The Wellness Guru Who Conned Apple & Faked Her Entire Life | Belle Gibson Documentary 

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Hi Josie. Another great, informative, entertaining and well-paced documentary! It looks like Vianna Stibal and ThetaHealing®is still around. She might be worth a look.

Can u do more social media influencers/celebrities and their lives,dramas,scandals? Really love ur story telling and editing

Renee Bach and her angels of Africa blog. She was a young white American woman with no medical training running a clinic for malnourished children in Uganda. Several babies died.

Ah, Dr Pepper. Doesn’t he share office space with Mr Clean and Mr Coffee?

I laughed so hard at that. What an idiot

🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

And her prescriptions was from Dr Dre we go to the Same pharmacy 😅

Now that is funny !

The fact that she also hijacked another woman’s funeral makes me want to throw more than hands at this woman.🤬

The fact that she cushioned her fall AND stopped having a seizure long enough to tell everyone to not call 911 THEN WENT BACK TO SEIZING is just the cherry on top of this craziness 💀

It ain't a party without a fake seizure!

I mean hoe

Poor kid couldn’t even have a party without her stealing attention and all those children must have been terrified.

It's sad to think Steve Jobs listened to her. So sad

@@bcuz30 Steve Jobs was already dead by the time she got involved with Apple, however she did promote a lot of the same beliefs he had during his lifetime

How would you check that without looking like a troll. And it's not hard to fake documents.

I'm not sure they could legally check because of privacy laws (HIPAA)... Although I guess they could hide something in their terms of service that allows them to talk to your doctor.

Everyone believed Elizabeth from Theranos...

I've met people like her. You can literally see them do something and they'll deny it and demand an apology for accusing them

Yes! She is a complete narcissist. Holding on to her lies for dear life. I was shocked watching that interview. I wish American reporters would do that to Donald Trump, he does the same thing in every interview. Narcissism is a very dangerous disorder but after it destroys many lives, the narcissist eats himself alive, destroys himself.

And practically still chewing that cookie in her mouth while talking 🙄

I saw it. She is gross. Makes me sick. Shell file bankruptcy....but have 100,000 in someone else's name in bank. Lol. She doesn't know who puts thousands in her bank accounts?!?? She's HIDING MONEY!!! Check bank accounts of her family!!!! Any psycho like this will do anything for money. Like a hit man. She needs to do life in jail for people that she killed following her remedies. Jesus

hahahah exactly

Right!! People are so easily fooled. Why are we so fooled by things? We need to have discernment and question everything

Her holistic medicine gimmick helped muddy the water a lot there. We normally see people with cancer who ARE getting chemo and radiation therapy, and even tho it's medically preferable to dying of cancer, those therapies have a dramatic effect on how someone looks. What makes it really disgusting is that pretending to have cancer while looking healthy played into her marketing -- a BIG part of why I resent 'alternative' medicine influencers is because they're often trying to sell people this myth that conventional medicine us what's actually *making* them sick, that if they just did it "naturally" they wouldn't be suffering. It's the absolute peak of toxic positivity.

@@gabrielamartiniuc6322 They pick cancer because it's invisible and culturally established as one of the worst fates someone can suffer in western society. People tend to tread lightly around this topic (at least if they're decent people). Imagine if you call someone out for faking a terminal illness - but it turns out you're wrong. Imagine the grief you'd cause that person and the social ostracization that would follow. Belle told such a beautiful story and nobody wanted to be the villain in it.

@@gabrielamartiniuc6322 I had cancer and she made me feel a failure for not doing as well as she was

Exactly when I had cancer I had no energy

That is wild!

