"In a video posted on social media on Monday, Ms Miller admitted to lying about the diagnosis and said it came from "one stupid sentence that I deeply regret". "I said something to someone within my immediate circle in confidence. I said I had an illness, which was cancer," she said in the emotional post. "I didn't do this with malicious intent or to scam people, I did this out of desperation, I did it to keep the people in my life close to me.""
""At the time I didn't realise how bad, but it was bad," she said. "I was depressed, I was suicidal, I was lost, I was confused - I lost my partner, I lost my job and there were lots of things in that year that led me to be mentally ill." Ms Miller stressed the fabrication had not been a "long running scam or a manipulative story like it's been made out to be"."
""As soon as I saw there was donations, I had the page immediately shut down and I didn't take a penny from it," she explained. "I've grown from this; I am working on being the best version of myself. "I know how horrible this disease is, and I know how much it affects people so for that I am so, so sorry.""
A TikTok influencer with 3.5 million followers admitted to lying about having gastric cancer and issued a public apology. The false claim stemmed from "one stupid sentence" reportedly spoken in confidence during 2017, a period she described as marked by extremely poor mental health. She said she acted out of desperation, not malicious intent, after losing her partner and job. A friend set up a fundraising page in her name; she said she shut it down immediately and did not accept donations. She expressed remorse, said she is working on herself, and continues to post parenting and cooking content.
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