Comedian Janey Godley says she was contacted by Baby Reindeer's real-life Martha

15 May 2024 , 11:07

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Comedian Janey Godley reveals she was also stalked by Baby Reindeer's real-life Martha (Image: Twitter/@JaneyGodley)

Comedian Janey Godley revealed she received 22 messages from the real-life person behind Martha Scott in Baby Reindeer.

Baby Reindeer was released on Netflix last month and quickly gained millions of fans. Richard Gadd wrote and starred in the dramatisation of his life. His character, Donny Dunn, is pursued by an obsessed stalker, Martha Scott, played by Jessica Gunning. The character Martha ended up sending Donny more than 41,000 emails, 744 tweets, 100 pages of letters and 350 hours of voicemails.

Since it aired, the woman who claims to be the real-life Martha, whom the Mirror has chosen not to name, appeared in an interview with Piers Morgan and made several claims about Baby Reindeer. She claimed the dramatisation as 'completely untrue' and added that she 'is not a stalker'.

Another comedian, Janey Godley, recently took to X to share with her 293,000 followers a video grab of all the tweets the alleged real-life Martha sent her between 2016 and 2018. The comedian posted a 47-second screen recording, with the caption 'someone sent me this', which showed 22 posts from an account associated with the alleged 'Martha'.

Janey shared a video recording of all the tweets she received from the alleged real-life Martha (PA)

While some of the posts talked about the Labour Party and Donald Trump, many others were messages posted in support of the comedian. Janey is a supporter of the Scottish National Party and has previously criticised Trump many times over the years. Her past Trump comments were not shown in the clip. There is no evidence of harassment or obsessive behaviour in any of the woman's tweets to Janey.

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Last week, Piers, 59, interviewed a woman who believes she inspired the character, who is portrayed as a stalker in the series. Accusing Baby Reindeer of being "a work of fiction", she also slammed Netflix and Scottish comedian Richard, who wrote and starred in the show, of "lying" in their "defamatory" depiction.

The woman who claimed to be the inspiration behind Martha recently appeared in an interview with Piers Morgan (Ed Miller/Netflix)

During the interview with Piers, the woman claimed several things were untrue about the Netflix series - including how Richard never offered her a free cup of tea, and she never messaged him as much as he said she did. The Netflix show is said to be based on a 'true story'. However, the woman told Piers: "It's completely untrue. Very, very defamatory to me, very career-damaging. And I wanted to rebut that completely on this show. I'm not a stalker. I've not been to jail, I've not got injunctions. And this is just complete nonsense."

Millions of people tuned in to the interview, but many said it was unfair the woman even went on the show - adding that she is "highly vulnerable". One writer took to her X, formerly known as Twitter, posting: "This is a 58-year-old civilian who is, if we are to believe what we saw in the show, very unwell, potentially volatile and ultimately highly vulnerable. She's been thrust against her will into the spotlight, harassed by viewers, and contacted by a world-famous TV figure - all within the space of a month."

Zara Woodcock