WOW... this personally REALLY upsets me. I had a condition called PNES (Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures). It's VERY real, but due to people who completely FAKE seizures, many people don't believe this condition to be "real." It was awful. It's a condition that happens as a result of trauma- PTSD, anxiety. It appears as though someone is having a seizure, but they're not TRUE seizures in that they don't register on an EEG because it's not due to electrical impulses going all haywire. I actually had to be hospitalized for 2wks on video EEG to get diagnosed with PNES. My seizure-like episodes were so frequent that I lost everything... I mean EVERYTHING... including my job, ability to work & provide, driving privileges, my car. Even friendships & family. I had to go on disability for years and it took a loooong time for neuro and neuropsych to even diagnose me & finally answer the hows, whats, and whys. In America, it's almost unheard of to get approved for disability benefits first shot... and I did. I'm just saying this to take home my point of how debilitating this condition can be. I cannot tell you how many doctors I saw that basically accused me of faking due to tests coming back as "normal" or saying "it's all in my head." I cried for weeks when I finally got diagnosed!! Just tears of relief. Come to find out, it really was "in my head" but not in the way one would typically think!! I was able to find healing for my trauma, PTSD, anxiety. I do struggle some days of course, but I've been episode free for 5yrs now after being on disability for 6yrs. It was a long, hard journey... but I did it!! I'm now a very happily married born again Christian (when I share my story in any capacity, this is an important factor to mention just because it wasnt until being born again that I found healing, but I acknowledge everyone's healing journey looks different!) wife and mother. I now have 4 beautiful children. I own a car, home, & drive. I make a comfortable living doing what I love and helping others get back to work who struggled with issues at one time that left them "unemployable." I'm also off of all government benefits & no longer require help in that regard (nothing wrong with that, but for those who've been on benefits, they know just how damn hard that is and what an accomplishment this is!). This topic of medical fakery just heats me up soooo bad because this is a very real thing and problem of people faking all sorts of medical conditions. Those kind of lies are EXTREMELY damaging to sooooo many people!!!! Faking seizures sounds like the least this woman did though. This woman not only faked seizures, she faked having full blown terminal cancer!! Not only faked having full blown terminal cancer, but faked being healed holistically from cancer... that is a whole other level & in my opinion, she MURDERED people with those lies!! People who fake such things (especially on a massive scale with her following) should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for such lies that resulted in the deaths of others. I'm sure it did!! Anyway, I'm so sorry for the novel- you didn't ask for this, no one did lol. I'm not sure why I wrote all this but I felt moved to... maybe it'll help someone else struggling!! 🙏 💕

@@mrs.elentz2336 omg thank you so much for sharing! I literally just learned of this condition yesterday. I’m sorry you’ve had to go through so much but I’m happy to hear things are better. You are amazing for being open and educating others. It will truly change lives. ❤️

A man in my sister's town occasionally fakes seizures in front of women new to the town, when they go to help he gropes them. UPDATE: Apparently he died a while ago. Yah!

Loudly talk about how you'll have to lance their eyeball to awake them. That'll produce some miracle cures.

My issue with the entire ordeal is a little different. Why didn't her mother speak up sooner? I know she was aware of all that was going on, but the only time she got involved was when Belle defamed her and made her look like a bad mum.

@@jenniferlawrence9473 I thought about her family as well. Or even her friends…this could have stopped along time ago!

Definitely. I’ve had leukaemia, and I’m from Melbourne. She disgusts me thoroughly😡

@@Lakridza67 Be well, fellow Melbournian … sending love and positive energy! 🌹❤️

People knew she was fake.... Family..etc. . The end. And no one did due diligence. That's just the story. Maybe they thought they'd make money too. These ignorant selfish people need to pay every single cent back. Why do these white collar crime people never have to pay anything back like they stole?!???! She's a greedy psycho...except she didn't kill with a knife. She killed with her lies and her faking her beauty. She's gross. She's just like that fake heiress in NY that stole MILLIONS from banks..friends...and businesses. She did like 9 months in jail and still walks around NY!!!!! She still doesn't care what she did to people!!

People often do look healthy with serious health conditions. It’s only choosing treatments like chemo which make it “visible”

true. my dad has cancer and you can easily notice that he’s unwell. lost weight, lost appetite, frail, no energy, etc… but also fun side note- he now has curly hair 😩

its the plants and yoga!!

To be fair, it's my understanding that the treatment is what hits you hard enough that people notice. An unfortunate trade off and one reason terminal people often deny treatment to prolong their life.

