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),

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

Crucial to that success is star Kaitlyn Dever, who has the unenviable challenge of playing Belle; an individual who could politely be described as incomprehensible. On the famously impolite internet, she has been labelled with far less flattering adjectives.

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

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.

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The show takes a few episodes to find its footing, but this searing exposé of online wellness culture will sink its manicured claws into you.