{"id":1388,"date":"2026-06-14T04:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2026-06-14T04:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T04:42:04","slug":"melinda-french-gates-crumbles-recalling-first-meeting-with-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Melinda French Gates Crumbles Recalling First Meeting With Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Melinda French Gates became visibly emotional while recalling her first and only meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, saying she immediately sensed the disgraced financier was \u201cevil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1386\">Trump Casually Drops \u2018Ultimate\u2019 Threat if War Deal Fizzles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire philanthropist appeared to fight back tears during an interview with The Guardian when asked what had so disturbed her about the encounter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>French Gates, who has previously said meeting Epstein left her with nightmares, grew visibly shaken as she reflected on the experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is racing,\u201d she told interviewer Sophie McBain, placing a hand over her chest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever in your life been around somebody that you just know is evil?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether she was reliving the gut reaction she felt upon first meeting Epstein, French Gates initially tried to shut down the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m done. I can\u2019t do any more questions,\u201d she said before eventually continuing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Any woman who has ever been around somebody who is evil or had an experience and then if you\u2019re around somebody else who is evil. Just no, no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McBain wrote that French Gates appeared close to tears during the exchange and struggled to maintain her composure. French Gates described her response as a \u201cvisceral reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments come years after French Gates publicly criticized her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, for maintaining ties with Epstein despite her objections.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1384\">ICE Barbie Bungles Comeback Interview With Embarrassing Geography Errors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>French Gates has previously said her ex-husband\u2019s association with the disgraced financier was among the factors that contributed to the end of their 27-year marriage. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Gates acknowledged that French Gates had been wary of Epstein, telling foundation staff she was \u201calways kind of skeptical about the Epstein thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French Gates previously revealed that she met Epstein once because she wanted to see for herself who he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regretted it from the second I stepped in the door,\u201d she told CBS News in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was abhorrent. He was evil personified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Bill Gates and Epstein became a source of controversy after the financier\u2019s 2019 arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges. Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell later that year while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>French Gates told The Guardian that she remains frustrated by the failures that allowed Epstein to evade accountability for so long.<\/p>\n<p>She also expressed sympathy for Epstein\u2019s victims, describing him as a \u201chorrid man\u201d and arguing that survivors deserve both peace and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe justice system didn\u2019t do its job. It did not do its job. Full stop,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1382\">Arrest Made Outside Nancy Guthrie\u2019s Home<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThis could have been stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melinda French Gates became visibly emotional while recalling her first and only meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, saying she immediately sensed the disgraced financier was \u201cevil.\u201d Read more Trump Casually Drops \u2018Ultimate\u2019 Threat if War Deal Fizzles The billionaire philanthropist appeared to fight back tears during an interview with The Guardian when asked what had so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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