Prince Harry will not be able to expand his phone hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspapers to include Rupert Murdoch and Piers Morgan, the UK’s High Court has ruled.
09.05.2024 - 12:44 / dailyrecord.co.uk
It's the Netflix show everyone has been talking about, having amassed more than 18.6 million views since it launched on the streaming service last month and rocketing to number one across the globe.
Baby Reindeer was based on the real-life experiences of Scots comedian Richard Gadd, the creator and star, and follows the disturbing chain of events after he gave a customer who popped into the London he was working at a free cup of tea.
The Daily Record carried the first current picture and newspaper interview with Fiona Harvey, 58, after she was exposed as the real-life Martha by internet sleuths. And now the Scot, originally from Fyvie in Aberdeenshire, has gone head to head with celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan in a TV clash which will hit screens tonight (Thursday).
Harvey recorded her first “big TV interview” with the controversial broadcaster earlier this week. As we reported, she then told the Record she was “not happy” with Piers’ questioning after the interview was recorded in London.
She described her interview as a “sparring match” and was forced to refute claims by Piers that she “loved” Gadd. In the 30-minute show, planned for broadcast on Piers’ Youtube channel, the Scots law graduate will talk openly about being outed as comedian Richard Gadd’s alleged stalker.
She will be grilled regarding allegations that she became obsessed with the Fife-born comedian over a period of years - inspiring the character of Martha in Gadd’s hit Netflix drama.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, Piers was pictured alongside Fiona, as he wrote: "The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show. Fiona Harvey wants to have her say & ‘set the record
Prince Harry will not be able to expand his phone hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspapers to include Rupert Murdoch and Piers Morgan, the UK’s High Court has ruled.
K.J. Yossman Prince Harry’s bid to include claims against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and broadcaster Piers Morgan has been rejected by London’s High Court. Harry – along with more than 40 other plaintiffs – is suing Murdoch’s U.K.
Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning hasn’t spoken about the real life Martha TV interview out of respect for her friendship with creator Richard Gadd.
K.J. Yossman “Baby Reindeer,” the Netflix series that has taken the world by storm since dropping last month, boldly opens with the claim that “This is a true story.” (Unlike another Netflix series, “Inventing Anna,” which opens with the title card: “This whole story is completely true.
Scots comedian Richard Gadd is currently basking in the success of his Netflix series Baby Reindeer, which has become one of the streaming giant's most popular hits ever. The Fife-born comic, 35, portrays a fictionalised version of himself as he grapples with an unsettling stalker.
Netflix to substantiate claims it made about the hit drama Baby Reindeer and its real-life influences.Baby Reindeer is a semi-autobiographical series written by the comedian Richard Gadd that claims to tell the “true story” of a struggling stand-up (played by Gadd) who is maliciously stalked by an older woman named Martha.A Scottish woman named Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the person who inspired the character of Martha. However, she asserts that various elements of Gadd’s story are untrue, including that she was convicted on charges of stalking.
A Coventry nightclub has sparked outrage online after claiming a 'world exclusive' public appearance by Baby Reindeer's real life 'Martha'.
Piers Morgan returned to ITV breakfast this morning to chat with Lorraine Kelly about his recent episode of Uncensored where he interviewed the ‘real life’ Martha from Netflix series Baby Reindeer. However, as Piers sat down with Lorraine, he made a dig about his old co-stars as he returned to the studio where he worked for six years on Good Morning Britain.
The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer last night slammed the £250 offered by Piers Morgan’ s firm for her exclusive interview.
Richard Gadd has said he has been shocked by the success of Baby Reindeer and his new-found fame amid blurring lines between the Netflix series and reality.
Netflix's smash hit Baby Reindeer has made household names of its stars including Richard Gadd, who plays Donny, and Jessica Gunning, who stars as Martha.The seven-part drama tells a fictionalised account of Richard's own years-long stalking nightmare, after he took bar work to pay the bills and kindly gave a lonely customer a cup of tea on the house. Over a terrifying three-year period, Martha sends Donny more than 41,000 emails, voicemails totalling 350 hours, dozens of social media messages, and 106 pages of letters, where she refers to him as 'baby reindeer' – hence the show's title.
