WAS an inspiration.
She had a recipe book 'The whole Pantry' and an app with which she shouted to the world...
'I have cancer but, I'm kicking it's butt!'
Over the past few days the world has watched in shock as her layers have been peeled back and we have been hit with the ugly truth about the beautiful fantasist Belle and her runaway lie.
According to reports, in 2009 Belle had been told by doctors that she had brain cancer:
'You're dying. You have six weeks, four months tops.'
It is unimaginable how anyone could possibly feel when hearing a statement such as the above, but imagine, Belle did.
She claimed she was not going to follow conventional treatments but instead use holistic treatments and changed her diet to be gluten-free and refunded sugar-free.
On her Instagram blog @healing_belle in 2013 she said she was going to continue healing herself 'naturally.'
Well, it seemed to be working as 4 years previously she only had a maximum of 4 months. This woman was clearly defying the odds and so her army of fans continued to grow.
Belle later claimed that the cancer had spread to her blood, spleen, uterus and liver and she did not expect to survive, which was heartbreaking for her fans.
However, last month her story began to unravel. Charities which were supposed to have recieved $300,000 from her had yet to see a penny and no medical evidence had ever been seen to back up her claims that she had a terminal illness.
The timeline of events is a bit confusing but somewhere along the line Belle revealed that her cancer of the blood, spleen, uterus and liver had been 'wrongly' diagnosed by a German magnetic therapist.
Belle's book 'The whole pantry' and her app was pulled, she made her Instagram profile private and the world was banging on her door for answers.
This week we have got them...sort of.
Belle gave an interview to Woman's Weekly and said:
'I am still jumping between what I think I know and what is reality.'
While having not read the whole interview myself as only parts have been published online, Belle is certainly feeling the backlash from her army who have turned on their leader, though she has said:
'I don't want forgiveness.'
There are a lot of people making a lot of awful comments towards her but shouldn't we all step back and take a breath?
I'm not saying what she did was right but what started out as a small lie, escalated and before she knew it she had a book deal, an app and attention. Publishers had shoved her into the spotlight and she must have frozen and realised she couldn't admit the truth, so had to go along with the lie.
I understand that she had dedicated followers who will be beyond devastated and hurt as some of her followers are not just fans but are genuinely ill, but to a certain extent is Belle herself not ill too?
To make something of this magnitude up she must have issues, not a touch on people who are living with terminal illnesses but issues that she needs help with nonetheless.
She also has an innocent child who will feel the backlash of his Mothers deceit but she needs to speak with him privately with her partner to figure out what they need to do going forward to protect him from this circus.
Hate is a strong word which is being thrown at Belle but to be disappointed in someone hits far harder.
I'm sick of reading hurtful comments so I'm taking a stand...stop the hate. Let's be disappointed in Belle instead.
Let's be disappointed and hope that she gets the help that she actually needs and remember that all is not what it seems in this life and sometimes you have to take things with a pinch of salt.
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