A young woman from Scotland has issued a public apology after admitting she faked an entire pregnancy and pretended a lifelike doll was her baby, a deception that shocked social media and devastated those close to her.
Kira Cousins, 22, from Airdrie, confessed to fabricating an elaborate story about being pregnant and giving birth to a baby girl she claimed was named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce. For months, she reportedly wore a prosthetic baby bump, shared fake ultrasound images, and even staged a gender reveal party to convince family and friends that she was expecting.
In a now-deleted Instagram story posted Tuesday morning, Cousins wrote, “I’m so sorry. I wasn’t pregnant. There was no baby. I made it up and kept it going way too far. I faked scans, messages, a whole birth story, and acted lik