The daughter of globalist billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates let slip a secret he has kept from the world during an interview on a raunchy podcast this week.
During an interview on Call Her Daddy on Wednesday. 22-year-old Stanford student Phoebe Gates announced that her father suffers from a medical condition that affects millions around the world.
“My dad is pretty socially awkward. He’s said he, you know, has Asperger’s,” she told host Alex Cooper.
“Like for me, it’s so funny, but for guys I think they get really wigged out,” she added. “Bringing a guy home is terrifying for the guy. It’s also kind of hilarious for me.”
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@dailymail Bill Gates’ daughter casually let slip that her billionaire father has Asperger’s syndrome. The Microsoft co-founder has never confirmed such a diagnosis himself, but in his memoir, he recounted how he struggled with social interactions as a child and often became hyper-focused on specific interests – classic characteristics of Asperger’s. Call Her Daddy #news #billgates #health #usa #microsoft ♬ original sound – Daily Mail
Asperger’s Syndrome, which is part of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a condition that affects over 37 million people globally. Bill Gates has never publicly confirmed such a diagnosis himself (and still has not) but has in the past acknowledged identifying with traits on the autism spectrum.
He wrote in his 2023 memoir Source Code that he possibly would have been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.
In the book, he said he had problems interacting with other children and was keenly focused on a handful of interests to the point that he sometimes neglected to care for himself properly. These are both prominent characteristics of Asperger’s.
“I was a hyper-focused kid. I would get so lost in what I was doing, I’d forget to eat,’ Gates wrote in Source Code. “I probably would’ve been diagnosed today, and that’s not a bad thing – it’s part of who I am.”
Bill Gates is far from the only famous autistic person. In 2021, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, announced on “Saturday Night Live” that he was not only autistic but also the first autistic person to host the show.
Other famous people reportedly on the autism spectrum include scientist & mathematician Albert Einstein, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, actor Anthony Hopkins, and Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin.
