Phoebe Gates casually let slip that her father, Microsoft co-創立者 法案 Gates, has Asperger's syndrome.
The 22-year-old Stanford student made the 偶発の 公表，暴露 during a guest 外見 on the 攻撃する，衝突する podcast Call Her Daddy, hosted by Alex Cooper.
While discussing what it's like to bring dates home to one of the world's most recognizable - and 報道によれば ぎこちない - dads, Phoebe casually について言及するd her father's 医療の 条件.
'My dad is pretty socially ぎこちない. He's said he, you know, has Asperger's,' she said casually while on the podcast on Wednesday .
The offhand comment すぐに raised eyebrows, as 法案 Gates has never 公然と 確認するd such a diagnosis himself.
Though he has 以前 定評のある identifying with traits on the autism spectrum, his daughter's 発覚 示すd the first time a member of his family 直接／まっすぐに 言及／関連d a 明確な／細部 条件.
'Bringing a guy home is terrifying for the guy. It's also 肉親，親類d of hilarious for me,' Phoebe continued as she went on to 述べる how her dad once drove her and her boyfriend to a school dance while listening to NPR in silence - a moment she called 'so uncomfortable but so funny.'
Phoebe Gates (権利) casually let slip that her father, Microsoft co-創立者 法案 Gates (left), has Asperger's syndrome
While discussing what it's like to bring dates home to one of the world's most recognizable - and 報道によれば ぎこちない - dads, Phoebe casually について言及するd his shocking 医療の 条件. Pictured: Pheobe Gates appears on Alex Cooper's 攻撃する，衝突する Call Her Daddy podcast?
Listeners were quick to 掴む on the 発言／述べる, which soon went viral across social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s, 誘発するing 審議 and curiosity over whether Phoebe had unintentionally outed her father's 私的な 医療の history.
'Not 正確に／まさに surprising,' one 使用者 wrote on X.?
'There seems to be a lot of self 診断するing going on here. 存在 high in trait disagreeableness, 焦点（を合わせる）d, 高度に intelligent does not やむを得ず mean one is "on the spectrum,"' another wrote.
The 億万長者 philanthropist, 69, has not 公然と 答える／応じるd to the 発覚.
However, in his 2023 memoir Source Code, Gates wrote that if he were growing up today, he likely would be 診断するd with autism spectrum disorder.
In the 調書をとる／予約する, he recounted how he struggled with social interactions as a child and often became hyper 焦点（を合わせる）d on 明確な／細部 利益／興味s - classic 特徴 of Asperger's, which is now considered part of the broader autism spectrum.
'I was a hyper-焦点（を合わせる）d kid. I would get so lost in what I was doing, I'd forget to eat,' Gates wrote. 'I probably would've been 診断するd today, and that's not a bad thing - it's part of who I am.'
Gates その上の opened up about realizing he was different from his peers growing up in a February interview with Axios .
'I always knew I was different in ways that 混乱させるd people ーに関して／ーの点でs of my energy level and intensity, and going off and just 熟考する／考慮するing things,' he said.?
'And it's a little 混乱させるing when you're a kid, that you're different, or people 反応する to you in some ways, or your social 技術s - you're miscuing on さまざまな things.
'My dad is pretty socially ぎこちない. He's said he, you know, has Asperger's,' Phoebe Gates said casually on the podcast. Pictured:?Phoebe Gates arrives to Tiffany's 開始する，打ち上げる of Blue 調書をとる／予約する 2025: Sea of Wonder at The 主要都市の Museum of Art on April 25, 2025 in New York City
The 億万長者 philanthropist, 68, has not 公然と 答える／応じるd to his daughter's bombshell? 発覚. Pictured:?Microsoft 創立者 法案 Gates speaks during the World 経済的な 会議?
'I definitely think my parents, maybe somewhat unintentionally, because there was no diagnosis, but the way they would explain things to me or 押し進める me to socialize was very helpful,' he continued.?
While Phoebe's comment might have been unintentional, it 与える／捧げるs to a broader cultural 転換 around neurodiversity and high-機能（する）／行事ing autism, 特に in high-達成するing individuals.
In 最近の years, more public 人物／姿／数字s - 含むing Elon Musk - have 率直に 定評のある 存在 on the spectrum.
Phoebe Gates has not commented その上の on the 事柄, and the Call Her Daddy episode remains ava ilable in 十分な.
Also during the 22-year-old's Call Her Daddy 外見, she?spoke about her boyfriend, Arthur Donald, 26, the grandson of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.?
'Oh man, it's so bad. Like, I'm so bad at music. I mean, my family like, we're so nerdy, so I knew nothing about music. I knew about tech stuff growing up, not music stuff,' she said.
She 解任するd a time Donald tried to 'rizz' her by taking her to an Elton John concert.
'And Elton John comes out in like a bedazzled tracksuit. I'm like, 'Is Elton John gay?' His entire family starts dying laughing,' she went on.
Phoebe 追加するd that even now, after dating Donald for 'almost two years,' his family still joke about the 出来事/事件.
