She’s my absolutely favorite kind of protagonist to write because she’s so deeply flawed and problematic, but we can only speculate why,” says the creator of Netflix’s new series about Gibson, ‘Apple Cider Vinegar.

The is billed as a “true-ish story based on a lie" and is inspired by a 2017 book, “The Woman Who Fooled the World,” by two investigative journalists, Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, who explored Gibson’s deception.