"Apple Cider Vinegar" tells the story of an influencer who faked cancer and curing it. In an age of health misinformation, we need to talk about it.

One of the biggest TV trends of the 2020s has been the rise of scammer dramas. From Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” to Hulu’s “The Dropout” to AppleTV+’s “WeCrashed,” these stylized, slightly fictionalized retellings of ripped-from-the-headlines stories chart the rise and fall of glamorous,

“This is a true story based on a lie,” are the first words you hear in each episode of Netflix’s new limited series Apple Cider Vinegar. The lie is one told by Belle Gibson, a real-life Australian wellness influencer who built an empire in the 2010s based on the fib that she had cured her terminal brain cancer with healthy eating.