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Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd reveals the worst part about stalking ordeal

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Updated 11:02 14 May 2024 GMT+1Published 10:54 14 May 2024 GMT+1

Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd reveals the worst part about stalking ordeal

The Baby Reindeer creator says his life has completely changed

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has revealed what it was like when the 'stalking was at its worst'.

Incase you haven't heard by now, the seven-episode series follows the comedian who plays a fictionalised version of himself.

While working at the local pub, things take a sinister turn when Gadd's character gets stalked by former lawyer Martha (played by Jessica Gunning).

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After watching the Netflix series, viewers have been trying to figure out who the 'real-life' characters are and Gadd has warned them against doing so.

Experts have also warned of the 'significant legal and ethical implications' of Baby Reindeer viewers trying to track down the actual people.

This comes after a woman, dubbed the 'real-life Martha', sat down with Piers Morgan for an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored last week (9 May).

The interview, which has now been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube, was with a woman named Fiona Harvey.

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With everything blowing up on all fronts, Gadd is now so well-known that he can't even go to the pub for a drink or a meal.

In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, the 35-year-old said: "It was bedlam, it was chaos.

Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards. (John Phillips/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning at the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards. (John Phillips/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

"People coming up all the time, all the time, sharing stories and talking about the show and how it affected them. I kind of thought, 'Oh, I can’t really go into pubs anymore and expect to sit there quietly in a corner and have some food'."

Opening up about when the 'stalking was at its worst', Gadd admitted it was 'when she managed to get my number'.

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He continued: "I stubbornly refused to change my number, because I believed it was their responsibility to stop calling me.

"Then came the voicemails and I listened to them in the hope of expediting the case by finding something threatening.

"It was weird, I would go to meetings around town and listen to them on the way."

Gadd has opened up about when the 'stalking was at its worst'. (Netflix)
Gadd has opened up about when the 'stalking was at its worst'. (Netflix)

Gadd added: "The meeting would end and I would put my headphones back in. I would go to bed at night and still hear the echoes of the voicemails.

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"It was almost maddening, hearing the voicemails bouncing around my eyelids.

"That’s when I thought: if I was ever going to do a show about how awful this experience has been, the first thing I would do would be to take the voicemails and fire them around the stage like an oscillating light display where you would see the words bouncing around.

"That’s the seed of what later became Baby Reindeer."

Baby Reindeer is available to watch on Netflix now.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Baby Reindeer, Netflix, TV and Film

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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