It was a year into their friendship when Chanelle McAuliffe began to suspect Belle Gibson was lying to her and the thousands of fans who’d been following her terminal cancer journey.
“It started with small things, like she was going to the solarium and drinking alcohol,” Chanelle tells Woman’s Day. “[It] wasn’t aligning to what she publicly was selling herself as. And then I realised I’d never seen her sick. Ever.”
Finding out your friend has lied to you is an experience many people would consider a hurtful betrayal. But for
Chanelle, it was a matter