I t’s been too long since TV blessed us with a great real-life scam story, and Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar, based on the true story of Belle Gibson, is here to deliver. The

At the top of each Apple Cider Vinegar episode, characters break the fourth wall and tell us, "This is a true story based on a lie." The true story in question? The rise and fall of Australian influencer Belle Gibson ( Booksmart 's Kaitlyn Dever),

Apple Cider Vinegar is a Netflix drama series that was inspired by true events. Here's the story behind it.

Based on the book The Woman Who Fooled the World by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar follows the rise and fall of an Australian influencer, healthy living advocate, and "cancer survivor" who defied medical advice and claimed to heal herself naturally through holistic living and superfoods.

Though it veers into the farcical, there’s teeth to this tale of how a wellness influencer lied her way to fame

FandomWire reviews Apple Cider Vinegar, a new telling of the Belle Gibson scam story. After pretending to have terminal cancer, Gibson was outted.

The Netflix compliance department has clearly learned something from what happened when they allowed Baby Reindeer to be subtitled as “A True Story...

Recounting the rise and fall of Belle Gibson, an Australian snake-oil saleswoman who made a name for herself via a wellness business that was predicated on lies and fraud, Apple Cider Vinegar is another entry in the burgeoning subgenre of stories about entrepreneurial female hucksters that also includes Inventing Anna and The Dropout.