08:57, 22 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
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The woman at the centre of a fake pregnancy scandal has admitted ‘there was no baby'(Image: UGC)<\/p>\n
A woman at the centre of a fake baby scandal<\/a> has addressed the incident that stunned social media<\/a>, saying: “I’m so sorry.”<\/p>\n Kira Cousins, 22, has been accused of attempting to convince her loved ones and friends into believing her plastic Reborn doll was her daughter, who she named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce. She is also alleged to have worn a prosthetic bump<\/a> for months before pretending to give birth alone.<\/p>\n But opening up on the incident on Tuesday, she wrote: “I’m so sorry.” In the now deleted Instagram story, she said: “I wasn’t pregnant. There was no baby. I made it up and kept it going way too far, reports The Daily Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Kira, from Airdrie, in Scotland<\/a>, also apologised to all of her loved-ones. 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.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “I made you out to be horrible people when really, I was the one in the wrong. Completely.” Kira then defended people who went on to believe the doll was real.<\/p>\n She added: “In everyone else’s defence, the doll could move. You could change the facial features, arms and legs. You could feed the doll, making it ‘pee or poo’.<\/p>\n “So when no one is close to the doll, it does look real. No one was looking at my ‘baby’ expecting it to be a doll.”<\/p>\n Kira posted the images of baby scans<\/a> and videos of her lavish gender reveal party in the weeks leading up to the supposed “birth”. Alongside this, she uploaded footage of the “baby” kicking in her stomach, a series of pictures of clothes for newborns as well as items loved ones bought, such as a \u00a31,000 pram (approximately \u20ac1,150) and a car seat.<\/p>\n She also shared posts about hospital appointments and claimed ante-natal tests had picked up a heart defect in her supposed baby. A friend of Kira’s family, who asked not to be named. described Kira as a “liar,” adding: “I have known her for 10 years and she has lied about all sorts.”<\/p>\n Reborn dolls, such as the one Kira used, sell for between \u00a330 and \u00a32,000 (approximately \u20ac35 – \u20ac2,300) and are designed to look like real-life babies.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: <\/strong>Sign up here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Kira](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Screenshot-2025-10-20-at-173106JPG.jpg\")
Kira Cousins used a reborn doll to dupe people into believing she had a baby. She then pretended it had died<\/p>\n![\"Kira](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_KiraJPG.jpg\")
Kira even held a gender reveal party for the fake baby(Image: UGC)<\/p>\n![\""No](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/565657103_25354007154223477_4352943009169648508_n.jpg\")
“No one was looking at my ‘baby’ expecting it to be a doll,” Kira said(Image: UGC)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_irish-presidential-election-stock.jpg\")
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