New Delhi, April 16 -- Philanthropist Melinda Gates has revealed that trust issues led her to end her 27-year marriage to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday (April 15), Melinda reflected on the painful but necessary decision to leave the tech billionaire.

"I learned, you know, to have a trusted relationship - which is what I wanted in a marriage - both partners have to be honest with one another," Melinda Gates said.

"And if you can't, you can't have intimacy and you can't have trust. And so, in the end, I had to go," Melinda further said.

When host Stephen Colbert asked whether she was seeing someone new, Melinda smiled and confirmed, "I am," blushing before adding, "It's been pr...