The 23-year-old, who rose to fame on social media after she claimed to heal terminal cancer with wholefoods, admitted to the publication she has difficulty discerning truth from fantasy.
She claims she received two separate cancer diagnoses, one from “a doctor” and the second from “a healer.”
After weeks of prolonged silence, the mother-of-one is finally ready to speak about her headline-grabbing deception, telling the magazine: “I don’t want forgiveness. I just think speaking out was the responsible thing to do.”
“Above everything I would like people to say, ‘Okay, she’s human,’” the Melbourne local added.
When blatantly questioned if she’d ever had cancer, Gibson responded: “No. None of it’s true.”
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Despite her massive social media following, a book deal and popular health app called The Whole Pantry, Belle’s reputation came crashing down in March after she was accused of overstating her company’s total donations to a range of different charities. Soon after, friends raised the alarm over the legitimacy of her illness.
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