'Baby Reindeer' creator asks fans to stop speculating

'Baby Reindeer' creator Richard Gadd asked fans to stop speculating about the identities of real-life characters

A comedian wrote a hit TV series about his real experiences with being stalked. Now, he’s asking fans of the show to stop sleuthing themselves.

"Baby Reindeer" showrunner and star Richard Gadd previously told Variety that his show, which follows a character named Donny who gets stalked, is “emotionally 100% true." But the fictional stalker character, Martha, is not meant to resemble her real-life counterpart. In fact, Gadd told GQ that the show went to “such great lengths to disguise [his stalker] to the point that I don’t think she would recognize herself.”

Still, since the release of Netflix's "Baby Reindeer" earlier this month, fans have spread baseless theories online, attempting to correlate the show’s depictions with real-life similarities.

Viewers have been chasing after the real-life identity of Martha, as well as the character Darrien, a TV comedy writer who sexually assaults Gadd’s character. Fans online began to accuse Sean Foley, a British actor, writer and director, of being real-life Darrien, without any evidence.

On Monday, Gadd posted a statement on his Instagram story asking fans to pull back on their unsubstantiated guesswork.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/baby-reindeer-creator-asks-fans-stop-speculating-rcna149071

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