I WON’T watch Netflix’s Baby Reindeer because I think I’d be SICK – it’s horrifying, Fiona Harvey tells Piers Morgan
THE 'real Baby Reindeer stalker' says she won't watch the Netflix show because it'll make her "sick".
Fiona Harvey has told Piers Morgan Uncensored the show is "horrifying and misogynistic".
The 58-year-old claims to be the inspiration for the character Martha, who is seen bombarding protagonist Donnie Dunn with thousands of emails and showing up at the pub where he works every day.
Harvey was 'outed' within hours of the show premiering on Netflix last month by internet sleuths.
She blasted the series, which purports to be a true story, as untrue.
Speaking on Morgan's new YouTube channel, she continued: "I haven't watched any of it. I think I'd be sick. It's taken over enough of my life."
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"I find it quite obscene. I've had a horrifying, misogynistic.
"Some of the death threats have been really terrible online.
"People phoning me up. You know, it's been absolutely horrendous. I wouldn't give credence to something like that.
"And it's not really my kind of drama."
Harvey claims to be setting the record straight after being unmasked by fans of the hit Netflix show.
At the start of each episode it states ‘This is a True Story’.
A Netflix executive had claimed producers took every precaution to protect any real life inspirations for characters on the series.
Speaking in parliament, policy chief Benjamin King said that Netflix and Clerkenwell Films - who made the show - took "every reasonable precaution in disguising the real-life identities of the people involved in that story".
Mr King said Netflix needed to balance protecting identities with upholding the "veracity and authenticity" of the show.
"We didn't want to anonymise that or make it generic to the point where it was no longer his story because that would undermine the intent behind the show," the senior public policy director said.
"Ultimately, it's obviously very difficult to control what viewers do, particularly in a world where everything is amplified by social media.
"I personally wouldn't be comfortable with a world in which we decided it was better that Richard was silenced and not allowed to tell the story."
