6 days Ago By Lauren DuBois
Melinda Gates is recalling a college romance she had which left a lasting impact on her when it came to her body image. Gates, who divorced Bill Gates in 2021, something he has said he deeply regrets happening amid health issues and other controversies , made the admission that she had a “toxic” relationship prior to her marriage. Admitting that her unnamed boyfriend from her college day at Duke University was who she was referring to, Melinda admitted that she doesn’t look back at the romance with positive thoughts.
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet risk run in with her ex Travis Scott at Coachella Inside Kevin Costner’s nearly $200 million property in Carpinteria She made the admission while appearing on a podcast. Speaking on The Jamie Kern Lima Show, she admitted that the relationship wound up leaving her with some negative thoughts the rest of her life. “[It] was really not a positive relationship for me at all,” she said.
“He cared a lot about how I looked and said a lot of things about it to me, and that really is not OK. It really is not.” Admitting she took too long to end the relationship, she admitted that she took the negativity from his comments with her throughout the years–even during her marriage.
“I would say that carried through with me into my 20s and even into my 30s,” she said. “And it wasn’t, probably, until I got to 40 that I got more OK with who I was.” DON'T MISS.
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“I want to be fit ‘cause I wanna be able to do all the things I want,” she said. “I want to be healthy, but I’m not so focused on, you know, am I X weight or Y weight or do I fit in that size pants or another?” “It’s still there in the back of my head a little bit, but it just isn’t a big call anymore,” she added..
