Baby Reindeer stars reunite on red carpet – after 'real-life Martha' hits back
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. Richard, 34, donned a green bomber jacket over a dark outfit, whilst Jessica, 38, rocked a pretty patterned dress with a cardigan over the top.
Baby Reindeer, a seven-part Netflix series is billed as a 'captivating true story' based on Richard Gadd's experience of being stalked by a random stranger.
Jessica plays the Scottish woman, Martha Scott, who stalks Richard and bombards him with emails, texts and phone calls over a long period of time.
Since the show became a huge hit, internet sleuths have tried to track down the real Martha, leading to show star and creator Richard Gadd imploring people not to.
Recently, the 'real-life Martha' finally had her say, as she declared that she is the real 'victim'.
Speaking to the Daily Record, the woman, who is Scottish but now lives in London, says she has been bombarded with death threats, and is now the one being stalked.
"I'm the victim here, not Richard Gadd. I've had death threats as a result of his show despite the fact that a lot of the things he claimed are just not true. Someone online said, 'If I find you I will kill you'. A guy in North Carolina said that he and other people were going to stalk me like I am supposed to have stalked Gadd," she told the outlet.
The woman then noted how the show has led to her not being able to sleep, with her claiming that she only managed to get two hours shut eye one night because she was worried that the threats might come true.
She then reeled off her own version of events, sharing that she was "in Richard Gadd's company on occasions but didn't stalk him like he claims." Rather, the woman, who is said to be middle aged with a law degree from Aberdeen University, insisted that Gadd's re-telling is an intrusion of her privacy. She also noted that she has not seen Richard in 12 years.
OK! reached out to Richard for comment.
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