‘Baby Reindeer’s’ Alleged Real Martha Denies Stalking Claims on ‘Piers Morgan’: ‘I Didn’t Write Him the Emails…I Think He Probably Made Them Up Himself’
variety.comK.J. Yossman The woman believed to be the inspiration for Richard Gadd‘s Netflix megahit “Baby Reindeer” has denied being a stalker.
Fiona Harvey, who is said to have inspired the character of Gadd’s stalker Martha, appeared on Piers Morgan’s YouTube talk show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” in a pre-recorded interview on Thursday evening U.K.
time, where she told Morgan she is taking legal action against both Netflix and Gadd and the truth will come out during the legal process. “I didn’t write him the emails,” she told Morgan, denying that she had sent over 41,000 emails and 100 letters to Gadd while allegedly stalking him.
When asked by Morgan who did send Gadd the emails, Harvey replied: “I think he probably made them up himself, I’ve no idea.” She also described the situation as “obscene” and “horrendous,” although said she hadn’t watched the show but had been told about scenes from it by her friends and a number of reporters who’ve approached her. “It’s a work of fiction, it’s a work of hyperbole,” Harvey said during the one-hour special, which attracted over 500,000 viewers to Morgan’s channel as it was broadcast for the first time.
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