Melinda French Gates has attributed her divorce from longtime husband, Bill Gates, to “things that happened” outside of their 27-year marriage.

The 60-year-old philanthropist spoke candidly about the split during Wednesday’s episode of the “How to Fail with Elizabeth Day” podcast.

“When that voice would come — and it would come at different times because of things that had happened outside the marriage that I would later come to learn about — I kept pushing it away,” French Gates said, according to the New York Post.

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