At times, it felt like she was still trying to rationalise or justify aspects of her story, and maybe didn't see the wider picture, or how disrespectful she was to all the people who actually do have cancer, who are suffering every day, and to families grieving after the awful loss cancer causes.
Since making the documentary, I have been told on good authority that he is in a new relationship, and again with a younger woman – Amanda was 12 years his junior – having filed for divorce last year.
Her story gripped me so intensely that in 2023 I released a podcast series about Amanda, which went viral and became Apple Podcasts' most downloaded and shared show that year, before going on to create a four-part television documentary.
How could Amanda lie to so many people, including her own family, her own children no less, about something so heartbreaking – and why did so many people believe her?
Amanda Riley with Cory on their wedding day, a scene from the documentary Scamanda.
