When a struggling comedian shows an act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
Fiona Harvey, a woman who claims to be ‘the Real Martha’, was found within days of the show airing ‘Please don’t speculate on who any of the real-life people could be,’ Richard Gadd urged sleuths, who immediately tried to trace ‘the real Martha’ after bingeing Baby Reindeer. ‘That’s not the point of our show.’ He’s absolutely right.
She was paid £250 and the promise of a makeover. In it, she again claimed she is ‘the real Martha’ but denied sending Gadd 41,000 emails, ever being in love with him and instead claims she gave him the cold shoulder. She went as far as saying it was actually Gadd who was ‘obsessed’ with her. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next ‘It’s been horrendous,’ she said of her life since the show’s release.
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