Belle Gibson walks around Melbourne with her son Olivier and a man believed to be her partner, Nathan Corbett. Photo: Splash. Source: Splash News Australia

Gibson was subject to the wrath of the public when she failed to admit that she lied about having brain cancer and curing it naturally on Sunday night’s program. She told Brown she was a victim and that she didn’t intentionally deceive anyone.

“I’m not trying to get away with anything,” Gibson said. “I’ve not been intentionally untruthful. I’ve been completely open when speaking about what was my reality and what is my reality now.”

Gibson has finally re-emerged after the black lash. The 23-year-old was spotted in Melbourne yesterday with her son Olivier and a man who is believed to be the young boy’s father, Nathan Corbett. She was wearing a blue jumper, black jeans and trendy Birkenstock sandals.

Belle Gibson (centre) steps out with her son Olivier. Photo: Splash Source: Splash News Australia

Gibson took her son to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne’s CBD before going for a walk around Federation Square.

News.com.au understands Belle Gibson is undergoing counselling since the controversial 60 Minutes report aired on Sunday.

Gibson has been in hiding since April when it was revealed that revealed she’d lied about having cancer. She has deleted The Whole Pantry app, Pan Macmillan pulled her cookbook and her social media accounts are all wiped clean.

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During the 60 Minutes interview, Gibson was offered no reprieve from Brown, who was clearly fed up with her storytelling.

“You don’t have a good record on telling the truth, do you?” Brown put to her.

Gibson teared up as she told how she “lost everything” after it came to light that she did not, in fact, have cancer.

But Gibson maintained she didn’t deceive her followers or the public. She argued that she had been deceived herself. Gibson said she was told by an immunologist and neurologist “Mark Johns” that she had terminal brain cancer after he diagnosed her using a “frequency” machine in her home several years ago.

“He went to my home and did a series of tests. There was a machine with lights on the front. There are two metal pads, one below the chair and one behind your back, measuring frequencies and then he said to me that I had a stage four brain tumour and that I had four months to live.

“At the time, I believed I was having radio therapy. When he gave me medication, I was told it was oral chemotherapy and I believed it.”

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Gibson said she believed “Mark” for years that she was living with the burden of a terminal illness, however 60 Minutes has not been able to find any record of him.

After the interview, Gibson handed over her medical records to 60 Minutes, which showed that she had a brain scan at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in 2011, two years before she started to market her sob story to the public for profit and adulation.

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Brown put to Gibson that she had a history of claiming dramatic health problems and pointed out to her that she had previously said that in one year, 2009, she had three heart operations, two cardiac arrests, that she had died on the operating table and a stroke.

Gibson said she believed she had cancer until earlier this year. She said she uncovered the truth about her situation and was about to tell the media herself. The date she had picked for her own announcement, coincidentally, had been 10 days after the media broke the story about her deceptions.

She maintained that she is a victim and that she didn’t intentionally deceive anyone.

“I’m not trying to get away with anything. I’m not trying to smooth over anything. It’s not easy for me to be here,” Gibson said.

“Once I figured out where I stood and I’d received the definitive ‘you don’t have cancer’ ... it was traumatising.”

Brown shot back: “Traumatising that you don’t have cancer?”

Gibson replied: “I was feeling a huge amount of grief. That I had been lied to and that I had been taken for a ride.”

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Gibson was slammed on social media after the interview, leading some psychologists to raise concerns about her mental wellbeing.

The 23-year-old founder of The Whole Pantry app and cookbook made more than $1 million in profits from her business. In April, it was revealed that she failed to donate $300,000 from the sales of the app to at least five charities, as promised. Victoria Police later said it would not pursue criminal charges against her.

— with Charlotte Willis, Wenlei Ma and Tiffany Dunk