Melinda Gates' Subtle Takedown Tour
The World News
[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.799', 'text': 'Melinda had long been in the background'}, {'start': '2.080', 'end': '6.879', 'text': 'as Mrs. Bill Gates, one half of one of'}, {'start': '4.799', 'end': '9.519', 'text': 'the richest couples in the world. She'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '11.920', 'text': 'was a silent, unflapable aid to her'}, {'start': '9.519', 'end': '14.240', 'text': 'powerful husband and a solid advocate'}, {'start': '11.920', 'end': '16.160', 'text': 'for their common charitable goals. How a'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '18.320', 'text': 'divorce can change things. Because all'}, {'start': '16.160', 'end': '21.039', 'text': 'of a sudden, Melinda French Gates is'}, {'start': '18.320', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'everywhere on TV chat show sofas and the'}, {'start': '21.039', 'end': '26.000', 'text': 'cover of People. She was promoting her'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '28.960', 'text': 'new book the next day while sporting'}, {'start': '26.000', 'end': '31.279', 'text': 'bodycon outfits and freshly styled hair.'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '33.680', 'text': 'and in the process teaching a master'}, {'start': '31.279', 'end': '36.320', 'text': 'class in retaliation. As a dealing with'}, {'start': '33.680', 'end': '38.920', 'text': 'change manual, the 60-year-old, who'}, {'start': '36.320', 'end': '41.760', 'text': 'divorced Microsoft founder Bill Gates in'}, {'start': '38.920', 'end': '44.559', 'text': '2021, has reportedly sold her eagerly'}, {'start': '41.760', 'end': '46.640', 'text': "awaited book. Let's face it, though,"}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '48.559', 'text': "it's also a score settling memoir in"}, {'start': '46.640', 'end': '51.120', 'text': 'which she slams her supposedly wronged'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '53.039', 'text': "ex, reminding us of Bill's shortcomings"}, {'start': '51.120', 'end': '54.719', 'text': 'and betrayals in column inches that make'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'it obvious that life has never been'}, {'start': '54.719', 'end': '58.559', 'text': 'better without him. This perennial dog'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '60.960', 'text': 'dooodter appears to be quietly embracing'}, {'start': '58.559', 'end': '62.960', 'text': 'her inner mean girl, as evidenced by'}, {'start': '60.960', 'end': '64.960', 'text': "memories of the tech giant's affiliation"}, {'start': '62.960', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'with Jeffrey Epstein and his confessed'}, {'start': '64.960', 'end': '69.119', 'text': 'affair with a former Microsoft coworker.'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'Melinda reflected on her marriage to the'}, {'start': '69.119', 'end': '74.000', 'text': 'guy she met after joining Microsoft in'}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '75.600', 'text': '1987 as a multimedia product engineer'}, {'start': '74.000', 'end': '77.759', 'text': 'during her appearance on the Late Show'}, {'start': '75.600', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'with Steven Colbear two weeks ago. I'}, {'start': '77.759', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'discovered that both partners must be'}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '83.840', 'text': 'honest with each other in order to have'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '86.560', 'text': 'a trustworthy relationship which is what'}, {'start': '83.840', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'I desired in the marriage. She stated,'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '91.439', 'text': '"You cannot have closeness or trust if'}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '93.920', 'text': 'you are unable to do so. I had to go in'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '96.479', 'text': 'the end." Yes, Bill is weak, cunning,'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '100.000', 'text': "and disappointing. A woman's costic"}, {'start': '96.479', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'remarks scorned. Not really. Rather, it'}, {'start': '100.000', 'end': '104.320', 'text': 'was a clever takeown by a woman who had'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '106.720', 'text': 'been resurrected. Martyr Melinda is'}, {'start': '104.320', 'end': '109.280', 'text': 'having a great time, looking strong and'}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '111.119', 'text': 'sleek with a new younger man on her arm'}, {'start': '109.280', 'end': '113.040', 'text': 'and the moral high ground beneath her'}, {'start': '111.119', 'end': '116.000', 'text': "feet. Her ex-husband's connection to"}, {'start': '113.040', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'Epstein is a major concern, which is not'}, {'start': '116.000', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'surprising. The convicted pedophile and'}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'Gates initially met in 2011, and Gates'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'visited