![\"Who](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AppleCiderVinegar_Netflix_23-11-15_BenKing_0042_5d14f2-e1738874442853.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n
\u201cA true-ish story based on a lie\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s what Netflix\u2019s Apple Cider Vinegar<\/em> teases viewers with. The miniseries focuses on Belle Gibson<\/strong>: a convicted scammer from Australia, who was once a wellness guru that lied about beating cancer with certain diet, exercise and medicinal choices. Since Gibson\u2019s rise and fall is depicted in the new show, viewers are dying to learn more about the mysteries ex-influencer whom Apple Cider Vinegar<\/em> is based on.<\/p>\n The six-episode show explores the early days of Instagram and how wellness culture became a whole new world thanks to social media. The series is not a biopic, though, as Netflix clarified; it includes a few fictional characters but unravels a dramatized version of Gibson\u2019s story.<\/p>\n Below, Hollywood Life<\/strong> has compiled all the details about Gibson and the Netflix series.<\/p>\n Gibson was a wellness guru who lied about living with multiple forms of cancer, including malignant brain, kidney and blood cancer. She started a fitness and diet empire by launching an app and a book, both titled The Whole Pantry<\/em>.<\/p>\n During a 2015 interview with Australia\u2019s Women\u2019s Weekly<\/em><\/a>, Gibson claimed she grew up in a difficult household in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with a mom who battled multiple sclerosis and brother who was allegedly on the autism spectrum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I started school, my mum went, \u2018My daughter is grown up now,\u2019\u201d she told the publication at the time. \u201cAll of a sudden, I was walking to school on my own, making school lunches and cleaning the house every day. It was my responsibility to do grocery shopping, do the washing, arrange medical appointments and pick up my brother. I didn\u2019t have toys.\u201d<\/p>\n Eventually, Gibson admitted she fabricated the cancer claims, and her family members disputed her backstory. While speaking with the Herald Sun<\/em><\/a> in 2015, Gibson\u2019s mother, Natalie Dal-Bello<\/strong> (who later died in 2017 from MS) called her daughter\u2019s story \u201ca lot of rubbish\u201d and noted,\u00a0\u201cBelle never cared for me, her brother is not autistic and she\u2019s barely done a minute\u2019s housework in her life.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2017, Gibson was hit with more than $400,000 in fines, per PEOPLE<\/em><\/a>. She has reportedly stayed under the raider ever since, even after law enforcement raided her home.<\/p>\n Actress Kaitlyn Dever<\/strong> <\/a>plays the role of Gibson. Dever is recognized for roles in a slew of films and miniseries, such as Dopesick, Rosaline, No One Will Save You<\/em> and season 2 of The Last of Us<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Dever spoke with Netflix\u2019s The Tudum<\/em> <\/a>about how she got into character for Apple Cider Vinegar,<\/em> pointing out that she \u201cholds the wellness world so close\u201d to her heart.<\/p>\n \u201cThe show really does an amazing job at shedding light on the confusion that surrounds the medical world and the wellness industry \u2014 and also human behavior and why we lie,\u201d the actress said. \u201cIt does have very high stakes and feels very life and death.\u201d<\/p>\nWho Is Belle Gibson?<\/h2>\n
![\"Who](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AppleCiderVinegar_Netflix_23-11-21_22A5538_DENOISED_3bcd14.jpeg?quality=100&w=1024&resize=1024%2C576\")
Where Is Belle Gibson Now?<\/h2>\n
Who Plays Belle Gibson in Apple Cider Vinegar<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
Is There a Belle Gibson Documentary?<\/h2>\n