Dever has won widespread praise for her virtuosic performance in Netflix's latest true-crime hit, which tells the story of disgraced wellness guru Belle Gibson.

10 years after she admitted "none of it was true" Belle Gibson's story is now being retold and dramatized in Netflix's newest drama series Apple Cider Vinegar.

What does "Apple Cider Vinegar," a Netflix release about wellness influencer Belle Gibson, reveal about scam culture? How are social media platforms primary pipelines for mis- and disinformation?

If, like me, you spent an entire weekend watching, talking about and reading about Netflix’s new show Apple Cider Vinegar — a dramatisation of Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson’s ill-fated career — you’ve probably wondered how wellness ever got so far.

The Netflix series tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of Belle Gibson, a wellness influencer who faked having terminal cancer.

Star Kaitlyn Dever gives a powerhouse performance in the series as the Australian single mom who fooled the world into believing she was curing herself of cancer with healthy eating while launching a wellness empire.

In Apple Cider Vinegar, Hek is the PR crisis manager Belle hires after her fraud is exposed. In real life, Belle Gibson was helped by crisis manager Alex Twomey (now known as Titus O'Reily), although he worked pro bono — and doesn't appear to have anything else in common with the fictional character Hek.

Yes, she really does have a child. He was born in Melbourne in 2009, when Belle Gibson was 18. His father is her then-boyfriend Nathan Corbett. He’s around 14 now. In the Netflix show, Belle Gibson’s son is called Oliver. We don’t know her real child’s name.

If we want to avoid the potentially fatal sway of canny fabulists like Belle Gibson, the answer is not to ridicule patients but to elevate science, to put more money into cancer research.