child

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When questioned about claims of two types of autism, accused of running a scam, and asked to admit she is lying, she says: "Let me just accept I have failed this child."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Another video, featuring the same child and misleadingly titled “She Got Diagnosed With Cancer,” has more than 4 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Her miscarriages, she said, were like having "all your dreams for gorgeous happy moments come crashing down" - from planning to a future with a child to total loss.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“It’s something the child had before they were born,” Chung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

They’d discuss what kind of destiny the name would bestow upon the child.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff