Chanel
Appearances
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
Yes, Val was very convincing in her conviction of being sick and having an illness.
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
Just every answer she was giving me was just confirming my gut instinct that She was lying.
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
Things just started to not add up for me. There was a few things that happened, um, know like excessive drinking of alcohol going to a solarium and tanning like obviously skin cancer is a really big issue here in Australia so those things didn't really make sense to me I had a family friend who passed away of cancer and I had witnessed their journey with it so I was kind of aware of someone
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
who is actually very sick of cancer and what that looks like. And they get to the point where they're very frail and bedridden and Belle was never presented that kind of, those kinds of symptoms. She was always very active. very well kind of thriving, running a business empire.
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
I arrived at her house one night, basically kind of unannounced. with another friend. I was kind of very straightforward with her, said, are you sick? I basically demanded to see evidence of her cancer. I asked her to go get any scans. doctors' reports, surgeons' reports, any medical evidence she would have in her home.
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
She said she didn't like to keep that type of evidence because it's negative energy. So as the conversation progressed and what is now dubbed the intervention from that night,
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
just every every answer she was giving me was just confirming my gut instinct that she was lying um she had just announced that her cancer had spread it was stage four um and i i asked her where she got that diagnosis at what hospital she said she didn't go to a hospital she went to some random doctor's house And I asked who that doctor was, and she said, Dr. Phil.
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
I haven't filmed something like this before, and it's not something that comes very naturally to put myself out here like this. but I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent kind messages and support after watching the Netflix show or learning about this story. I also wanted to say that I had nothing to do with the Netflix show and I don't entirely feel comfortable around some of the ethics
Serialously with Annie Elise
247: Exposing The Truth About Belle Gibson & Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’
of this type of storytelling and how the truth has been distorted in the show. And I just really hope that the core important messages about this story isn't lost through the glamorization of this show. And just to remember that there's been really vulnerable people in real life that have been impacted by this.