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Belle Gibson, the developer of the iOS app "The Whole Pantry," recently admitted that she was not diagnosed with cancer. She added that she only invented the story in order to promote her app and convince people to buy it.
Gibson told The Australian Women's Weekly, "No. None of it's true. I am still jumping between what I think I know and what is reality. I have lived it and I'm not really there yet."
Gibson is a wellness blogger who told her readers that she was able to conquer brain cancer through a strict regimen of healthy eating and various alternative therapies. Gibson also developed an app, "The Whole Pantry," which was featured on Apple Watch's official app page due to its popularity.
Using her bogus story, Gibson was able to attract massive amounts of downloads for her app. Her rise to popularity was so massive that she was able to convince a publishing house to print her wellness book.
However, things went sour for her when she was criticized for not able to donate $300,000 of her app profit to the charity she promised. After her story surfaced, Apple took her app out of the company's App Store as well as drop its Apple Watch version.
Penguin Australia, Gibson's book publisher, has ceased marketing her book, according to BGR.
After the discovery of Gibson's true story, harsh criticism was thrown at here with some even calling her a con-artist. Some of Gibson's critics even said that she might be experiencing a deep psychological problem called Factitious Disorder. A psychological disorder wherein a patient fake diseases and various illnesses in order to gain an audience and recognition.
