On the day of the premiere of Peacock's investigative documentary “Anatomy of Lies,” which examines former “Grey's Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch's long-running cancer scam, she offered something new: a full apology for her actions. In a post on Instagram, she first writes: “I have never given anyone a reason to believe a word I say. I lied so much; Things that have devastated so many people in real life. “I’m sorry” feels like the smallest words compared to what I did, but they are the truest.”

Finch goes on to write that since the spring 2022 stories in The Ankler and Vanity Fair, her many lies have been exposed – and she has been exposed as a fraud who got her job on “Grey's Anatomy” after lying about being on one Chondrosarcoma is a rare cancer sufferer – she has been “under psychiatric treatment for almost three years and I work hard every day to live a life in which the truth is more important than anything else: The truth is, I married a woman who I fell deeply and truly in love.” Love.” She then explains that she fell in love with Jennifer Beyer, a woman she met when they were both being treated in a psychiatric facility in Arizona, and concludes : “The biggest mistake of my life (besides lying about cancer in the first place) was saying yes to Jennifer's proposal before I was honest with her.”

“Anatomy of Lies,” directed by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall, paints a damning portrait of Finch. The three-part documentary dismantles all of her lies, particularly the claim that she had cancer, a ruse that involved shaving her head and faking chemotherapy treatments and their side effects. She also lied that she was sexually harassed by a director on “The Vampire Diaries,” whom she wrote about, while cleaning up the remains of a friend who was murdered in the 2018 Tree of Life Massacre, and that her brother died by suicide. Beyer, her now ex-wife, took part in the Peacock docuseries, as did two of her children.

In diversityIn the interview with the documentary's directors published today, Peretz said: “We heard snippets of her reaching out to people who were still inquiring about jobs. We heard she has plans in her life.”

Maybe this post will try to lead you there. Finch concludes: “The truth is, there is no excuse, no justification – nothing will ever make my lies to anyone okay.” Nothing erases the trauma I have caused – the fear, the pain, the anger, the tears, the time. And nothing is more important to me than holding myself accountable in every way. I will continue to repair whatever damage I can and make sure I don't commit the worst thing I've ever done. I realize it will take some time for people to believe all of this.”