My dad had full hair and beard even through chemotherapy and radiation. He didn't had any hair loss but instead gained more after complete remission. Some stupid people thought he was 'faking' cancer. But he had certainly lost over 40 pounds during that period

I'm so sorry about your aunt. May she rest in peace. ❤

@@notthegoodgirl thanks so much

@@nora4981 thank you

I am sorry about your loss 😭

And the thing is, sometimes the only way to stop that desperate person from falling for a scam is a little bit of "tough love" from a relative. Which can be difficult if either they don't have any relatives willing to do that, or else those relatives are younger than them and they themselves have an authoritarian mindset and won't accept "tough love" from their own offspring. Even when they are willing to accept that (as my dad was when I pulled the plug on him buying sketchy supplements for "brain fog" in the hopes of curing my mom's Alzheimer's - on three separate occasions) it can still take hours to bring that person down from trying to go for the scam again. And in the case of my dad, he did learn to spot it - but only after I had already intervened three times, and strictly at that. If I'd not been there or had taken a wishy-washy approach, he'd have bought it hook, line, and sinker. As many people do, when their lack of relatives or their own self-perceived place in the family hierarchy prevents such an approach. And it's not like I advocate being strict in every area, either - it's just that scammers are so slimy that you kind of have to be when it comes to them.

That’s not hilarious,check yourself

@@user-wickedflower what

It's depressingly sad

I think some people commenting are taking the term hilarious far to literally. No one is actually laughing, but it is hilarious.

What if it was HIV?

She doesn't even look remotely like one

@@bellaolum9768 Honestly, she's not pretty enough. I live & work in an unusual Midwest rural town in the US. The town is extremely diverse & I had the privilege of working with several students from Ethiopia. They were striking in appearance , so very nice & interesting to chat with during breaks. I enjoyed working with each of them & saddened when they moved back home after graduation.

@@caroline4540 you're right. My country neighbors Ethiopia so we've had them living among us for decades. I've also visited Ethiopia severally, they're nice people and so polite.

@@bellaolum9768 I learned a little about the history and loved how the country remained unified when Italy tried to conquer them. I probably will never travel out of the US but I love the opportunity to meet & chat with any new visitors and they'll always have a seat to rest on my couch, just as long as they don't mind a few curious housecats.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this girl has schizophrenia

There was a lady in my town that lied and said she had cancer. She had a gofundme and a local church involved. She even named the pastor and wife as guardians if something happened to her. She was a single mom and I'm not sure why she did it. I can't imagine lying to my kids that I was dying.

@@laurachristiana9966 sorry you also experienced that level of crazy. It's really unsettling because there's just no viable excuse(s) for the deception.

I dont understand why would a person like that not have their child taken by child services? 🤷

Munchausen's AND Munchausen's by Proxy! Charming! 🙄🙄🤨

liés and déception Good watch in a show called Dynasty pretty common behavior esp amongst🩸folks

In the video where Belle is talking about the Oromo community, I noticed she mentioned the community was "fundraising." That made me nervous for the Oromo community and I wondered if that's why she was involved.

Ive commented her before, but that first part reminds me of Hilary Baldwin, pretending to be Spaniard and continuing with the facade!

It's ok. White people are born in Africa too. And if they live in the state's they're also African Americans.

@@tskaesha2540 🤣 but she's neither. And despite where you're born you can't claim to be a part of the indigenous community when you're not

@@tskaesha2540 I know that there are white people born in Africa but her silly self probably picked Ethiopia because she knows the people she joined would be less inclined to google her. Had she picked South Africa and lived amongst the white community her ass would have been exposed immediately.

narcissism overload..

Sick I know people who really suffer from seZiure it’s no joke my cousin has seZiure every single day multiple a day and the damage to her brain has caused her to be mentally disabled and physically disabled

@@Shloggershe crossed the line to sociopathy right there

She's a MEGAN!! 😂🤣🤦 CRAZY!!!! 🤪

Yes! Prolonged seizures can cause brain damage!

kinda impressive tbh she really committed to the con. I don't think I could fake a seizure for 40 min

oh you know. A child's birthday party is not complete without traumatizing the little ones.

