Fake baby scammer Kira Cousin apologises for duping family and friends

Fake baby scammer Kira Cousin apologises for duping family and friendsKira Cousin has spoken out on TikTok after she duped her friends and family with a fake baby and reborn doll scam - the woman issued a public apology to those she hurtNewsWilliam Gaddi and Elizabeta Ranxburgaj09:47, 20 Apr 2026View 5 ImagesKira Cousins breaking her silence online(Image: TikTok/@xsmx41)Fake baby scammer Kira Cousin has broken her silence on what she describes as a "rollercoaster" experience, admitting she "took help" amid the scandal.‌It was revealed, in October, how the 22-year-old from Airdrie, Scotland, deceived her friends and family into thinking she had given birth to a girl named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce, after wearing an artificial baby bump for months. Her loved ones later discovered the "baby" was actually a lifelike Reborn doll, found by her mum in her bedroom.‌The supermarket worker has since posted a TikTok video opening up about the deception, explaining why it took her so long to tell her side of the story.‌View 5 ImagesKira posing at her 'gender reveal party'(Image: Facebook)She said: "I have went to record this so many times. I keep thinking - am I saying the right thing or what are people going to think? Regardless of what I do going forward, people are always going to have an opinion on it. I am not going to live my life thinking is that okay to post", reports the Daily Record.The woman added: "People took what is out there in different ways. At the end of the day, whether people think I'm worthy of living a life, I do still have a life to live."‌She says she has received messages of support after the scandal which saw her ex-boyfriend believe he was a dad before Kira told him their baby had died in screenshotted messages.View 5 ImagesThe reborn baby doll(Image: Facebook)Kira continued: "I want to say thank you to everyone. I didn't know the reaction I was going to get once I posted publicly aga...