The woman who inspired the character of Masha in the Netflix series Reindeer Babies has spoken out about receiving death threats and denied being a stalker.
In the drama, written by and starring comedian Richard Gard, his character Downey is attacked by a woman named Martha after he offers her a free cup of tea in the bar where he works. tracking.
Fiona Harvey, 58, described Gad’s account as a “work of fiction” and an “exaggeration”.
“Detectives tracked me down on the internet, hunted me down and made death threats against me,” Harvey told Piers Morgan in an interview on Thursday.
Harvey has denied multiple accusations depicted in the Netflix series, including that she stalked the comedian, assaulted his girlfriend, lunged at him, sat outside his house and contacted his parents.
She also denied sending 41,000 emails, hundreds of voice messages and 106 letters to Gadde, telling Morgan she had only sent him a few emails, one postal letter and about 18 messages on X.
Harvey, who said she had not seen “Little Reindeer,” said she had met Gad “five or six times” in a London pub and once joked to the comedian that he reminded her of one she had as a child. The little reindeer toy that inspired her.
She denied that the scene in which Gad looked through the window happened in real life.
Harvey said she had known the comedian for two or three months, did not have his phone number and was not friends with him.
She said her message to Gad was “please leave me alone,” adding that she was considering taking legal action against the comedian and Netflix.
Harvey, who grew up in Scotland and studied law, denies being jailed for stalking offences.
After the show aired in April, some viewers tried to find the real Martha by matching social media posts from the show with real-life messages.
As viewers began speculating about the real person behind the events that inspired the series, Gad, 34, posted a message on his Instagram Story.
He said: “Hey everyone, people I love, work with, and admire… have been unfairly caught up in speculation.
“Please don’t speculate on who that person might be in real life. That’s not the point of our show.
