Melinda French Gates whining about her divorce

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why anyone would want to read her book. Why is she interesting?

I could maybe understand why you might listen to a free podcast interview, but even that might get boring.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why anyone would want to read her book. Why is she interesting?

I could maybe understand why you might listen to a free podcast interview, but even that might get boring.

Would only be interesting if she spills the tea on what Bill and Epstein were up to. She herself is boring, but she seems desperate to try to carve out some space as a "voice" or authority.

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Anonymous wrote:I've always liked Melinda. I think she's a very smart lady and a good mother. I give her credit for the kids. I think she had to be very patient being married to Bill. He is brilliant but seems very detached and probably was not the most involved husband or father.

+1 Me too. Her kids all seem pretty functional--the eldest is a doctor. Melinda could have been a Lauren Sanchez and just hang around celebrities on a yacht all day. But she's gone to the poorest countries in the world and tried to help bring medicine and clean water. And I think her new org is focused specifically on helping poor women.

[Anonymous]

A whiny evil gold digger with an endless budget to buy books and PR. Insufferable woman.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you care? It’s extremely easy to avoid.

Also not to be pedantic but she didn’t receive anything - it was hers.

Bingo! You sound mean and jealous, OP.

+1 I glanced at the article she sent and she just said the divorce was a traumatic time. They were married for decades. I'm sure it was a miserable period, and that trying to divorce a billionaire must have been stressful.

I also get OP's point that who cares, she has billions and her life is sunshine and roses compared to nearly everyone else in the world. But Melinda Gates has tried to help poor women all over the world. I think she can both be highly privileged and have had a difficult time with her divorce without being labeled "whiny."

Money doesn't compensate for your husband going on junkets to Epstein Island.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you care? It’s extremely easy to avoid.

Also not to be pedantic but she didn’t receive anything - it was hers.

Bingo! You sound mean and jealous, OP.

+1 I glanced at the article she sent and she just said the divorce was a traumatic time. They were married for decades. I'm sure it was a miserable period, and that trying to divorce a billionaire must have been stressful.

I also get OP's point that who cares, she has billions and her life is sunshine and roses compared to nearly everyone else in the world. But Melinda Gates has tried to help poor women all over the world. I think she can both be highly privileged and have had a difficult time with her divorce without being labeled "whiny."


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She brags about her "good deeds.". I was brought up that one does their good deeds in silence. Her self aggrandizement is over the top.

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Anonymous wrote:I've always liked Melinda. I think she's a very smart lady and a good mother. I give her credit for the kids. I think she had to be very patient being married to Bill. He is brilliant but seems very detached and probably was not the most involved husband or father.

+1 Me too. Her kids all seem pretty functional--the eldest is a doctor. Melinda could have been a Lauren Sanchez and just hang around celebrities on a yacht all day. But she's gone to the poorest countries in the world and tried to help bring medicine and clean water. And I think her new org is focused specifically on helping poor women.

Wow, some of the posts here are totally bonkers. Melinda has been speaking out on behalf of the most vulnerable populations in the world for decades and she has sat for many, many interviews, so before you judge her, I recommend that you go on YouTube and listen to her first. She cares about providing free birth control to women in extremely impoverished areas and actually spends the money to make it happen. She is an amazing speaker and non-profit leader.

So much jealousy on dcum.

[Anonymous]

And why can't she whine about it?? He treated her awful at the end.

[Anonymous]

She clearly divorced him over the Jeffrey Epstein stuff - she knows more than what she is saying.

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Anonymous wrote:She clearly divorced him over the Jeffrey Epstein stuff - she knows more than what she is saying.

Again, I don’tbuy that. If he was an active user of Epstein ‘s services, he would be compromised and thus he would be part the billionaire club currently supporting the President.

[Anonymous]

Pray tell why this marketing dept. bimbo and her COLLEGE DROP OUT ex-husband were ever / are the face of global public health?

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Anonymous wrote:Pray tell why this marketing dept. bimbo and her COLLEGE DROP OUT ex-husband were ever / are the face of global public health?

Because few want to pay for it. Including the current Republican administration.

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Anonymous wrote:Pray tell why this marketing dept. bimbo and her COLLEGE DROP OUT ex-husband were ever / are the face of global public health?

Because few want to pay for it. Including the current Republican administration.

Their foundation received plenty of tax breaks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've always liked Melinda. I think she's a very smart lady and a good mother. I give her credit for the kids. I think she had to be very patient being married to Bill. He is brilliant but seems very detached and probably was not the most involved husband or father.

+1 Me too. Her kids all seem pretty functional--the eldest is a doctor. Melinda could have been a Lauren Sanchez and just hang around celebrities on a yacht all day. But she's gone to the poorest countries in the world and tried to help bring medicine and clean water. And I think her new org is focused specifically on helping poor women.

Wow, some of the posts here are totally bonkers. Melinda has been speaking out on behalf of the most vulnerable populations in the world for decades and she has sat for many, many interviews, so before you judge her, I recommend that you go on YouTube and listen to her first. She cares about providing free birth control to women in extremely impoverished areas and actually spends the money to make it happen. She is an amazing speaker and non-profit leader.

So much jealousy on dcum.

We know what she does, pp.

But imho I would rather hear from the person whose FT job/career focuses on the work rather than from the billionaire philanthropist.

As someone whose career has focused on such things, I can report that Philanthropy plays an important role, but the philanthropists are just people who have/demand a platform thanks to their money. Sure, she’s read up on the issues and makes thoughtful decisions, but she’s not an expert who deserves the attention she gets.

Nobody likes listening to the billionaire pontificate about the poor after she’s just flown in on a private jet and will retreat to one of her many mansions after the photo op.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the Lolita Express?

It is a sick euphemism for the sex trafficing of minors.

It's specifically Jeffrey Epstein's plane on which he flew and flew others to his private island.