Richard Gadd: "I can't say why she called me Baby Reindeer" 

It's not real though its based on his biased observation.

How do you feel about it 2 weeks later? 😅

@@seangeorge3648 no its about his experience

@m0osie_4 Okay but they are right though, usually if someones telling a story about themselves or how someone else has wronged them, it is a bias version. That being said he did well to admit there were parts to this he liked, he got off on being wanted & admired. He encouraged her at times.. most people also wouldn't mention that, they're 100% the victim & the other person is 100% the perpetrator. Most people also wouldn't openly admit they've gone back time & time again to someone's home who is sexually abusing them.

It's a story about his emotional interpretation of what he experienced. It's not a story based on facts and it is definitely not a true story as stated by Netflix

He bagged

I think he’s put on some weight and well - a better haircut. Very proud to be related to him

Meant to say - the extra weight suits him. He looked harrowed before and now we know why!

Hard to watch Fringe shows prior to the interview as usually you're interviewed about it because it was successful at the fringe circuit or to advertise it mid-run. Not exactly that easy to go up to Edinburgh to watch it. Lot harder to watch theatrical stuff before an interview than it would be for movies and shows.

​@@caitlyn1597 Hi, do you know what the Interview was exactly about? Not about the Netflix Series, right? Thx in advance:)

@@jurizachriat3648 About the theatre/fringe version of what he then turned into a tv show.

It's from 2019

​@jurizachriat3648 I believe he was doing material about his stalking situation, then Netflix seen it & picked him up for the show. So he was essentially doing the show before doing the show, just on a smaller scale.

Me too

It’s supposed to be disturbing. This is what people go through.

Especially when he said ''most bitter thing he changed me''' he will never become ''bi''if nothing happens to him. So scary and emotional. I hope this horrendous man go to prison.

He is bloody good actor by the way.Also a really good scenario

Yep that guy was the creepiest 🤢

weird comment. have you ever seen 'i may destroy you'? or any tv show or any form of art? writers explore their experiences, that's why they do it.

because trauma haunts you. it’s an outlet, it’s a way to heal, obviously. like jaenette mccurdy’s book

Because it’s one way to connect to people who have experienced similar situations. You’ve got a very different perspective.

I had a stalker too. He stalked me for 7 years until I moved he was an ex though. I feel like if I still lived there he would still be stalking me.

😬😳. Yikes. That's horrifying.

I had a stalker, she wouldn't stop. So I married her. She's no longer a problem.

Internet detectives have found the real stalker. Of course, she insists that he was stalking her. I decided not to read about her. She acts like she doesn’t want the attention.

@@karenrunnels9082 can you send me a link to any information please

Well that makes her deranged behaviour ok then? He readily admits he was badly f*cked up.

He was entirely to blame for everything. The man is a perpetual victim who consistently put others at risk. He literally has none of the virtues associated with masculinity. He spent the whole series coasting on the sympathy and charity of good people, and he is doing the same now. Nothing about him is admirable.

​@@andrewroberts8959 The point of this series is not to pity him. He didn't even portray himself as a hero, surviving abuse. Instead it shines a light on how abuse isn't exactly black and white. Which is worth reflecting on. And masculinity has nothing to do with this...

@@andrewroberts8959 except for the fact that he created a hit show? Why do you say he's not masculine as if that's a bad thing?

​@@andrewroberts8959I felt sorry for the guy I saw on the show because he seems like he's on the spectrum or just slow and naive but now that I see him in interviews and know he's a good actor and a movie writer makes it hard for me to believe he didn't see what was happening, the guy from the show took no responsibility or accountability,was a horrible comedian that kept doing the same thing even though nobody found him funny but yet he kept doing it almost like a narcissist like the audience must like your jokes and think your funny when you're obviously not, if he really just wanted to tell his story and not to expose her then I would think he would have changed how she looked completely or maybe let someone else play him but he made it to personal when he plays himself so obviously ppl are going to connect even more and want to know more about the story but still I don't blame him I blame Netflix because it's their job to make sure everything is done right.

This is the REAL question to me.

@@NeverBelieveALie isn't that the worst part of this story? They are worried about some lady what about drugging rapist??

Good it will reveal who is telling the real truth, or is he doing it for fame and money . Why won’t he go on Piers and reveal his side mmmm

@@tur74d56 He might, like many of us, hate Morgan with a passion. He doesn't have to answer to that egotistical tosser to prove anything.

