Melinda explained she met Epstein “exactly one time” because she was curious about him but “regretted it the second [she] walked in the door.”

“He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. My heart breaks for these women,” she said of the pedophile, who died by suicide in prison in 2019.

Melinda also cited Bill’s alleged affair with a Microsoft employee in 2019 for their parting.

Melinda Gates arrives to New York by private helicopter holding hands with her new boyfriend Philip Vaughn.

Earlier in the day, the billionaire and her beau debuted their romance.Probe-Media for PageSix.comMelinda Gates arrives to New York by private helicopter holding hands with her new boyfriend Philip Vaughn on Wednesday.

Melinda Gates and Bill Gates speak on stage during The Robin Hood Foundation's 2018 benefit at Jacob Javitz Center on May 14, 2018 in New York City.

Melinda was previously wed to Bill Gates, seen here in 2018.