How Belle Gibson’s cancer con was exposed by two young journalists

Belle Gibson was revered, worldwide, for an astonishing feat. She had healed herself from terminal cancer through the power of healthy eating. And launched a global business on the back of it. There was just one problem. She never had cancer. And were it not for the relentless digging done by a pair of junior journalists from Melbourne, her deceit might never have been uncovered.

Belle Gibson’s story will soon be the subject of a new Netflix series, Apple Cider Vinegar, which premieres on Thursday.

Today, the two journalists who wrote the book upon which the series is based  - Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, on what happens when hope, fear and manipulation are supercharged by the world of social media.

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