him multiple times, including at'}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '127.280', 'text': 'least three times at his Manhattan'}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '129.360', 'text': 'townhouse, ostensibly to talk about'}, {'start': '127.280', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'global health efforts. Gates has now'}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '134.720', 'text': 'called these meetings a huge mistake. In'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '137.360', 'text': 'contrast, Melinda, eager to demonstrate'}, {'start': '134.720', 'end': '139.959', 'text': 'her superior judgment, met him exactly'}, {'start': '137.360', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'once at his house in New York in'}, {'start': '139.959', 'end': '144.640', 'text': '2013. A meeting that she later claimed'}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '146.800', 'text': 'left her unsettled. She had already'}, {'start': '144.640', 'end': '149.200', 'text': 'mentioned this. I regretted it the'}, {'start': '146.800', 'end': '151.680', 'text': 'second I walked in the door. She claimed'}, {'start': '149.200', 'end': '154.879', 'text': 'in a 2022 interview with Gail King on'}, {'start': '151.680', 'end': '157.599', 'text': 'CBS this morning. He was disgusting. He'}, {'start': '154.879', 'end': '159.920', 'text': 'was the epitome of evil. I feel so sorry'}, {'start': '157.599', 'end': '161.680', 'text': 'for these women. However, it seems that'}, {'start': '159.920', 'end': '163.920', 'text': 'Melinda believes that if something is'}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '165.599', 'text': 'worthwhile to say once, it is worth'}, {'start': '163.920', 'end': '167.519', 'text': 'repeating and then writing it down in'}, {'start': '165.599', 'end': '169.200', 'text': 'your book for added protection. It goes'}, {'start': '167.519', 'end': '171.360', 'text': 'without saying that the normally private'}, {'start': '169.200', 'end': '173.599', 'text': 'mother of three, who co-chared the Bill'}, {'start': '171.360', 'end': '175.680', 'text': 'and Melinda Gates Foundation, the second'}, {'start': '173.599', 'end': '177.280', 'text': 'largest charity in the world, is only'}, {'start': '175.680', 'end': '179.280', 'text': 'discussing the divorce because it would'}, {'start': '177.280', 'end': '181.599', 'text': 'be inauthentic not to in a book on'}, {'start': '179.280', 'end': '183.920', 'text': 'transitions and change. Silent,'}, {'start': '181.599', 'end': '185.920', 'text': "particularly with so much content. It's"}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '188.720', 'text': 'exciting to learn that she left a sad'}, {'start': '185.920', 'end': '190.879', 'text': 'and upset Bill at their regular eery'}, {'start': '188.720', 'end': '192.959', 'text': 'when they were eating burgers. The man'}, {'start': '190.879', 'end': '195.120', 'text': 'at the center of the digital revolution'}, {'start': '192.959', 'end': '197.360', 'text': 'is portrayed elsewhere as a gormless'}, {'start': '195.120', 'end': '199.200', 'text': 'jerk. His shortcomings are numerous,'}, {'start': '197.360', 'end': '200.640', 'text': 'ranging from a wedding cake cutting gaff'}, {'start': '199.200', 'end': '202.319', 'text': 'in which he left his bride at the'}, {'start': '200.640', 'end': '203.760', 'text': 'hospital to return to the office while'}, {'start': '202.319', 'end': '206.319', 'text': 'she went into labor with their first'}, {'start': '203.760', 'end': '208.319', 'text': 'child, only to reappear later, smelling'}, {'start': '206.319', 'end': '210.640', 'text': 'of hamburgers rather than cutting one'}, {'start': '208.319', 'end': '212.640', 'text': 'piece and feeding it to his bride. Like'}, {'start': '210.640', 'end': '215.440', 'text': 'every other groom in history, according'}, {'start': '212.640', 'end': '217.599', 'text': 'to Melinda, "It wasn\'t perfume, at least'}, {'start': '215.440', 'end': '220.159', 'text': 'before the last sting," the Dallas'}, {'start': '217.599', 'end': '222.080', 'text': 'native writes in her memoir, "I spent'}, {'start': '220.159', 'end': '224.959', 'text': 'most of that magical day cheerfully'}, {'start': '222.080', 'end': '227.680', 'text': 'alone. It made me feel nauseous." "Oh'}, {'start': '224.959', 'end': '230.000', 'text': 'no, indeed, French Gates is a master of'}, {'start': '227.680', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'the tactful reprimand." When questioned'}, {'start': '230.000', 'end': '234.080', 'text': 'about rumors that Bill had cheated on'}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '235.760', 'text': 'her during the marriage, she pointedly'}, {'start': '234.080', 'end': '237.680', 'text': 'said that was a question for Bill to'}, {'start': '235.760', 'end': '239.879', 'text': "address. Then there's that fascinating"}, {'start': '237.680', 'end': '242.319', 'text': "synopsis of the two people's current"}, {'start': '239.879', 'end': '244.799', 'text': "relationship. We're friendly, not"}, {'start': '242.319', 'end': '247.120', 'text': 'friends. Perhaps this explains why she'}, {'start': '244.799', 'end': '249.519', 'text': 'quit their joint foundation