The new Netflix show Apple Cider Vinegar dramatizes the shocking true story of Belle Gibson (Kaitlyn Dever), an Australian single mum who scammed the world into believing she survived brain cancer thanks only to a plant-based diet and positive vibes. Apple Cider Vinegar posits that Belle was partially motivated to launch a lifestyle brand with such a brazen lie because she was so captivated by a rival influencer who really did have cancer and who was really championing controversial treatments like juicing and coffee enemas.
In Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar, Belle’s inspiration/competition is Milla Blake (Alycia Debnam-Carey). Milla is beautiful and talented 20-something Aussie journalist living her dream as an editor at a popular women’s magazine until she gets a horrific medical diagnosis. In Apple Cider Vinegar Episode 1 “Toxic,” oncologist Dr. Xiu (James Huang) tells Milla and her parents that the 22-year-old has “pleomorphic sarcoma undifferentiated.” It’s a
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