Bill Gates: 'Foolish' to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Gates is again speaking astir his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein by calling himself "foolish" and saying that spending immoderate clip with him was a "huge mistake."

Gates spoke with the Wall Street Journal successful a Friday-released interview, echoing remarks helium has made successful years past, up of his caller publication release.

The Microsoft co-founder, 69, authored "Source Code: My Beginnings," that is acceptable to merchandise connected February 4.

"In retrospect, I was foolish to walk immoderate clip with him," Gates said of Epstein. "I deliberation I was rather stupid. I thought it would assistance maine with planetary wellness philanthropy. In fact, it failed to bash that. It was conscionable a immense mistake."

BILL GATES MET WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN 'A NUMBER OF TIMES,' ADMITS IT WAS 'HUGE MISTAKE'

Bill Gates, left, has publically addressed his narration with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, right, respective times implicit the years.  (Getty/AP)

Epstein, a notorious predator, pleaded blameworthy to procuring underaged girls successful 2008, and began to prosecute a narration with Gates successful 2010 to assistance sanitize his own marred representation astatine the time, according to a New York Post report.

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In this Feb. 1, 2019, record photo, Bill and Melinda Gates grin astatine each different during an interrogation successful Kirkland, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File))

Gates and Epstein had met a fistful of times earlier Epstein's decease successful 2019, erstwhile Epstein hanged himself successful a jailhouse compartment successful 2019 portion awaiting proceedings connected sex trafficking charges. 

Gates said the concern made him much wary of his connections. 

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein successful Cambridge, MA connected Sept. 8, 2024. Epstein was connected with respective salient people, including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having enactment with an underaged woman.  (Rick Friedman/Corbis)

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Gates' ex-wife, Melinda Gates, has said she was wary of his interactions with Epstein and met him personally connected 1 occasion.

She told Gayle King successful an interrogation successful 2021 that Epstein was "evil personified."

Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.