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I was foolish': Bill Gates says he deeply regrets spending any time with disgraced Epstein
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 04 Feb 2026 By | ASHLEY NICKEL and EMMA RICHTER

Posted on 02/04/2026 5:56:40 AM PST by V_TWIN

One of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, has broken his silence following allegations surfacing in the latest round of documents released regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

'The focus was always, he knew a lot of very rich people and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health,' Gates said in an interview with Nine News on Wednesday.

Gates gave his 'only Australian TV interview' with the network during a trip to the country for the Australian Open, which ran from January 12 to February 1 at Melbourne Park.

The billionaire continued: 'You know, in retrospect that was a dead end and I was foolish to spend time with him. I am one of many people who regret ever knowing him.

'Apparently, Jeffrey wrote an email to himself. That email was never sent. The email is, you know, false.

'I don't know what his thinking was there. Every minute that I spent with him, I regret and I apologise that I did that.

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To: V_TWIN

It never occurs to them that: if they were foolish in this decision, perhaps they are not wise enough to be shaping the reality the rest of us have to live in.


41 posted on 02/04/2026 6:44:43 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Jonty30

yes, exactly. much like the teachers who go after the football players. They probably were late bloomers and figure now is their chance to land the prom king.


42 posted on 02/04/2026 6:47:52 AM PST by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: albie

there is a video of him where he was asked about going to the island with Epstein and his smirk said everything.


43 posted on 02/04/2026 6:48:05 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: albie; All

Yup... when you’re a pig, you’re a pig


44 posted on 02/04/2026 6:54:31 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: V_TWIN

Like we said in the 1980s: Richest man in the world, but still can’t get a date.


45 posted on 02/04/2026 7:00:23 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Jonty30
One thing I’ve noticed about these guys is that almost all of them were the type of guys that didn’t have a chance for relationships in high school. It’s like they are trying to relive their school years when they do these things.

With a face ravaged by horrible acne, I didn't have much of a chance for relationships in high school either, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to relive those days. And I don't know about Bill Gates, but I'd bet Bill Clinton had lots of relationships in high school.

46 posted on 02/04/2026 7:06:00 AM PST by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover

Maybe he did, but how many of these guys that went to island were Bill Clintons and how many of them were Bill Gates?


47 posted on 02/04/2026 7:10:29 AM PST by Jonty30 (Why did a being, who claimed to be an angel, choke Muhammad? Because everybody wanted to.)
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To: V_TWIN

He’s also denying that he picked up an STI from one of Epstein’s Russian girls, claiming Epstein was trying to “entrap and defame him.”

Bill Gates has denied claims that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI) from “Russian girls,” calling the allegations in newly released Jeffrey Epstein files “absolutely absurd and completely false.”

The draft emails Epstein wrote to himself in July 2013, which allegedly describe Gates seeking antibiotics to secretly give to his then-wife, Melinda, after an STI.”


48 posted on 02/04/2026 7:13:52 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: libertylover

I read somewhere that Slick claimed he was the fat kid in high school and girls had little to do with him.


49 posted on 02/04/2026 7:14:41 AM PST by Reily
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To: V_TWIN

I don’t think most care about whether he was with Epstein or not. We care about the underaged sex.


50 posted on 02/04/2026 7:15:58 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: V_TWIN

He regrets nothing and is deeply sorry he got caught out so everyone can know what an evil little chit he is.


51 posted on 02/04/2026 7:25:05 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: All

Well, there is this:

1) the Got Caught stuff doesn’t make any sense because he has been accused of nothing other than knowing the guy. Got Caught doing what?

2) Melinda likely has 6 month doc visits/checkups, because the rich do not want their life expectancy spending their money to be shortened. This would include bloodwork. One would think she could get that data from the relevant years to determine if she was getting antibiotics not prescribed.

3) Does anyone rational believe Gates would need Epstein to get him antibiotics? Is that easier to believe than Epstein being angry to lose Gates’ connection and pounding out an apparently unsent email?


52 posted on 02/04/2026 7:33:13 AM PST by Owen
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To: V_TWIN

Jeffery Dalmer said the same thing.


53 posted on 02/04/2026 7:36:14 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: V_TWIN

Not foolish. EVIL.


54 posted on 02/04/2026 7:36:33 AM PST by Whatever Works
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To: V_TWIN
Every minute that I spent with him, I regret

Donald Trump kicked the creepy perv out of Mar-a-Lago. The only thing to regret there was that the kicking wasn't literal ...

55 posted on 02/04/2026 7:36:58 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: V_TWIN

There is an operation to review all unredacted materials and tip off the perpetrators.

Bill was told what’s in the release.

This is going to be happening non stop now.

Bill and Hillary doing a 180.

Get the pop corn.


56 posted on 02/04/2026 7:39:31 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: Bob434

57 posted on 02/04/2026 7:46:45 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

58 posted on 02/04/2026 7:47:14 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: V_TWIN

Go find yourself a nice rope and a tall stout limb.

Bill.


59 posted on 02/04/2026 7:47:15 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: V_TWIN

Two observations: 1) After Hugh Hefner died, Epstein became America’s premiere pimp. Pedo Island was far more influential than the Playboy mansion 2) America’s political and corporate leaders are very often hedonistic, decadent phonies.


60 posted on 02/04/2026 7:47:21 AM PST by allendale
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