"After the divorce came out, Bill Gates admitted to having an affair," writes CBS News — adding details they've learned from a new interview with Bill's ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

"French Gates said she had thought the couple was going to work through their issues but there came a point where she realized she couldn't trust what they had. " (NBC News quotes her as saying "It wasn't one moment or one specific thing that happened. There just came a point in time where there was enough there that I realized it just wasn't healthy, and I couldn't trust what we had.")

More from CBS News: There have been reports that Bill Gates had multiple affairs during their marriage. French Gates said, "those are questions Bill needs to answer." French Gates was asked about how she felt about her former husband's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and whether that contributed to the decision to divorce. She said she made it clear that she did not like him meeting with Epstein. "As I said, it's not one thing, it was many things. But I did not like that he'd had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no," said French Gates. [In the interview Melinda French Gates adds, "I made that clear to him."]

She, herself, met Epstein one time because she wanted to "see who this man was... I regretted it from the second I stepped in the door. He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. I had nightmares about it afterwards. So, you know, my heart breaks for these young women, because that's how I felt, and here I'm an older woman. My god, I feel terrible for those young women. It was awful," French Gates said.

She said any further questions about Epstein and Gates' relationship should be addressed with Gates.

In a statement to CBS News, Bill Gates said: "Meeting with Epstein was a mistake that I regret deeply. It was a substantial error in judgement. I remain dedicated to my work at the Gates Foundation in partnership with Melinda, where our focus is to help reduce global inequities, giving every person the chance to live a healthy and productive life."
During the interview, Melinda French Gates also talks about her continuing commitment to philanthrophy. "I do believe that if you are lucky enough to be a billionaire, believe me, you can give away half of it and not change your life. And we should. We should have a society where if for whatever reason wealth is in your hands, you, you put it back in society so that you change and you lift up others."