Fake baby 'mother' Kira Cousins breaks silence on why she did it
Kira Cousins, a 23-year-old woman who faked a pregnancy and used a doll to deceive her partner, has spoken publicly about the incident for the first time. She claims the deception stemmed from an inability to process a miscarriage and communicate the loss to her then-boyfriend.
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This story highlights the intersection of mental health, social media-driven deception, and the personal impact of high-profile viral scandals.
A woman at the centre of a 'fake baby' scandal has spoken out about the controversy for the very first time. Kira Cousins, a 23-year-old former supermarket worker, made headlines around the world last October after she deceived her then boyfriend and family into thinking she was pregnant - before passing off a plastic doll as her newborn baby. Now, in her first ever interview, Kira explained why she faked giving birth to a daughter she named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce, while ex-boyfriend Jamie Gardner said he genuinely believed the doll was real. Kira, from Airdrie, Scotland , acknowledged that what she did was wrong - but claimed she was unable to tell Jamie she was no longer pregnant after suffering a miscarriage. She told the Sunday Mail : "I couldn't tell him. I did lose a child. I'd tried to tell him when I first lost the child.
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