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‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ True Story: Belle Gibson and the Real Wellness Con Behind New Netflix Drama


In Netflix series "Apple Cider Vinegar," Kaitlyn Dever portrays Belle Gibson, who claimed she overcame terminal brain cancer through healthy eating.

In “ Apple Cider Vinegar,” a new Netflix series released on Thursday, Kaitlyn Dever plays Belle Gibson, a real Australian woman who proliferated a scam about overcoming terminal brain cancer through healthy eating. Gibson built a career around her fake cancer diagnosis, gaining a large Instagram following, creating a recipe app called The Whole Pantry and writing a cookbook with the same title. Her business went under scrutiny after reporters Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano wrote about Gibson’s failure to donate fundraised money to charity as she’d publicly said she would.

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