Bad Influencer
2021
Documentary | 1 x 60
Bad Influencer reveals the shocking rise and fall of Belle Gibson, one of Instagram’s first super-influencers. By 23, the Australian wellness guru had cultivated an adoring global following with the story that she’d cured her own terminal cancer by eating a plant-based diet and using alternative natural therapies.
Warm, glamorous and authentic, Belle’s appeal transcended Instagram as she scored a lucrative deal with Penguin, while winning awards and plaudits from Apple, Elle, Cosmo and others. But there was one problem with Belle’s story – she never had cancer. BAD INFLUENCER will lift the lid on one of social media’s great mysteries: who was the real Belle Gibson – an ingenious con artist or damaged young woman trapped in a lie?
