The discussion included talk of anaffair Bill Gates acknowledgedwith a Microsoft employee in 2000.
“Well, I certainly believe in forgiveness,” French Gates told King.
“So I thought we had worked through some of that.
It wasn’t one moment or one specific thing that happened.
The couple was married for 27 years and have three adult children.
Theirdivorce became finalin August.
How can I get up?
How am I gonna move forward?'”
This is painful stuff."
“I gave every single piece of myself to this marriage,” she said.
French Gates said she is “friendly” but not friends with her ex-husband.
The two were seen together at thewedding of their daughter Jenniferin October.
“He was abhorrent, he was evil personified.
I had nightmares about it afterwards.
So my heart breaks for these young women.
Because that’s how I felt, and here I’m an older woman…
He was awful.”
It was a substantial error in judgment."
French Gates has her own company,Pivotal Ventures, that funds projects that empower women.
