Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, is calling out all of the social media trolls who flooded her comments section with hateful remarks about her Black boyfriend.
Since going public with Robert Ross in May 2022, the younger Gates, 20, has received a swarm of comments about her boyfriend being Black, Blavity reported. The disparaging comments included racist remarks and accusations that Ross was only dating Gates for her money.
As Gates and Ross continue strong into another year together, the Stanford student addressed those who are bothered by her interracial romance.
With over 200,000 Instagram followers and 65,000 TikTok followers, Gates is a social media influencer on top of being the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates. But with so many eyes on her, Phoebe Gates said some things are hard to deal with.
“The misconceptions and conspiracy theories about my family and my relationship with my boyfriend,” she shared.
In January, Gates shared a photo of her standing beside Ross on New Year’s Eve that was flooded with comments calling Ross a gold digger.
“It’s 2023. I’m done being memed for being in an interracial relationship,” she told The Information in an interview published on Friday.
“City boys up,” one onlooker wrote.
“Got the bag,” added another.
“I’m pretty realistic that people start following me because of my family name,” Phoebe Gates said. “And people probably find it funny to see my dad being a goof and playing.”
But despite the shady comments, she enjoys breaking assumptions by sharing her real life.
“People have a lot of preconceptions about me, so TikTok has been a chance for me to tell my own story and also use the attention my family name might bring to spotlight issues that are important to me, like women’s health and sustainable fashion,” she said.
Black Enterprise (U.S.)