Baby Reindeer latest — Piers Morgan claims Netflix ‘failed’ Fiona Harvey as he plans to interview Richard Gadd
PIERS Morgan has said he wants to interview Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd following his bombshell chat with the "real Martha."
The Uncensored host appeared on ITV's Lorraine to discuss his interview with Fiona Harvey.
The 'real-life Martha' from hit show Baby Reindeer told Piers she is taking legal action against Richard Gadd and Netflix.
And towards the end of his interview with Lorraine, Piers called on Richard Gadd to appear on his Uncensored show to provide "evidence" of the events in Baby Reindeer.
Piers added that he feels streaming giant Netflix has "failed" to protect Fiona Harvey's identity.
Read our Piers Morgan Baby Reindeer interview blog for the latest updates...
Gadd wished to highlight dangers of stalking
Richard Gadd opened up about how important it was for him to tackle the tough themes highlighted in the autobiographical series.
“When a man gets stalked, it can be portrayed in films and television as a sexy thing. Like a femme fatale who gradually becomes more sinister,” he told .
He continued: “It doesn’t carry as much threat of physical violence, is less common and can be trivialised.
“I was physically scared because I didn’t know how far she could take it.”
He has admitted that some elements of the show have been dramatised to create added suspense.
Fiona Harvey denies convictions
Fiona Harvey denied any criminal convictions during her interview with Piers Morgan.
She said: “That’s completely untrue. Very, very defamatory to me, very career damaging. And I wanted to rebut that completely on this show. I’m not a stalker.
“I’ve not been to jail, I’ve not got injunctions, interdicts. This is just complete nonsense.”
How much has Richard Gadd made?
Fiona Harvey asked Piers Morgan how much he thinks Richard Gadd has made off the hit Netflix show, and Piers estimated “several million pounds.”
“I think he’s done bloody well out of defaming me,” Harvey replied.
“He’s making money out of untrue facts. He’s been the ultimate misogynist.”
'I'm no technology whizz kid'
During the interview, Piers Morgan said the emails sent to Richard Gadd were sent from an iPhone but the sender had been "pretending it was an iPhone".
In reply, Fiona Harvey said she could not have disguised where the emails were being sent from.
She said: "I don't really understand that ..."
Morgan: "Well, people can mask where they're sending stuff from..."
Harvey: "Right, I'm not technology whizz kid of the year."
How many emails?
Fiona Harvey looked incredulous when, during their interview, Piers Morgan confronted her with claims that she had sent 41,000 emails to Richard Gadd.
She shook her head and replied: "If someone was sending 41,000 emails they would be doing how many a day? ... Lots ..."
Fact or fiction?
Fiona Harvey disputed many of the claims made in Baby Reindeer during her interview with Piers Morgan.
These are some of her claims, versus what the hit Netflix show presents.
What does Fiona think is true?
Fiona Harvey widely disputed the events depicted in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer during her chat with Piers Morgan.
But what does she believe is true?
The 58-year-old law graduate said: “It’s a work of hyperbole, as I’ve always said. And there are two true facts in that.
“His name is Richard Gadd, and he works as a jobbing barman on benefits, in the Hawley Arms. And we met, two or three times…”
Fiona Harvey denies convictions
Fiona Harvey denied any criminal convictions during her interview with Piers Morgan.
She said: “That’s completely untrue. Very, very defamatory to me, very career damaging. And I wanted to rebut that completely on this show. I’m not a stalker.
“I’ve not been to jail, I’ve not got injunctions, interdicts. This is just complete nonsense.”
Richard Gadd’s plea
Following speculation online, Richard Gadd called on Baby Reindeer viewers not to target real-life people.
Gadd wrote on his Instagram page about how “people I love, have worked with, and admire” were being targeted unfairly.
He added: “Please don’t speculate on who any of the real life people could be. That’s not the point of the show.”
What TV shows has Jessica Gunning been in?
Prior to her star turn in Baby Reindeer, Jessica Gunning had a long and successful showbiz career.
Jessica first rose to fame after appearing in an episode of Doctor Who in 2008.
Since then she has appeared in the likes of:
- Law and Order: UK
- White Heat
- Pride
- Trollied
- Summerland
- Outlaws
Baby Reindeer has ‘taken over my life’, Fiona Harvey says
Fiona Harvey, who is alleged to be the inspiration for Martha in Baby Reindeer, has branded the show “obscene” and “misogynistic.”
She said the show has: “taken over enough of my life. I find it quite obscene. I find it horrifying, misogynistic. Some of the death threats have been really terrible online, people phoning me up”.
She added: “It’s been absolutely horrendous. I wouldn’t give credence to something like that, and it’s not really my kind of drama.”
Fiona Harvey planning legal action
Fiona Harvey confirmed to Piers Morgan she plans to take legal action following the release of Baby Reindeer.
During the interview, Morgan asked if she “categorically be taking legal action.”
She replied: “Absolutely, against both him (Gadd) and Netflix.”
Is Baby Reindeer a true story?
Baby Reindeer has taken the world by storm since its release, with millions tuning in to follow the story of a comedian and his stalker.
The show opens with a message that reads: “This is a true story.”
