It often happens that the public becomes passionate about the true story behind certain films and certain series, even if in the case of Baby Reindeer the impression is that we have gone well beyond the limits of tolerability and respect. In fact, it was enough to know that the wonderful Netflix series was written and starred by a man, Richard Gaddwho experienced first hand what he represented to start the hunt: Who was the real stalker behind Martha Scott’s character? The investigation which began to feed on the Internet reaching high peaks of morbidity led the public to track down Gadd’s true persecutorwho was forced to give an interview with her face covered to Daily Mail to explain how Baby Reindeer is ruining her life. The woman, who is 58, lives in London and in the series she is played by the formidable Jessica Gunning, claimed to have received «death threats and abuse from supporters of Richard Gadd.”
“He’s using Baby Reindeer to stalk me,” the woman said, claiming that Gadd “chose to bully an older woman on television to gain fame and fortune.” «I’m the victim. You wrote a bloody show about me », he added while representatives of Gadd and Netflix have chosen not to respond for the moment. Although details of the series have been changed to protect the identities of those involved, she said that she supposedly shared several similarities with the character Martha: they are both Scottish, studied law, have a history of stalking and are 20 years older than Gadd. “I’m actually not that unattractive,” the woman wanted to let the woman know, making an effort to focus on her differences with her character in Baby Reindeer.
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While the series finale explains why Martha started calling Donny “baby reindeer” – he resembled a stuffed reindeer Martha had as a child – she said she had never owned a toy reindeer. «I never had a conversation with Richard Gadd about a childhood toy», he added. However, it is logical to assume that there are similarities with Martha’s behavior. Over the course of four years, Gadd claims that his real-life counterpart sent him 41,071 emails, 350 hours of voicemails, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages and 106 pages of letters. Even though Gadd went to the police to report what was happening to him, the authorities were not of much help, exactly as seen in Baby Reindeer. In an Instagram Story posted on April 22, Gadd asked viewers to Don’t “speculate” on who her abusers were, but it seems that the invitation arrived too late: the hunt for the real Martha Scott and the real Teri has now begun, and shows that viewers, from a series like Baby Reindeerhave learned nothing, turning themselves into persecutors.
