the local indigenous tribe said in a statement that the complex is located on their ancestral land, and that the singer had failed to contact them about it. Here's how the attempt to access her property went.
Reporter 2:14 ↗
First of all, isn't that ironic? Massive gates keeping people out. I thought Billie didn't believe in borders. The lights are on, so somebody must be home. Let us in, please, Billie. We are here because this is stolen land, Billie, and we think we should be given access to your quite lovely $3 million mansion.
Host 2:33 ↗
Very, very amusing work. We also have an Australian, Kinsey, Drew Pavlu, who was on the show earlier in the week. He's also going to Malibu. He wants to move into Billie's mansion because he says no one is illegal on stolen land.
Kinsey 2:49 ↗
First of all, good luck to Drew. But I mean, Billie Eilish has built her brand on rejecting attention. She says she's shy. She says she wants to stay above the fray and doesn't want the circus. And yet, here she is with international media on her doorstep. That contradiction is the problem. This was a moment that required nothing more than thanking the audience, accepting the trophy, and moving on. Instead, she chose to make a loaded statement and now she's dealing with the entirely predictable consequences. You don't get to claim you hate attention while actively inviting it in this way.
Host 3:23 ↗
And such an inane comment, just contradictory. You can't say you're on stolen land and also not believe in borders and anyone can go anywhere. I mean, just pick a lane. Don Lemon has sat down with Jimmy Kimmel. He's playing the victim again after he was arrested for storming a Minneapolis church during Sunday prayers, mind you. Here he is claiming the feds wanted to embarrass him with his arrest.
Don Lemon 3:51 ↗
They want to embarrass you. They want to intimidate you. They want to instill fear. And so that's why they did it that way. Mugshot, fingerprints, the whole nine yards a couple twice.

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Gates, B. (2026, February 5). ‘No turning back’: Bill Gates’ legacy ruined after Jeffrey Epstein association [Interview transcript]. Sky News Australia. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/689724/

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@misc{gates2026_689724,
  author       = {Bill Gates},
  title        = {‘No turning back’: Bill Gates’ legacy ruined after Jeffrey Epstein association},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Sky News Australia. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = {feb},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/689724/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}