'I'm the Victim': Alleged 'Baby Reindeer' Stalker Speaks Out After Netflix Show's Success

Gadd created, wrote, and starred in Baby Reindeer, an adaptation of his 2019 one-man show of the same name, which the actor and comedian has said was based on his real-life experience of being stalked by an older woman he met while working at a bar.

While Gadd insisted that he changed key details about the story to protect the identities of those involved, the woman claimed that she has already received "death threats and abuse from Richard Gadd supporters" who have found her.

"Richard Gadd has got 'main character syndrome,'" she said. "He always thinks he's at the center of things. I'm not writing shows about him or promoting them in the media, am I? If he wanted me to be properly anonymous, he could have done so. Gadd should leave me alone."

The woman, who denied being a stalker, said that she is considering taking legal action against Gadd.

The Daily Mail noted numerous parallels between the woman, a 58-year-old who lives alone in a council flat in central London, and the Baby Reindeer character: "both women are Scottish, both studied law at university, both are around 20 years older than Gadd, and both use highly sexualized language in their speech and writing."

The woman, who was slapped with a restraining order after falsely accusing a politician and his wife of abusing their disabled son, recalled several conversations from their encounters that were later recreated in the show.