Don’t ask me to feel sorry for Belle Gibson.
Disgraced wellness guru Belle Gibson will finally explain her web of lies in an exclusive interview to air on 60 Minutes this week.
But, let’s face it, this turn-about was unlikely motivated by remorse or a burning desire to apologise to the thousands of sick people The Whole Pantry founder conned into believing she had cured her own terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet and positive thinking.
Instead, rumours are swirling that the 24-year-old mother will be paid a five-figure sum for the interview, in which she promises to tell “the whole truth”.
Watch the promo clip here (post continues after video):
Gibson’s empire began to unravel in February this year, when it was revealed she never deposited funds she claimed would be donated to charity. It wasn’t long before Belle admitted she never had cancer to begin with.
Related: Why Belle Gibson can’t blame an illness for her lies.
In a promotional clip for the interview, journalist Tara Brown rightly asks her: “How can we believe anything you say now?”
Belle responds: “Tara, I have lost everything.”
But that is where she’s wrong.
Belle still has her little boy. She possibly has a five-figure pay cheque, her reward for deceiving a nation. And, most importantly, Belle still has a future.
She is not the victim here.
The actual victims? Are the thousands of people she deceived who have lost everything.
They have lost hope. They have lost the precious, precious time they invested in the snake-oil cure touted by a smiling con-artist. And some have lost their battles with the deadly diseases one wouldn’t wish upon their worst enemy, let alone pretend to have suffered.
See more of Belle Gibson here (post continues after the gallery):
Top Comments
This is another person that needs to be banned from the headlines. We need to stop feeding the needs of attention seekers like this!
After seeing all the news today around her interview on 60 minutes, I decided to do some research into what she's actually done (to date I'd only heard what was put on the news websites). What this girl has done was very, very deceptive and consistently so over quite a few years. At the heart of it, she made money from people who are at their most vulnerable, by effectively stating she enjoys her extended life to her diet and lifestyle alone - all the while knowing that she wasn't and never has been sick. Stating she's lost "everything" is embarrassing alone for her, as she has never had cancer, or lost a loved one to cancer - she has her health.
She should go away and perhaps volunteer for a few years in a cancer centre / clinic / support place to actually see what it's like to "loose everything". Shame on you Belle. And you know what - if 60 minutes have paid her for this, shame on you too. But as they say - greed makes the world go round..... This story will definitely be a ratings winner on Sunday night for channel 9 as we all love a good story about kicking someone when they are down.