In a since-deleted Instagram story, Scottish influencer Kira Cousins has admitted she fabricated an entire pregnancy, including fake ultrasound scans, messages, and even a “reborn doll” she passed off as her newborn. Meanwhile, footage from Cousins’ gender reveal, attended by the father of the supposed child, Jamie, has resurfaced online.
In her post, the popular influencer who gained thousands of followers posting about her pregnancy said, “I’m so sorry. I wasn’t pregnant. There was no baby. I made it up and kept it going way too far.” She went on to say she faked the scans, and furthered the illusion that the baby was real after she said she gave birth alone. Cousins subsequently announced the child died from a heart problem. Reports have also now emerged alleging that Cousins faked a pregnancy before.
“I wasn’t in a good headspace.”
Kira faked her pregnancy for 9 months, brought home a reborn baby and then told the father the baby died… its her SECOND TIME DOING IT.
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Cousins’ post continued, “I just didn’t know how to stop once I started.” The 22-year-old said she lacked a “proper excuse”, admitting: “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.”
She added: “I’m trying to figure myself out and get help because this version of me isn’t someone I want to be.”
Cousins then addressed those who supported her during what was assumed to be her pregnancy journey: “ … You were there for me through it all,” she said. “You cried happy tears, picked me up, brought me places, believed everything I said.”
She continued, “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 .”
She also explained how she maintained the charade: “In everyone else’s [defense], the doll could move. You could change the facial features, arms and legs. You could feed the doll making it ‘pee or poo’. 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.”
The Kira Cousins fake pregnancy scandal
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KIRA COUSINS AND BONNIE-LEIGH
The controversy began when what had been presented as her baby, named “Bonnie-Leigh,” was revealed to be a highly realistic “reborn doll.” Family sources claim her mother discovered the truth when entering Cousins’ room days after the purported birth. The resurfaced gender reveal footage has been widely shared on TikTok and X, fueling debate about social media authenticity and the impact of influencer-driven stories. Cousins allegedly sent the man she claimed was the baby’s father screenshots of a text message telling him that the baby had died shortly after the “birth” before he knew the truth.