My mom has complex epilepsy, and her average time of seizure is within 5-8 minutes. (The shaking one, then there is the aftermath with various events like memory loss, loss of understanding etc.)

Even giving an office presentation for 40 minutes is 😱

Not one single person secretly called 911 in that 40 minutes. 🙄 Disturbing all around!

I’m so glad you didn’t listen to those friends and stopped speaking to them. My stepfather died after he got into this stuff when he had bowel cancer. There’s a special place in hell for charlatans like this who give false hope to people who are desperate to save their own lives. I hope your health’s doing much better now x

One of the most morally bankrupt action a person can perpetrate. I'm so incredibly sorry, but so happy ur still here.

Except it’s not always false hope. Such as my case, I tried everything the doctors advised me to do to no avail before seeking natural remedies and now being in the best health I’ve ever been in. It is all about the constitution of the person. There’s not just one answer amongst everyone

@@ADayInTheLifeofBS …For cancer?

Good for you, if it was that easy to cure cancer by eating only vegetables and use supplements, chemo never would have been developed.

There’s an episode of the podcast swindled where they go more in depth about the people she gave false hope to. Including the family of a child with terminal cancer who was bullied and accused of lying because they were friends with Belle

More than I dare to think about. It’s heartbreaking.

That's the thing right there -- what she did isn't just a scam, it's downright dangerous!

@@Notliketheothergorls Good God! She should be sued for defamation and emotional distress.

I am sure if they skipped medical advice for Belle's "cure" they aren't with us any longer to share their stories. I really don't understand how she's not been invested for manslaughter charges over this. Heartbreaking really.

She is seeking out another community to take advantage of and will keep doing it sadly.

Amber Heard, Evan Rachel Wood, Rose McGowan, Hilaria Baldwin come to mind.

@@picilocarnal the only other compulsive liar in that list is Hillary Baldwin. Why did you list DV & SA victims as examples of compulsive/pathological liars? also, why did you only list women?

I can't remember the interviewers name, but she did an amazing job and didn't let Gibson brush over anything.

I saw that and I kept thinking y did she agree to this interview. Who is her lawyer or pr team and y didn't they do research on the interviewer ?

Lmao

Yes, she was brilliant and didn't let Gibson get away with anything.

That interview was amazing. I wish we had reporters in America that would interview Trump but everyone is scared so he just keeps on grifting and lying.

"How old are you?" Every normal person: 26 Belle Gibson: "I have always believed to be 26, but when I fill out documents I claim to be 23."

I know what you mean about the conning his wife thing. When I was younger I used to think, how could their spouse not know, but as I got older I realized men can have multiple mistresses and the wife wouldn’t know a thing. I had been cheated on by an ex and literally did not suspect nothing until it came out 3 years later when she told me what they had been doing. I always feel bad for some of the spouses in this situation because they really could be just as shocked as us, but it’s worse because they were living with this lying, manipulative person. Also when it come to the money scams it’s easy to not know if they are lying or not because why would you question your husbands job or income if you aren’t the one who handles the finances. Especially if you are a stay at home mom or your accounts are separate. If your husband has an investment business and you’re not versed in business and he never really explains what he does how would you know it’s a Ponzi scheme? I know better now and like you said, life goes on.

Companies usually find out these people are frauds very early in. But find it far more profitable to be compliant/play dumb with the subject or straight up assist/encourage it as seen with the media coaching. There's always a trail, things being covered up along the way.

And it’s highly frowned upon to question a sick person. So it’s like you look like a monster if you make someone prove they are sick. These ppl that do these scams know this and take advantage of it

Yet here I am trying to give good advice, and I left just left job because I was abused by my boss. 😂

And when they get caught the punishment is not severe and rarely enforced

Elizabeth Holmes!!