last year to'}, {'start': '247.120', 'end': '251.519', 'text': 'concentrate on Pivotal Ventures, the'}, {'start': '249.519', 'end': '254.480', 'text': 'investment and philanthropic company she'}, {'start': '251.519', 'end': '256.160', 'text': 'created in 2015 with an emphasis on'}, {'start': '254.480', 'end': '258.000', 'text': "women's rights. She was originally"}, {'start': '256.160', 'end': '260.400', 'text': 'photographed in New York last fall with'}, {'start': '258.000', 'end': '262.880', 'text': 'her new partner, craft beer entrepreneur'}, {'start': '260.400', 'end': '265.759', 'text': 'Philip Vaughn, but he is the true slam'}, {'start': '262.880', 'end': '268.080', 'text': "dunk. It's pretty great, Melinda said to"}, {'start': '265.759', 'end': '269.759', 'text': 'Steven Colbear with a smile on her face'}, {'start': '268.080', 'end': '272.560', 'text': 'as she reveled in the cheers of the'}, {'start': '269.759', 'end': '274.960', 'text': 'audience and of course the joy of'}, {'start': '272.560', 'end': '277.440', 'text': 'another well-timed punch. Vaughn, who is'}, {'start': '274.960', 'end': '280.240', 'text': '48 years old, is a far younger version'}, {'start': '277.440', 'end': '282.240', 'text': 'of Creaky Gates, who is 70 this year.'}, {'start': '280.240', 'end': '284.479', 'text': 'However, he is also very different from'}, {'start': '282.240', 'end': '286.720', 'text': 'the cougar/care dynamic of toy boy'}, {'start': '284.479', 'end': '288.479', 'text': 'collectors like Madonna and Sher who'}, {'start': '286.720', 'end': '290.240', 'text': 'have him boss who are young enough to be'}, {'start': '288.479', 'end': '292.800', 'text': 'their grandsons. What does all of this'}, {'start': '290.240', 'end': '295.360', 'text': 'leave Bill with then? The fourth richest'}, {'start': '292.800', 'end': '297.360', 'text': 'guy in the world is filled with remorse.'}, {'start': '295.360', 'end': '299.280', 'text': "While Melinda's new chapter after the"}, {'start': '297.360', 'end': '301.600', 'text': 'divorce is presented as a prosperous'}, {'start': '299.280', 'end': '304.160', 'text': 'return to education, Gates grudgingly'}, {'start': '301.600', 'end': '306.160', 'text': 'admitted to making mistakes in an'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '309.199', 'text': 'interview with Savannah Guthrie on Today'}, {'start': '306.160', 'end': '312.240', 'text': 'in 2022. He also disclosed that the last'}, {'start': '309.199', 'end': '314.639', 'text': 'of his three children, Phoebe, 22, who'}, {'start': '312.240', 'end': '317.199', 'text': 'is the younger sister of Rory, 25, and'}, {'start': '314.639', 'end': '319.520', 'text': 'Jennifer, 30, was leaving the house,'}, {'start': '317.199', 'end': '322.039', 'text': 'leaving him with a big empty nest. A'}, {'start': '319.520', 'end': '324.479', 'text': 'reference to Xanadu 2.0. zero, the'}, {'start': '322.039', 'end': '326.240', 'text': '66,000q ft complex in Medina,'}, {'start': '324.479', 'end': '328.000', 'text': 'Washington, where he would be rattling'}, {'start': '326.240', 'end': '329.759', 'text': "around. It's interesting to note that"}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '332.080', 'text': 'Bill appeared to be holding on to the'}, {'start': '329.759', 'end': '334.160', 'text': 'remnants of his previous relationship,'}, {'start': '332.080', 'end': '335.759', 'text': 'and was unable to respond when asked'}, {'start': '334.160', 'end': '337.600', 'text': 'what he had learned from the divorce.'}, {'start': '335.759', 'end': '339.840', 'text': 'Regarding their joint charity, which'}, {'start': '337.600', 'end': '342.240', 'text': 'Melinda would depart 2 years later, he'}, {'start': '339.840', 'end': '344.160', 'text': 'remarked, "I feel lucky to have that'}, {'start': '342.240', 'end': '346.400', 'text': 'with her." He has since moved on,'}, {'start': '344.160', 'end': '349.360', 'text': 'although with Paula Herd, the widow of'}, {'start': '346.400', 'end': '351.919', 'text': 'Oracle CEO Mark Herd, a philanthropist'}, {'start': '349.360', 'end': '353.759', 'text': 'in his 60s and a Melinda clone. Melinda,'}, {'start': '351.919', 'end': '356.000', 'text': 'meanwhile, is enjoying herself by'}, {'start': '353.759', 'end': '357.680', 'text': 'listening to songbirds, which is always'}, {'start': '356.000', 'end': '360.160', 'text': 'simple when your top priority is'}, {'start': '357.680', 'end': '362.240', 'text': 'deciding how to spend your $30.2 billion'}, {'start': '360.160', 'end': '364.319', 'text': 'money. People anticipate this kind of'}, {'start': '362.240', 'end': '366.560', 'text': 'positive remark from a woman who appears'}, {'start': '364.319', 'end': '368.720', 'text': 'to care more about social justice than'}, {'start': '366.560', 'end': '370.639', 'text': 'showing off her newest label. However,'}, {'start': '368.720', 'end': '372.639', 'text': 'by waiting, Melinda has demonstrated'}, {'start': '370.639', 'end': '374.400', 'text': 'that she is more complex than she first'}, {'start': '372.639', 'end': '376.319', 'text': 'appears to be, and that she is the'}, {'start': '374.400', 'end': '378.800', 'text': 'victor in the long run of post-breakup'}, {'start': '376.319', 'end': '378.800', 'text': 'one-upmanship.'}]