Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it

• Elizabeth Holmes recently opened up to The New York Times in her first interview since 2016.
• The profile noted that Holmes had ditched her famously low voice for an "unremarkable" one.

One of the most idiosyncratic traits of Elizabeth Holmes — the disgraced founder of the blood testing startup Theranos— was her low, baritone voice, which many insiders suspected was fake.

That register is no more — and is now somewhat of a joke for Holmes, who seems to have embraced her natural pitch. She speaks in a "soft, slightly low, but totally unremarkable voice," according to a recent New York Times profile of the founder, for which writer Amy Chozick spent time observing Holmes and her partner Billy Evans at home.

Evans also thought Holmes' old voice was at least a little weird, per the Times. He reportedly mocked it as he drove Holmes, Chozick, and the couple's two kids in the family's Tesla.

"That would be crazy, if she answered the door and said, 'Hi. I'm Elizabeth Holmes," Evans told the Times, imitating Holmes's old voice. Holmes, meanwhile, giggled in response, the Times noted.

A representative for Elizabeth Holmes did not immediately respond to Insider's request for a comment.

Holmes, who had not spoken to the media since 2016, was not just candid about her voice, but also spoke openly about the personality she contrived while helming Theranos.

"I made so many mistakes and there was so much I didn't know and understand, and I feel like when you do it wrong, it's like you really internalize it in a deep way," Holmes told the Times.

Holmes, who was scheduled to begin an 11-year prison sentence at the end of last month, managed to delay the decision at the last minute. As she bides time before the sentence begins, she is spending her days caring for her newborn, William, with Evans, an entrepreneur whose parents are hoteliers in San Diego.