It is impossible to swallow your own tongue. Do not follow this advice. Ease them to the floor and make sure they have something soft cushioning their head and only call 911 if there are other symptoms. Or if it lasts longer than 5 minutes or 20 if it’s been communicated to you they normally have long seizures. Loosen any tight clothing and help them turn to their side after they stop jerking. Stay with them until it stops and listen to them if they communicate instructions to you. Clear the area around them, if possible. Please google for advice from seizure specialists and don’t spread misinformation about the condition. Even if you live an area where a hospital trip would be free, you are disrupting someone’s life without their consent over a flareup and probably making them feel worse about being sick. EDIT: wanted to clear up if someone is having a long seizure or multiple seizures in a row/short time period , CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES IMMEDIATELY. Those are actively dangerous! It’s just unnecessary and potentially upsetting for those who have regular seizures.

Thank you for sharing this info, making this aware to people who are like me and didn't know this is good for us to know.

@Frank Skoda-Simmons It's disingenuous to label people "stupid" because they didn't know what to do in a medical emergency... many people do not have experience with conditions like epilepsy & most have never had to call 000/911. My comment was intended to help those people to _not_ feel helpless & know that there _is_ something they can do, even if they don't understand what's going on. Let the trained 000/911 person make the call on how serious the situation is. The reason I called out the free services is because I know in countries like the US they may not be, and I've spoken to people who have _avoided_ calling for help because they can't afford the ambulance bill. Australia is very multicultural & I've had to explain the free emergency services to numerous people over the years, including friends & family. People should _never_ hesitate to seek help... money is not worth more than your life. And I agree that it was completely ridiculous that the media & Apple bought her BS story without doing any due diligence... but scammers like Belle are successful because they take advantage of people's inexperience, often in situations which aren't openly discussed. Few people would be comfortable questioning the motives of a cancer sufferer, even in today's society... and _the only way you combat scammers of any type_ (affinity scammers, financial fraudsters, phishing & cyber-fraud, etc) is by _educating_ people - not calling them "stupid" or "gullible" & giving them more reasons to avoid asking any questions. _Anyone_ can be scammed given the right set of circumstances.

Not calling emergency personnel actually enabled her behavior. They would’ve discovered she wasn’t seizing and then outed her.

Nooooo this is not true. Many epileptics I know (including my aunt) specifically asks us not to call an ambulance. I am an EMT and now in medical school so I am fairly familiar with ensuring peoples safety/privacy during seizures. I understand as a non medically trained person it can be tempting to cal 911 but before calling 911 take the 3 seconds to see if they have friends/family around and judge their responses to determine yours. If they aren’t freaking out the person is probably epileptic and are informed of what to do for their loved one so an ambulance would be a costly bill. If you see no family/friends around then call 911.

great point!

I thought the same thing!! If your cancer is spreading throughout your whole body, then your solution isn't working. Bizarre...

The holes in her story are incredible. She made it up as she went along.

That's what I thought! Why would Apple carry on with including her app in their watch if her app isn't helping her. She just had to keep quiet then she would of made millions 🙄

I thought the same thing when I heard that... people still couldn't stop believing the lies!!! They love to be lied to 🤔

@British Invasion Lover thank you! This is the first time I've released a documentary within a month of another one, and I hope to get faster or at least maintain this pace. 😉 Thanks for watching.

Her pure journalistic approach is refreshing. She’s a real journalist and not pressured to varnish/candy coat any topic. That’s the power of this platform.

@@AimeeAimee444 i agree. I also love her attention to detail, and the way she formats her content. Netflix level stuff

Yeah my friend pretty much has no idea who or where he is and sometimes can’t recall certain things for a few days.

@@prettyinpinky5937 one time my mom came out of a seizure my older sister asked her if she could recall her name and she said her older sisters name and then said my brother was her brothers name and called me her other sisters name. She said her old address too. This lasted under an hour, but it was crazy so see as a young child. She was confused and then it started to come back to her.

🤣😂🤦 FAKER!!! 💯👏

Loooool

Decision making part of brain develops at 26. she is only 23, so?

I think conversations in real life have been effected by social media, for sure, or the pandemic, can I say that word on social media, please bill gates? ( Bill Gates put these computers into libraries in 2001) I mean most profiles online are fake, so you speak in way that is as if you are really integral and real, and often times people are literally mentally ill and ignoring own stuff, and whatever, sort of, I dunno. I'd recommend maybe doing hiking, sometimes 50 people say hello to you in day doing that?

