Piers Morgan receives backlash for interview with ‘real life Martha’ from Baby Reindeer
Piers Morgan has been criticised by viewers for interviewing the woman dubbed the 'real-life' Martha from Baby Reindeer on his Piers Morgan Uncensored show.
Piers, 59, sat down with a woman named Fiona Harvey, who has been accused of being the 'real life' Martha from the Netflix series.
Ever since Baby Reindeer aired a few weeks ago, viewers have been hooked to the true story of comedian Richard Gadd, who claims he found himself in a terrifying situation when he was relentlessly harassed by a stalker.
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The show focuses on struggling comedian Donny (played by and based on Gadd) and his warped relationship with a middle-aged woman named Martha (played by Jessica Gunning), who becomes his stalker after they meet at the pub in which he works.
After the show aired, some viewers tried to track down the real-life characters from the series - including Martha.
After a *lot* of internet sleuthing, viewers came across the Facebook page of a woman named Fiona Harvey, who they believe is the 'real life Martha'.
After much speculation online, Piers announced this week that he would be sitting down with Fiona on his YouTube show, Uncensored.
He later posted a picture of himself and Fiona, saying she wanted to 'set the record straight' and 'have her say'.
But as the show aired on Thursday evening, viewers were left horrified by the interview, with many finding the chat 'uncomfortable'.
One person wrote: "This is making me really uncomfortable now, it's not funny anymore. This is actually real life."
While another said: "Shame on you for interviewing Fiona, all you care about is clicks and views."
And a third added: "This Piers Morgan Fiona Harvey interview makes for insanely uncomfortable watching."
And a fourth added: "I honestly can’t stop cringing - it’s making me so uncomfortable."
Following the interview, Fiona told the Daily Record that Piers refused to accept her denying the accusations.
She said: "There was a heavy emphasis from Piers Morgan on Gadd and the emails I am supposed to have sent.
"I have my own thoughts on it that I’d like to keep to myself but I wouldn’t say I was happy. It was very rapid to try to trip me up. He did it fast paced to catch me off guard.
"Piers kept saying to me ‘are you sure you haven’t sent this guy 41,000 emails and phone calls?’. A lot of the interview, for a good 10 minutes, he kept coming back to this.
"I said, ‘Look, Even if I had sent some emails, it doesn’t mean I’m guilty of the rest of the stuff. As I said, in order to bill something as a true story, it’s got to be pretty much 100% true.
"It seemed to me that I was set up. I feel a bit used."
Tyla has reached out to Piers' rep for comment.
Topics: TV And Film, Piers Morgan, Netflix
Lucy Devine