Overview
- The production partners Soho Studios Entertainment and Two Rivers Media said they halted the film after Kira Cousins announced her withdrawal in an Instagram post that carried an AI warning.
- Cousins said she would focus on mental health and give those affected time to heal, and she issued apologies to her ex-partner, his family, and others.
- The Airdrie woman had staged a months-long hoax using a fake bump, social posts with scans and a gender reveal, claims of a fetal heart defect, and a clip believed to be AI-generated, before relatives found a lifelike Reborn doll.
- Earlier coverage showed her wearing the dummy bump at an Orange Order march, which prompted a probe by the Grand Orange Lodge of Central Scotland, and she resigned from the group in February.
- Loved ones spent money on items including a reported £1,000 pram as Reborn dolls can look and feel very real, with models on the market priced from about £30 to £2,000, fueling concern that cheap synthetic tools can supercharge intimate deceptions.