By WMAL.com

Billionaire ex-wife of Bill Gates, Melinda Gates joined “CBS Mornings” with Gayle King on Thursday for an interview regarding her split from with her former husband. In the interview, King pressed Gates on her ex-husbands relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Gates made it abundantly clear how she felt about the two’s friendship.

• Melinda Gates: He was abhorrent, he was evil personified. I had nightmares about it afterwards, so my heart breaks for these young women,”

• Bill Gates: following the interview, Bill Gates issued a statement to CBS expressing his deep regret for the Epstein meetings

Bill and Melinda continue to manage the Gates Foundation together, but Melinda made it clear that the two were not “friends”.

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