It later adds: “This programme is based on real events: however certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalised for dramatic purposes.”
Harvey opens up about current relationship
Despite saying that she asked Piers Morgan to not bring up relationships, Fiona Harvey admits that she’s been in a relationship with a lawyer now for five years.
“I don’t want to drag him in,” she said about her partner.
“He thinks this is horrendous. All of my lawyer friends do. All of my professional friends do. Other people do.
“People are being really sympathetic,” she continued.
“People I don’t know are saying things like, ‘Are you getting hounded in the street?’ You know, people are being really, really nice, anyone who does know about this.”
How much has Richard Gadd made?
Fiona Harvey asked Piers Morgan how much he thinks Richard Gadd has made off the hit Netflix show, and Piers estimated “several million pounds.”
“I think he’s done bloody well out of defaming me,” Harvey replied.
“He’s making money out of untrue facts. He’s been the ultimate misogynist.”
Fiona Harvey denies convictions
Fiona Harvey denied any criminal convictions during her interview with Piers Morgan.
She said: “That's completely untrue. Very, very defamatory to me, very career damaging. And I wanted to rebut that completely on this show. I'm not a stalker.
"I've not been to jail, I've not got injunctions, interdicts. This is just complete nonsense.”
Is Baby Reindeer a true story?
Baby Reindeer has taken the world by storm since its release, with millions tuning in to follow the story of a comedian and his stalker.
The show opens with a message that reads: “This is a true story.”
It later adds: “This programme is based on real events: however certain characters, names, incidents, locations, and dialogue have been fictionalised for dramatic purposes.”
Gadd wished to highlight dangers of stalking
Richard Gadd opened up about how important it was for him to tackle the tough themes highlighted in the autobiographical series.
“When a man gets stalked, it can be portrayed in films and television as a sexy thing. Like a femme fatale who gradually becomes more sinister,” he told .
He continued: “It doesn’t carry as much threat of physical violence, is less common and can be trivialised.
“I was physically scared because I didn’t know how far she could take it.”
He has admitted that some elements of the show have been dramatised to create added suspense.
Harvey opens up about current relationship
Despite saying that she asked Piers Morgan to not bring up relationships, Fiona Harvey admits that she’s been in a relationship with a lawyer now for five years.
“I don’t want to drag him in,” she said about her partner.
“He thinks this is horrendous. All of my lawyer friends do. All of my professional friends do. Other people do.
“People are being really sympathetic,” she continued.
“People I don’t know are saying things like, ‘Are you getting hounded in the street?’ You know, people are being really, really nice, anyone who does know about this.”
Piers Morgan: Three claims by Fiona Harvey that rang alarm bells
Piers Morgan says Baby Reindeer "stalker" Fiona Harvey "lied to me a lot" during his interview.
"Fiona Harvey lied to me quite a lot. But that doesn’t mean she can’t be a victim here too," writes Morgan in a column for The Sun.
Read his column below...
Fiona confessed she did say Gadd looked like a ‘baby reindeer’
Asked by Piers if Gadd offered her a free cup of tea at the pub, Fiona said: “No, that’s not correct. He didn’t offer me a cup of tea. I was in for a meal.”
She claimed Gadd actually barged in on a chat she was having with someone else in the pub.
Fiona told Piers: “He interrupted a conversation. He said, ‘Oh you’re Scottish’ and basically commandeered the conversation. I was talking to somebody. It’s pretty rich. He seemed to be obsessed with me from that moment onwards.”
However Fiona confessed she did say Gadd looked like a “baby reindeer”, which Martha does, as he resembled a toy she had as a child.
She said: “I had a toy reindeer and he’d shaved his head, that bit is true, and there were reindeers in the shops because it was Christmas. It was a joke, so I’ve inadvertently penned the name of the show.”
‘I think there may have been a couple of emails’
The start of Baby Reindeer’s first episode shows Donny desperately walking into a police station and showing an incredulous officer streams of messages — often badly spelt — on his phone.
Fiona scoffed at suggestions that he received 41,000 emails, 350 hours of voicemails, 744 tweets, 48 Facebook messages and 106 letters.
She said: “That’s simply not true. If somebody was sending somebody 41,000 emails, they’d be doing how many a day? Lots.”
Piers asked her: “What did you send?” Fiona replied: “I think there may have been a couple of emails, but that was it. Just jokey banter emails.”
What to know about the show
Baby Reindeer was inspired by the ordeal suffered by Scots creator and leading man Richard Gadd, 34.
The then-struggling comic, while working in a London bar, hands Martha a free cup of tea before things turn sinister.
The series claims she subsequently bombarded the barman with more than 41,000 emails.
She also over an alleged four-year campaign of terror.
Fiona Harvey speaks about her upbringing
Fiona Harvey said she grew up in the “Scottish countryside.”
She has a sister and her parents got divorced when she was nine.
Harvey said she hadn’t talked to her mum about it.
“That may seem strange, but I don’t want to worry her,” she added.
Fact or fiction?
Fiona Harvey disputed many of the claims made in Baby Reindeer during her interview with Piers Morgan.
Take a look at some of her claims, versus what the hit Netflix show presents.
