The Australian reported that Mr Gibson did not have cancer, while Fairfax reported that the food influencer had failed to deliver thousands of dollars worth of promised charity donations.
In response to mounting pressure, she admitted her lie in an interview with Australian Women’s Weekly.
“None of that is true,” Gibson said.
“I’m not asking for forgiveness. I just think it was a responsible thing to do (by speaking out). More than anything, I want people to say, ‘OK, she’s a human being.'”
Ms Gibson claimed she was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma brain tumor after seeing neurologist and immunologist Dr Mark Johns in Perth in 2009. However, it later turned out that this man did not exist.
She met a mysterious alternative medicine practitioner in mid-2014, whom she referred to as “Dr. Phil,” but he never claimed to be a doctor.
In the now infamous 60 Minutes interview, Gibson gave host Tara Brown a cryptic explanation of why he told the world he had cancer.
“Once I got the clear words, ‘No, you don’t have cancer,’ that was something I had to accept and it was really traumatic and I felt a lot of sadness,” she said. spoke.
“What, you didn’t have cancer?” Brown pressed.
“No, I was fooled. I felt like I was given a ride,” Gibson replied. “For years I lived with the fear that I would die, but now I am coming to terms with the fact that I can take that fear off my shoulders.”
