Bill Gates again talks about his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, calling himself “stupid” and saying any time spent with him was “huge” error”.
Gates spoke with The Wall Street Journal in an interview released Friday, echoing comments he made years before the book’s release.
Microsoft co-founder 69 has authored “Source Code: My Beginnings,” which is set to be released on February 4.
“Looking back, I was stupid for spending the time I spent with him,” Gates said of Epstein. “I thought I was stupid. I thought it would help me with global health philanthropy. In reality, it didn’t. That’s just a huge mistake.”
Bill Gates met Jeffrey Epstein ‘many times’, admits it was a ‘huge mistake’
Bill Gates, on the left, has publicly addressed his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein for many years. (Getty/AP)
The New York Post reported that Epstein was a notorious predator who pleaded guilty in 2008 and began a relationship with Gates in 2010 to help undermine him at the time. Image sanitized.
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In this February 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File))
Gates and Epstein met several times before Epstein’s death in 2019, when he hung himself in a prison cell while awaiting sex trafficking charges trial on charges.
Gates said the situation has made him more wary of his connections.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 8, 2024. Epstein was linked to several prominent individuals, including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with underage women. (Rick Friedman/Corbes)
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Gates’ ex-wife, Melinda Gateshas said she was wary of his interactions with Epstein and once met him in person.
She told Gayle King in a 2021 interview that Epstein was “evil personified.”
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
