For Samantha Strauss, the show’s writer and creator, it’s important for viewers to know that “Apple Cider Vinegar” is a “true-ish” representation of Gibson’s fraud, and that the intent of the show was never to give the real Gibson a platform.

Stylised pictures of food and drink and Belle herself – young, attractive, with perfect skin, oversized sunglasses and tousled blonde hair ... (Here, Apple Cider Vinegar deviates slightly ...