Baby Reindeer is the six-part drama written by a comedian based on his real-life experiences with a female stalker – the fallout of which is now turning into a phenomenon that threatens to eclipse the original story.
But one thing is indisputable in this tangled web of claim and counter claim: Gadd's background could not be in starker contrast to the chaotic and traumatic experiences charted in Baby Reindeer . Piers Morgan last night with Fiona Harvey, the inspiration for Martha, where she gave a bombshell interview on his YouTube show Uncensored
Just as Donny takes pity on Martha, offering her a cup of tea on the house when she appears at the pub where he is working, claiming to be a lawyer but seemingly unable to afford a drink, back in his school days Gadd was also quick to look out for the underdog, in this case his friend who was being bullied.
Tayside, Scotland, where Gadd enjoyed a 'very happy' childhood. There, he found his passion for theatre It was his parents who persuaded him that having a degree might be 'wise', although he has always insisted they were never pushy. Already an avid writer, he started to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe while still a student, winning the Laughing Penguin New Act of the Year award in 2010 and becoming a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards the following year, competing against Mock the Week star Glenn Moore.
Gadd has said of the abuse, which culminated in rape – it was not a single incident and he did not report it to police – that it led to a 'masculinity crisis'. Once 'quite a lad', he said: 'I would say that I certainly started to feel like my face didn't fit in among the lad part of my life anymore.
One cathartic show based on his real-life experience was not enough, however, and Baby Reindeer the one-man stage show debuted at the Fringe in 2019, laying bare a whole new raft of deeply personal, deeply disturbing material. This week, at the £1 million semi-detached house in leafy Muswell Hill where he once lodged, neighbours said he abruptly left the property and returned to Scotland in 2015.
Gadd, whose career aspirations include wanting to play Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, has certainly found financial success since then.
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