India, July 2 -- Melinda French Gates has spoken candidly about her choice to file for divorce from Bill Gates after twenty-seven years of marriage, stating that her decision ultimately stemmed from a personal place.

"When that voice would come - and it would come at different times because of things that had happened outside the marriage that I would later come to learn about - I kept pushing it away," the 60-year-old philanthropist revealed on Wednesday's episode of the podcast "How to Fail with Elizabeth Day."

French Gates acknowledged feeling under pressure to keep the marriage intact for their three kids and their joint charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Speaking about the philanthropic venture, French Gates said that t...