On Tuesday, May 3, 2021, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and wife Melinda Gates announced their divorce. Twitter has been reeling with ‘Melinda dating Pete Davidson jokes’ since she and Bill announced their separation.
Both Bill and Melinda took to their Twitter handles to break the news to their followers. The pair will be splitting after 27 years of marriage.
The joint statement read, “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage.”
The pair also announced, “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple.”
The news of Bill and Melinda’s divorce shocked many social media users. But it also became the butt of many jokes. One of the most viral and ongoing jokes about Bill and Melinda’s divorce involves comedian Pete Davidson.
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Melinda Gates dating Pete Davidson Joke explained
After the divorce announcement, many Twitter users began coming up with jokes. Some of them began joking that Melinda was now dating SNL star Pete.
The reason that Twitter users began linking Melinda and Pete in their jokes, is that the comedian has a history of dating strong, successful and even older women.
In the past, he was engaged to Ariana Grande.He was briefly linked to actor Kate Beckinsale after his break-up with Ariana.
Kate and Pete were spotted making out at a New York Rangers game in March the very same year.
The Twitter joke appears to have started by a user named Aaron, who wrote, “Melinda Gates has been spotted with Pete Davidson.”
It didn’t take much longer for others to start coming up with more of these jokes. Another Twitter user posted, “page six article from November 2021: Melinda gates spotted at knicks home game on the arm of actor Pete Davidson.”
A third user wrote, “melinda gates spotted with pete davidson on an abandoned sidewalk couch somewhere on Staten Island.”
As the “Melinda dating, Pete Davidson” jokes became viral more users came up with their own versions of it.
Who is Pete Davidson’s girlfriend?
Most recently Pete was linked to Netflix’s Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor. Moreover, the pair was recently spotted together when they were out and about in London.
However, despite the dating speculations neither Pete nor Phoebe has officially confirmed that they are a couple. Hence we can’t say for sure that Phoebe is Pete’s new girlfriend.
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