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An Airdrie 'mum' who duped loved ones into believing a plastic doll was her newborn has denied launching a fundraising page to bankroll her new life. Kira Cousins wore a a prosthetic bump for months before pretending to give birth alone before it was discovered that her tiny daughter, named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce, was a realistic Reborn doll. The 22-year-old was caught out when her mum found it within her bedroom. Now a GoFundMe page, which appears to have been launched by Kira at the weekend, has claimed that she has been left with, "No one. No home. No food." A statement on the page reads: "My name is Kira and I made the biggest mistake of my life. Yes, should have thought about the consequences, but I am just a girl who wanted to feel loved." Asking for donations, the statement continues: "Because of this mistake, I have no home no food, no money, no clothes. Even if it's £5 for a meal, I would really appreciate it. I have no other options. My life is hell." A story shared on Kira's Instagram page on Saturday linked to the fundraiser, but she denied having access to that account and starting the Gofundme page when approached by the Record. Kira also claimed she reported the page to the police. Gofundme say they are currently monitoring the page. It has currently raised just £20. A friend of Kira's family, who asked not to be named and previously described Kira as a "serial liar", told the Record that she "laughed" when hearing that Kira started a GoFundMe. The friend said: "Hearing that she has started a GoFundMe just makes me laugh. It doesn't surprise me one bit." The friend added that a production company had got in touch with her about shooting a documentary on Kira. And the Record understands others connected with the situation have also been approached. Kira claimed to have given birth to her "daughter", weighing 5lbs 4oz, on October 10. In the weeks leading up to the "birth", she posted images of baby scans and videos of her lavish gender reveal party. Kira even uploaded what is believed to be AI-generated footage of the "baby" kicking in her tummy and a series of pictures of newborn clothes and items loved ones bought, including a £1,000 pram and a car seat. She even posted about hospital appointments and claimed ante-natal tests had picked up a heart defect in her baby. However, the 'mum' was outed as a "serial liar" online upon the baby's dad finding out that what he thought was his six-day-old baby was actually a doll. Reborn dolls, like the one used in the shocking scam, retail between £30 to £2000 and are designed to look like real-life babies. Some versions of the dolls even make a crying sound and some have fake tears. Others even produce wet pee nappies. In screenshots of messages reported to have been sent by Kira shortly afterwards, she appears to tell the man, who she claimed was Bonnie-Leigh's dad, that their baby had died. When first contacted by the Record last week, Kira Cousins refused to comment but later shared online posts confirming her actions. On Tuesday morning, Kira wrote: "I wasn't pregnant. There was no baby. I made it up and kept it going way too far. "I faked scans, messages, a whole birth story, and acted like a doll was a real baby. "I know how bad it is, I f****d up. I just didn't know how to stop once I started. I don't have a proper excuse. 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. "I'm trying to figure myself out and get help because this version of me isn't someone I want to be. I know I've ruined a lot of trust and that "sorry" won't fix everything but it's all I can say right now." Kira went on to apologise to all of her loved-ones who she lied to. She continued: "I'm so sorry. You were there for me through it all. You cried happy tears, picked me up, brought me places, believed everything I said. "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 - I f****d up and I hurt a lot of people. "And to everyone I made look bad along the way - the dad and his family especially - I'm sorry. "I made you out to be horrible people when really, I was the one in the wrong. Completely." Kira also defended people who were led to believe the doll was real. She added: "In everyone else's defence, 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." We previously reported that pal Neave McRobert noted that those closest to Kira first became suspicious after no one had heard the "baby" cry in a video statement filmed on October 16. She also told of how Kira refused to let anyone touch her as she claimed Bonnie-Leigh had recently visited Wishaw General Hospital for checks due to ill-health. Neave said: "I noticed Kira had deleted every picture and video of Bonnie-Leigh from our chats. "I asked her why and she ignored me. I then asked the baby's dad "Is this a doll?" and he said, "Yes, it's a doll". "She even went to the extreme of texting him saying, "Bonnie-Leigh died". "I can't imagine how he must feel right now and everyone else who has been lied to for months and months. Everybody believed her. She had a gender reveal, she posted scan photos and even said the baby had a hole in its heart. Then she texted me saying the baby was born. We were all so happy." Screenshots of Neave's conversations with Kira about Bonnie-Leigh were shared online, alongside others showing the doll in a series of now-deleted posts from the "new mum". Neave also spoke about how she met "baby" Bonnie-Leigh when she took her former friend and the doll to a supermarket. She continued: "I feel worse because I'm one of the few people to meet this "baby". "I feel totally used and drained. Everyone got conned by her." Join Glasgow Live's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. Sign up to our daily Glasgow Live newsletter here to receive news and features direct to your inbox.
