Baby Reindeer It is one of the most recent series of Netflix which caused a sensation among consumers of the streaming platform. One month after its premiere, the seven-episode audiovisual production continues to lead the ranking of “the most viewed” in Argentina.
The story is captivating, and even more so, knowing that it is Based on a true story that the creator and protagonist of the series lived, Richard Gadd. The British comedian, the victim, is harassed by the character of Martha, about whom there is no very detailed information in order to protect the identity of the real person. However, a woman named Fiona Harvey He claims to be the one who inspired said character and appeared for a television interview Thursday night on the British presenter’s show Piers Morgan.
During her appearance on the public scene, the woman declared that in reality the victim was her, therefore, “the story is poorly told.” Harvey noted that he wants to “tell his truth and make things clear,” even though he stated that he had not seen the audiovisual piece.
The woman who inspired Martha in Baby Reindeer spoke
The Interview with Fiona Harvey It was published on Piers Morgan’s YouTube channel, and spread in fragments through his social networks. For approximately an hour, the presenter investigated the various topics that generated the most doubt and controversy among viewers of the series.
Firstly, one of the aspects that draws the most attention is perhaps the reindeer toy that Martha had, and which gives its name to the series. “She had a toy reindeer and he had shaved his head, that’s true, and There were reindeer in the stores because it was Christmas or something like that. That was a joke. So I inadvertently wrote the name of the show,” Harvey confirmed.
Among the statements that generated the most controversy after the interview, Harvey’s denial of having been the harasser stands out: “It was he who asked me to have sex. I told him I wasn’t interested, that I had a boyfriend, and I stopped him right away.” dry”. “Gadd is psychotic and completely crazy,” he denounced. the woman, who also claimed to have seen the comedian “two or three times in her life.”
“I’m not lying, well, “I tell white lies if absolutely necessary.”Harvey noted and assured that she he was never in prison. In turn, she stated that she regrets having entered the bar where she met Gadd, a place she visited frequently for three months “since he went to eat often,” as she explained.
During the meeting, Harvey also shared information about his private life and the love relationship she has had with a lawyer for five years. “He thinks this is horrendous. “All my lawyer friends think so and so do other people,” he explained and assured that “people are being very understanding.”People I don’t know say things like, ‘Are they harassing you on the street?’ People are being very, very kind.anyone who knows about this,” revealed the woman who, she says, Martha was inspired by.
As he explained, decided to break the silence and appear on the public scene after receiving several threats and insults by social networks. Furthermore, he admitted that he expects an apology from the creator and Netflix. “For someone who says he feels sorry for me, I didn’t receive any apology. Neither from him nor from Netflix,” she pointed out against the creator of the series, whom accuses of not having told the facts reliably.
Source: Ambito
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