Where Is Belle Gibson’s Son Oliver Now? What We Know About His Life After Her Cancer-Faking Scheme Was Exposed

Amid Belle Gibson’s web of lies, there was one person who was caught in the middle from the start: her son, Oliver.

Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar follows Gibson (Kaitlyn Dever) as she fabricates a cancer diagnosis to rise to fame and fortune. After claiming that a healthy diet and holistic treatments helped cure her malignant brain tumor, she launched a food and beverage app, The Whole Pantry, that led to her (temporary) popularity and success as a health and wellness influencer in Australia.

Early on in the series, Gibson welcomes a son before entering a relationship with Clive Rothwell (Ashley Zukerman), who helps raise the child. In the final scene, after Gibson’s lies have unraveled and she gives her headline-making interview on 60 Minutes Australia, Gibson joins Rothwell and her son by the swimming pool — a moment that Dever believes signified Gibson’s commitment to focus on their family in the aftermath of her scandal.

“She wants to give love to her son. At her core, Belle really does want to be a good mom. That’s what I was thinking about in that moment,” Dever told Tudum in February 2025. “That scene is really twisted. It’s dark, heartbreaking, sad — it’s so many emotions wrapped up into one. To end the series in that way is really, really powerful.”

Just as the official logline states that the series is a “true-ish story based on a lie,” it left viewers questioning which details about Gibson’s son were real — and what happened to him in the years since his mother’s deception has come to light.

So where is Belle Gibson’s son now? Here’s everything we know about his life today.

Did Belle Gibson really have a son?

Although Gibson’s life was largely based on lies, she really did have a son named Oliver. As shown in Apple Cider Vinegar, he was born before she began dating Rothwell.

According to the Australian magazine Woman’s Day, Gibson welcomed a son in 2010 with her then-boyfriend Nathan Corbett. Once Gibson and Rothwell entered a relationship, he took on an active role in raising her son.

Additionally, the series portrays Gibson experiencing a miscarriage and stillbirth, the former of which Woman’s Day reported did happen in real life in 2012. She has shared few details about the miscarriage since, though she has expressed frustration at those who doubt it happened.

Is Belle Gibson’s son accurately portrayed in Apple Cider Vinegar?

Apple Cider Vinegar blends fact and fiction in its portrayal of Gibson’s son.

Some of the most disturbing scenes — such as Gibson faking a seizure at her son’s birthday party — are allegedly true.

Per The Guardian, the scene was pulled straight from the book The Woman Who Fooled The World: Belle Gibson’s Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry, which was written by journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano who first broke the news of Gibson’s deception.

Meanwhile, other parts were fictionalized for the sake of “creative license,” including the scene in which Gibson locks her son in his room overnight while he’s sick, creator Samantha Strauss told The Guardian.

Where is Belle Gibson’s son now?

Although she embraced the spotlight for years as a wellness influencer, Gibson has kept her son largely out of the public eye. However, she shared a few updates about him during a May 2019 court appearance, as reported by The Age.

At the time of the hearing, Gibson told the court she was living with her son — who was 8 years old — in Northcote, Victoria, a suburb in Melbourne.

Gibson also shared that she had taken a trip to East Africa with Oliver earlier that year, which Rothwell had paid for.

Does Belle Gibson’s son still have a relationship with Clive Rothwell?

Much like Gibson’s son, her ex-boyfriend Rothwell — who also cared for Oliver — has lived a private life since Gibson’s lies began to unravel.

According to The Age, as of 2019, Rothwell had been living in the Northcote home with Gibson and her son, though the pair were no longer in a romantic relationship, she claimed. Gibson further added that Rothwell often covered her share of rent and paid for other living costs, as well as her legal expenses.

That said, she couldn’t recall specific costs for food, vacations or her son’s school fees.