As Belle Gibson’s story continued to spread, she also used her fame to raise money for various charities. In 2014, she explicitly stated that she’d donated $300,000 to five organizations. This ...

Brown asked Gibson why she had claimed in her 2014 book that she had been diagnosed with cancer in a doctor’s office, which is a different story. Kaitlyn Dever as Belle in "Apple Cider Vinegar ...

Netflix's new limited series tells the story of Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, ... By the end of “Apple Cider Vinegar,” Gibson’s app and book have been pulled from the market, ...

Gibson is an Australian scammer who was once known as a wellness guru, social media influencer and creator of an app and book titled The Whole Pantry. She opened up in her book about the faux ...

Gibson also nabbed a book deal with Penguin Press and released a cookbook, also titled The Whole Pantry, in October 2014. However, inconsistencies in Gibson’s story began to emerge.

Gibson's cookbook publisher, Penguin Australia, subsequently dropped her book. Apple, which had marketed the Whole Pantry app alongside the launch of its Apple Watch , also removed it from promotions.

It’s specifically inspired by the nonfiction book, The Woman Who Fooled The World: The True Story of Fake Wellness Guru Belle Gibson, by journalists Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano.

In 2015, two young Australian reporters named Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano broke the story that would become Netflix's latest true-crime series Apple Cider Vinegar: Belle Gibson, a successful ...

Gibson went on to build a fitness and diet empire through her Instagram account, @healing_belle, and by launching an app and a book, both titled The Whole Pantry.

Following the fine, Gibson claimed she was $170,000 (Aus) (£88,200) in debt and had $5,000 (Aus) (£2,600) to her name. In 2020 and 2021, the Sheriff’s Office of Victoria raided Gibson’s home ...