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Fashion entrepreneur Phoebe Gates ' passion for pink extends to her bedroom décor — but there is one piece her boyfriend just can't stand. While speaking with The New York Times , the 22-year-old, who is the daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates , revealed that she lives in a loft-like apartment in New York City with a bedroom whose walls are painted a pale pink. Over her bureau hangs a painting of a pink cassette tape that she bought for around $20 at a market.
Phoebe — who just launched a new online shopping tool called Phia with her friend and former roommate Sophia Kianni — told the outlet that her boyfriend of nearly two years, Arthur Donald, "hates" the art piece — so much so that he removes it from the wall whenever he visits. The pair are searching for something to swap it with. Related: Phoebe Gates Shares Loved-Up Photos with Boyfriend Arthur Donald from Date Night at The Albies Donald, the grandson of Beatles star Paul McCartney , lives in California but travels to N.
Y.C. to visit Phoebe on weekends, according to The New York Times .
The couple first met when Phoebe did a collaboration with designer Stella McCartney , Donald's aunt. Donald is the eldest son of Mary McCartney and her ex-husband, TV producer Alistair Donald. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Phoebe publicly confirmed the pair's romance for the first time in June when she shared a graduation photo diary with Nylon after earning her Bachelor of Science degree in human biology from Stanford University. Among the candid photos from her big day were some smiling shots of herself with Donald. In one caption, she referred to Donald as her boyfriend and in another, she wrote, "He cleans up nicely.
" Related: Bill Gates’ Daughter Phoebe Was Insecure About 'Nepo Baby' Label in College, Had ‘Such a Desire to Prove Myself’ Earlier this month, Phoebe opened up about her past insecurities surrounding the "nepo baby" label as the daughter of a billionaire tech mogul. On the April 1 episode of her new podcast The Burnouts , which she co-hosts with business partner Kianni, Phoebe recalled feeling a lot of pressure when she arrived at Stanford for her freshman year of college. "I had so much insecurity and, like, such a desire to prove myself.
I was like, I have so much privilege. I'm a nepo baby," she said. The PEOPLE App is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! She echoed these sentiments in her interview with The New York Times , telling the outlet, “Growing up, I realized that people are always going to have thoughts about me.
" Phoebe said that building and launching Phia only heightened her insecurities around the subject. “If the business is successful, people will say, ‘It’s because of her family,' " she told the outlet. "And a huge portion of that is true.
I never would have been able to go to Stanford, or have such an amazing upbringing, or feel the drive to do something, if it wasn’t for my parents. But I also feel a huge amount of internalized pressure." Read the original article on People.
