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A woman who used a fake baby bump to deceive her loved ones that she was pregnant before using a fake doll baby to further fool them into thinking she has given birth has shared reasons for her action.
Kira Cousins convinced loved ones that she was pregnant, before “giving birth” to her daughter Bonnie-Leigh Joyce.
Friends and family offered their congratulations and even gave gifts to the baby, not knowing that Bonnie-Leigh was, in fact, a startlingly realistic Reborn doll.
Now, Kira, 22, has admitted “I f***ed up” in a since-deleted Instagram story, shedding light on why exactly she went to such extraordinary lengths to convince people she was an excited new mum.
Kira update her “pregnancy journey” on social media, including sharing videos of her “wee princess kicking”, as well as of her pink confetti-strewn gender-reveal party.
It’s understood that family and friends were left in the dark as to what was really going on, and the “mum-to-be” was even gifted a lavish £1,000 pram.
Even Kira’s boyfriend, the father of the supposed baby, reportedly had no clue that there was no real child.
Kira then took things a step further, pretending that she’d given birth alone to a 5lbs 4oz little girl who suffered from a heart condition.
Concerns were eventually raised, however, when those close to Kira noticed the “baby” had not cried and that Kira refused to let anyone touch her, claiming this was because she’d had recent check-ups.
Her mother eventually discovered Kira’s lies after going into her room where she saw the baby was a doll.
When she could not keep up the lie, Kira told her boyfriend that their child had d!ed.
Now Kira has delved into the reasons behind her shocking deception, acknowledging that she’d gone “too far”.
Taking to Instagram, Kira, from Airdrie, in Scotland, shared: “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 like a doll was a real baby. I know how bad it is, I f***** up. I just didn’t know how to stop once I started.
“I don’t have a proper excuse. I wasn’t in a good headspace, but that doesn’t make what I did okay. I know this is gonna stick with me for a long time and that I’ve probably lost friends I’ll never get back.
“I’m trying to figure myself out and get help because this version of me isn’t someone I want to be. I know I’ve ruined a lot of trust and that ‘sorry’ won’t fix everything, but it’s all I can say right now.”
She continued: “I’m so sorry. You were there for me through it all. You cried happy tears, picked me up, brought me places, believed everything I said. You didn’t deserve to be lied to like that. None of you did. Everyone who came to the gender reveal, all the people who gave me gifts or support – I f****d up and I hurt a lot of people. And to everyone I made look bad along the way – the dad and his family, especially – I’m sorry. I made you out to be horrible people when, really, I was the one in the wrong. Completely.”
