Melinda Gates Details on how she told Bill Gates that she wants a divorce: 'Panic attacks start' '

April 3, 2025 12:22 am Ist Melinda Gates discusses her difficult split of Bill Gates in her upcoming book, and reveals nightmares leading to her decision to separate Melinda Gates, is opening her ‘grueling’ split from Bill Gates. In her upcoming book, the next day, she set out how she decided to tell her ex -husband about the fact that she wanted to live separately and eventually a divorce. The 60-year-old man acknowledged that she “started panic attacks” in the days that followed the difficult conversation she had with the Microsoft Founder in 2020, according to People. Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates (R) and his wife Melinda listened to the speech by French President Francois Hollande, before awarding the commanders of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 21, 2017. Reuters/Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool/File Photo (Reuters) Melinda said she told how she told. He in her book writes Melinda that she has had “difficult periods” with Bill before, but in 2019 she started having “nightmares” about a home that collapses around her. “Bill publicly acknowledged that he was not always faithful to me,” she continues before emphasizing a “deeply disturbing” article about her ex -husband’s meetings with Jeffrey Epstein. When her nightmares became even more ‘dramatic’, she decided it was time for her to ‘make a decision’. “And that I had to make it alone,” Melinda adds according to the outlet. She revealed that in February 2020 she invited Bill to a trip to New Mexico, where she initially wanted to spend some time alone. After reaching a rental house there, she made an ominous discovery. Melinda realized that the property was only available to them because the couple who owned it separated ways. Despite her attempt to treat the journey “like any other holiday”, she finally told Bill that she wanted to live in their home with their youngest daughter, Phoebe Gates. “It was one of the narrowest conversations I had,” she writes in the book. The philanthropist explained that although Bill was ‘sad and upset’, he was also ‘understanding and revering’. After holding a United front at public performances in Seattle, Melinda wanted to end her 27-year marriage. She had a long yet a ‘soft’ conversation with the 69-year-old billionaire about it. Melinda further revealed that she “started panic attacks” shortly afterwards. But it was therapy that made it possible for me to respond to the betrayal in my marriage without betraying myself in return, “the author further writes in her upcoming book, according to The Outlet.