Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha is considering legal action over the show in which she is portrayed as a terrifying stalker.
25.04.2024 - 16:37 / deadline.com
Baby Reindeer has burnished its status as a surprise Netflix hit by piling on viewers in its second week on the streaming service.
Episode 1 of Richard Gadd’s lightly fictionalized stalker story was watched by 3M viewers over the past seven days, according to official Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
This was a 64% increase on the show’s audience of 1.7M viewers in its first week on Netflix. The episode now has 4.7M viewers in total. A similar pattern could be seen across the rest of the series, which premiered on April 11.
Baby Reindeer has dominated online viewing in the UK over the past week, with all seven episodes topping the list of most-watched shows and films.
Baby Reindeer‘s performance in the UK is supported by viewing figures published by Netflix. The series topped Netflix’s English-language TV chart with 13.3M views in the week to April 21. It had 2.6M views in its first few days on the streamer.
The success has not come without unwanted consequences, however. Both Gadd and co-star Jessica Gunning have pleaded with fans to stop trying to identify characters in the true story after social media has been flooded with false allegations.
Gunning said the online Baby Reindeer speculation is “quite sad” and “not the point of the show at all.” She told BBC Scotland’s The Edit: “If you like the show and you are a fan of it, you should stick with the story of Martha and Donny being what connects you, not trying to do any detective work and find out any real identities.”
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Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha is considering legal action over the show in which she is portrayed as a terrifying stalker.
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Baby Reindeer is known to people in the television industry.Speaking as the new co-host of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, Osman spoke with journalist Marina Hyde about the recent series, which has been topping viewership charts in the UK and US.The series, which was adapted from a one-man show by comedian Richard Gadd, is based on real events from his life. It follows a struggling comedian, Donny, who is relentlessly stalked by an older woman named Martha.
spawned a new real-life drama.“Baby Reindeer,” Netflix’s most-watched series of the past two weeks, stars Scottish actor Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn — a struggling comedian and bartender who becomes the object of a woman’s obsession after he serves her a cup of tea.Adapted from Gadd’s 2019 one-man stage show, the seven-episode series has become a global juggernaut, with viewers multiplying faster than a Mogwai fed after midnight. Within the first few minutes of meeting Donny’s stalker, Martha, it’s obvious that viewers have stepped onto a wild, complex and confusing ride. Zaftig and disheveled, Martha is also clever and cheerful.
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Richard Osman has dropped a bombshell, claiming those in the comedy industry knows the identity of the individual who sexually assaulted Richard Gadd, the creator of Baby Reindeer.The TV favourite and former Pointless host, aged 53, claimed that Richard hasn't kept his abuser's identity a secret within the industry, revealing that "everyone knows who he [Gadd] is talking about" in his harrowing stage show and its Netflix adaptation.The series, which delves into the comedian's haunting experiences with stalking and sexual assault, recently aired its fourth episode on Netflix, shocking audiences with a raw depiction of Gadd's alter ego, Donny, being abused by a made-up male TV writer named Darrien. This portrayal sparked wild guessing games among viewers, as they tried to unmask the real inspiration behind the fictional abuser.
Baby Reindeer stars Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning reunited on the red carpet at a movie premiere – after the 'real-life Martha' hit back. Richard and Jessica have garnered international fame after series Baby Reindeer – based on true events in Richard's life – became a smash hit on Netflix, watched by millions around the world. At the Love Lies Bleeding premiere in London on Tuesday, 30 April, the actors appeared in great spirits as they stood arm-in-arm and flashed huge smiles for the cameras.
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A Scottish woman accused of being the real-life stalker Martha in Richard Gadd's hit Baby Reindeer series says she plans to sue Netflix over the show.
me now,” she told the Daily Mail on Saturday, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “I’m the victim.
The woman accused of being the real-life Martha Scott - the stalker character depicted in Netflix's sensation Baby Reindeer - has said: "I'm the victim here."
Baby Reindeer has taken the world by storm. The Netflix drama about a stalker and her victim has been viewed more than 13 million times since its launch a fortnight ago, sitting at number one on the streamer’s chart in more than 30 countries including the UK and US.
Netflix‘s Baby Reindeer claims she has received death threats as a result of the hit drama.Created and starring Richard Gadd, the series brings his real-life experience of being stalked and sexually abused to screens, having previously told the story on stage in his acclaimed one-man show.Gadd plays a fictionalised version of himself named Donny who is obsessively stalked by a woman named Martha after he befriends her in a pub. The show also sees Donny confront the trauma of being sexually assaulted by a TV executive named Darrien (played by Tom Goodman-Hill).Since the show’s release and despite the pleas from Gadd and Gunning, fans have attempted to unearth the identity of the real people who inspired Baby Reindeer‘s characters.Now, the woman who fans claim to have inspired Martha, has spoken out against the show and its portrayal of her, claiming she has been the subject of death threats as a result.“I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd,” the unnamed Scottish woman told the Daily Record.
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has a request for those who have been watching the top-ranked .In a recent Instagram Story, Richard Gadd asked that fans of the drama, which documents a slightly altered version of the comedian’s experience with intense stalking at the hands of a woman named Martha (portrayed by Jessica Gunn): Stop trying to identify the characters’ real-life counterparts.“People I love, have worked with, and admire (including Sean Foley) are unfairly getting caught up in speculation,” he wrote in a post that was by British writer-actor-director Sean Foley. “Please don’t speculate on who any of the real life people could be. That’s not the point of our show.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.On April 23, Foley also tweeted that the police “have been informed and are investigating all defamatory, abusive, and threatening posts against me.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In real life, Gadd was relentlessly stalked by a woman who would show up at his comedy shows and harass him online, sending the comic gifts and a total of 41,071 emails, 350 hours of voicemails, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages, and 106 pages of letters.“Stalking on television tends to be very sexed up.
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As Netflix unveils its chilling new drama Baby Reindeer, audiences are in for a spine-tingling ride into the dark and disturbing world of stalking and obsession. Based on the harrowing true story of Richard Gadd, who both pens and stars in the series, Baby Reindeer delves deep into the terrifying ordeal he endured at the hands of a relentless stalker, Martha Scott.
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