Baby Reindeer’s Martha character, has said she was “set up” by her interview with Piers Morgan.Harvey gave her first television interview to Piers Morgan Uncensored, which aired last night (May 9), after confirming her identity for the first time earlier in the week.Baby Reindeer is a semi-autobiographical series written by the comedian Richard Gadd that claims to tell the “true story” of a struggling stand-up (played by Gadd) who is maliciously stalked by an older woman named Martha.In the interview, Harvey denied many aspects of the Netflix show’s narrative, saying that she did not stalk Gadd, attack his girlfriend, destroy the bar he worked in or contact his parents.*WORLD EXCLUSIVE*The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show. Fiona Harvey wants to have her say & ‘set the record straight.’ Is she a psycho stalker? Find out tomorrow on @PiersUncensored pic.twitter.com/MxaE5SEiTa— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 8, 2024Morgan pressed Harvey on a number of the show’s assertions, including that she sent Gadd over 41,000 emails, over 100 handwritten letters and 350 hours of voicemail messages.In response, Harvey claimed that she sent him “less than 10” emails, adding: “That’s simply not true.
The woman who allegedly inspired the 'Martha' character in the Netflix series Baby Reindeer has been interviewed by Piers Morgan in a special for the show 'Uncensored'.The 60-minute episode aired to the broadcaster's YouTube channel, which has 2.58 million subscribers, at 8pm on Thursday, May 5. Netflix's original series Baby Reindeer is based on a true story and follows comedian and performer Richard Gadd's experience with a female stalker in his 20s - named Martha in the show - and how the trauma impacted his life. Now, the person accused of being the 'real life' Martha by internet sleuths has spoken out by going head to head with interviewer Piers in a TV clash.
“Baby Reindeer” did her first television interview to speak out against the alleged inaccuracies of the hit Netflix series. Fiona Harvey, 58, appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and broke her silence on being the supposed inspiration for the unhinged lead character (played by Jessica Gunning) in Richard Gadd’s show. Harvey told Piers Morgan that she never stalked Gadd, 34, and slammed the series — which she still hasn’t seen — for being “completely untrue.” She claimed that her first encounter with Gadd didn’t happen as it was shown between Martha and Gadd’s character, Donny, on the show.According to Harvey, Gadd did not offer her a cup of tea after she walked into the pub where he worked when they met.
Baby Reindeer is one of the year’s most talked-about shows, but who is the real-life woman that inspired the character of Martha?The hit Netflix series was created by Richard Gadd, and claims to tell the true story of his experience of being obsessively stalked by a woman called Martha after he befriends her in the pub he works in.In the show, Martha has already served a four-and-a-half year sentence for a previous stalking conviction, and in the final episode she is given a further nine months in prison.After the show’s release, some viewers attempted to uncover the real identities of characters in the show, including Martha. Gadd subsequently urged viewers to refrain from speculating, saying: “That’s not the point of our show.”The woman chose to publicly reveal her identity this week in an interview with the Daily Record, after a flurry of speculation since the release of the show.She is Fiona Harvey, a 58-year-old Scottish lawyer, who in the interview described the show as “a load of rubbish”.Speaking about the decision to come forward, she said she did so “because people have to know what is going on.”*WORLD EXCLUSIVE*The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show.
Scots woman Fiona Harvey will go head to head with Piers Morgan in an explosive TV clash on his YouTube channel which airs tonight. They will discuss the "true story" behind smash hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer, which features lead character 'Martha', said to be based on Harvey.
Lorraine Kelly has shared her concerns ahead of Piers Morgan's interview with the woman claiming to be the 'real Martha' from Netflix smash hit, Baby Reindeer.
Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer, will give her first TV interview tomorrow (May 9).Baby Reindeer, which has topped Netflix UK viewership charts for the last three weeks, is a semi-autobiographical series adapted from a one-man play, written by and starring Richard Gadd.The story follows a struggling comedian named Donny (Gadd) who is stalked and harassed by an older woman named Martha (played by Jessica Gunning). The final episode of the show reveals how Martha, who had already served more than four years in prison for a previous stalking conviction, was jailed for nine months.Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey, 58, has come forward and claimed to be the inspiration behind Martha, but has dismissed Baby Reindeer as “a load of rubbish”.She has reportedly made herself known to the press “because people have to know what is going on,” and has threatened legal action against Gadd.Now, Harvey will give her first interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, in an attempt to “set the record straight”.*WORLD EXCLUSIVE*The real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer breaks cover and gives me her first TV interview about the smash hit Netflix show.
Netflix has argued that it took care to disguise the identities of the real-life Baby Reindeer characters after the show’s extraordinary success sparked an internet guessing game.
The woman accused of being Baby Reindeer's 'real-life' Martha has gone head to head with interviewer Piers Morgan in a TV clash. Fiona Harvey, 58, recorded her first "big TV interview" with the controversial broadcaster earlier this week in which she aims to "set the record straight". But Fiona told the Daily Record she was "not happy" with Piers' questioning after the interview was recorded in London ahead of its broadcast tomorrow.