‘Baby reindeer’ continues to cause controversy among thousands of viewers and now the real Martha talks about her experience with Richard Gadd
A woman of Scottish origin called Fiona Harvey claims to be the true inspiration behind the character of Martha in the hit Netflix series, baby reindeer. During an interview with journalist Piers Morgan, spoke publicly for the first time about this situation, denying most of the facts presented in Richard Gadd’s seriesflatly denying having harassed the comedian and creator of the series.
Harvey, 58 years old, stated that Gadd is “psychotic and completely crazy”, contradicting the image presented in the series. She also clarified that she never abused him as shown on the show, and that he was never in prison. Regarding the accusation of having harassed the comedian, Harvey stated: “He asked me to have sex. He asked me to sleep with him. I told him no, I wasn’t interested”.
Among other things, The woman also revealed that after the launch of the series, she suffered attacks on social networks and even received death threats.. “I didn’t get an apology from Netflix or him. For someone who says they feel sorry for me… I didn’t get an apology,” she said.
Besides, Harvey made it clear that she was not interested in a relationship with Gadd, and explained that her behavior towards him was always clear and direct.. “He asked me if he wanted me to fix my curtains, I laughed, and he told me it was a euphemism. He said ‘do you want me to come to your house?’ and I told him I had a boyfriend. I stopped him dead,” she said.
Also He assured that he did not write him the thousands of messages or emails, nor that he contacted him on Facebook and much less that it has sustained harassment as intense as in production.
He claimed to have only written 18 tweets to the comedian and added that he never waited for him outside his house. Regarding the stuffed animal of a baby reindeer, Harvey explained that although she did have a stuffed reindeer, it was never that special to her and that it was only a Christmas gift.
Although some media outlets such as CNN took the task of contacting Gadd and Netflix to compare the versions between Harvey and the script, they stated that They have not received any response from you..