It would have been nice if they had called the ambulance, no matter what she said. If you have a seizure for longer than a few minutes I'm calling an ambulance, no matter what your objections are.

Not necessarily no. It depends on the type of seizure and if there are breaks.

Not if you faking it.

@@Fizzypopization Yeah seizures are complicated, I have a type of seizure disorder that I had no idea existed until I was diagnosed with it, and they told me it's caused by a totally different brain problem than people who have epilepsy

I can't imagine having the strength or the nerve to keep an act going that long. Insane dedication

After this video you can start runnin' up that hill again! 😉 Had that song on repeat since Stranger Things. lol

She will never lie about it again. Ok, you sure about it dude?

Australian sentences...

White collar crime pays well and doesn’t punish much it seems

@athousandatones haha perfect! I know Belle has been covered a lot but I tried to include facts I hadn't heard from her story before. Hope you enjoy! 💜

they are not necessarily narcissistic statistically? try saying that after a drink.

Greed grows once fed

@Sweet Tea very much so. It still shocks me what Elizabeth Holmes was able to get away with, and for how long. 🤦🏾‍♀️

😂 Omg so true

Ever heard these lines: "the masses are dumb"

@@hydrohasspoken6227 Yes, I have heard the lines, "The masses are dumb". It's a shame, but it is true, in my opinion.

I don't know? But if you watch Dr Jamnadas it is very possible that diet causes cancer. So she may have been right to a degree.

I just got to the end!! Didn’t see that coming!! Bizarre!!!

@@catherineelisabeth4864 yes, her childhood sounds very unstable, which is truly sad. 😔

she used these gatherings so a lot of people could witness her "seizures"

The audacity!

😀

She did though. No jailtime, hasn't paid the 420k fine the court gave her. Now she is fundraising for Ethiopians..her latest source of income.

Yeah, but she made him think she was dying and faked a seizure at his 4th birthday party. That's some serious psychological damage being done

@@dumbasses_R_us yeah exactly. I hope that kid has received a LOT of high quality therapy and is in the care of an actually responsible, trustworthy adult.

Yeah but he’s still suffering that’s for sure

@@kingworm7168 the crazy part is she was in a relationship with her kid's father the entire time so he must have been complicit in it. He keeps a really, really low profile, but he was there while she's making all these outlandish claims and not going to any doctors or receiving treatment. There's no fucking way I'd let my baby mama pull a stunt like that and expose my child to that nonsense.

I'm sure she considered it.....there are no limits with such characters

@Ivonne Quiroz thank you for watching!

There's a 60 minutes Australia Belle episode and I am pretty sure they mention women that followed Belle and either got sicker or passed away! When are people going to start understanding that words matter, people who are in pain, sick, desperate, hopeless, and scared fall for words that sound like they will save them! Not only should these cons be held responsible for restitution but they should be jailed!

Aww thanks for being here @Chelsey! 💛

So true we are learning

Sociopathic behaviour. She's rotten to the core.

Morally bankrupt.

Sounds just like Trump

@@nars1999 Yup, same as Trump. And there’s a sucker born every minute that falls for them too.

haha I've heard her recipes are good but insanely expensive.

Good to know. Lol

That was my thought too

😂 IKR

And he fetched her from her home 😂

She is only 30 now, all of this happened in the social media age. Not sure why you are thinking this was back in the dark ages.

@@amandamandamands yeah, but in the early days of the social media era. We didn’t expect people to lie about these things as we do now.

@@Marloez82 lol what? People have been lying about illness since like forever.

People still believe this unfortunately

@@Fizzypopization that wasn’t my point now, was it…

I know right. I laugh everything when I hear a health nut say chemicals are bad for humans, when everything is chemistry and therefore chemicals. They would freak out to see how many different chemicals apples are made up of

Presumably, they wouldn't mind eating lead, as long as it was elemental lead.

@Allie Musgrave Yes, I knew for sure. I hope you are doing well.

@Cyrila thank you for watching! 😊

@Harper & The Sunshine Gang thank you for watching! 😊