Possibly yes, all creative writing courses tell the students to write from personal experience, so as a writer he was probably thinking this might make a great script one day, so theres nothing to judge as being wrong there really. Hes clearly been a struggling actor, writer, comic for years. It’s v hard to break out and actually earn some decent money, and its not just the story, it is the writing in the characters, he shows so many parts of both himself and Martha, he literally laid himself bare for the world and his art, so all kudos to him imo. But yes, of course Fiona needs support, is clearly mentally unwell, but let’s not forget she was the perpetrator here and she wrote her own script.

Watch the show and you'll understand

I agree ,he was smart enough to "take the mick" out of her by leading her on and getting a giggle out of it .Not convinced with his story at all

@@florencepi6232 I did watch it that's why I'm giving my opinion you dummy. I know most humans don't have the ability of putting themselves in everybody's shoes including the evil humans because I always want to know what motivates ppl to do things and once you're able to do that you will see how your life will change for the better. You will start seeing the mask on ppl and understand why they do what they do. Anyways he himself admitted and took some responsibility so are you going to tell him to watch the show to because it seems like I'm the one that understood him and what he's goal was but you on the other hand just want to blame and blame even when he himself told you they both made horrible choices but shes definitely not ok mentally and neither is he.

@@florencepi6232 I did watch it that's why I'm giving my opinion you dummy. I know most humans don't have the ability of putting themselves in everybody's shoes including the evil humans because I always want to know what motivates ppl to do things and once you're able to do that you will see how your life will change for the better. You will start seeing the mask on ppl and understand why they do what they do. Anyways he himself admitted and took some responsibility so are you going to tell him to watch the show to because it seems like I'm the one that understood him and what he's goal was but you on the other hand just want to blame and blame even when he himself told you they both made horrible choices but shes definitely not ok mentally and neither is he.

He says he can’t say why…because it’s a pivotal point in the show, and would be a major spoiler…not that he doesn’t know why. Even the title says that, can’t.

Because this is an old interview, he's speaking about the theatre show of the same name

Laughing is a very common trauma response

If you start getting over things that happened to you, it's easy to turn them into humour. It's a coping mechanism. It shows you are healing.

I think his hair is just tousled forward. It's a pretty common hairstyle for men nowadays, super good if you have a receding hairline

That's because it's not a comedy show, it's a drama show. It was never supposed to be funny mate.

Why would this show being an autobiography make him a liar or a psycho? I think this is very brave. There are practically no depictions of harrassment towards men on media. I read on the news today that SA reports from men have increased by 52% where I live. It's really incredible what this show has done for people, what's wrong with sharing your own story?

@@ChromicLights The fact that the actor is the real guy changes everything. Here is why: First, when watching a TV show, we know that they will fantasize a little about things, romanticize. But when the real person is involved in the script and decides to end the show with that scene all about Martha, that's not dramaturgy, that's a message straight forward to her, the real Martha. His last hot and cold movement, the last attempt to mess up with her head. Second, nobody that has come through such horrible experiences in life talks about it with that amount of enthusiasm, on the interviews he talks like an actor who played a random character, not showing any emotion at all. It seems like he finally has the attention he always wanted, it seems like he invented most part of it to be honest. Third, the minute I watched his old stand-up videos, I knew I was right about him. Many sexist and racist "jokes". The guy is not a saint, Martha has issues? Absolutely! But that guy... beware.

@@siriasouza5264 In otherwords you think stalking someone is ok. What a weird take.

lol… after you watch the show you’ll realise how silly and judgmental your little comment is

Thats an incredibly narrow minded view. People give up or move on for all sorts of reasons. In all honesty, as a comedian myself, I get it. Most people get burned out with it, and the love of doing it isn't always enough to drag you through it and keep you going. There's nothing noble about sitting on the circuit for years and hating it. Move on and find what you like. Creativity changes.

If you watch the series, what happened was more of a shift from heterosexuality to bisexuality via sexual trauma which is actually a very common thing. He was closeted yes but being bisexual is not some made up social construct as social lubrication for homosexuality

@@franzliszt4038the trauma was in some ways self inflicted though. The first time he felt weird he shouldn’t have gone back. Who stays in a house with someone days and days on end and then accuses them of something?

@@samlagos2192 self inflicted trauma works the same way. I personally believe it was all the other guys fault for grooming him but say Richard let this happen to himself, it still changed his sexuality.

@@franzliszt4038 mate he was gay from the start. This was the massive push he needed. Why else would you keep going back seriously. Spending days and days in a row there. Transsexual dating apps, gay pornography, his situation with that man, the one night stands with blokes. It’s in front of you mate

@@samlagos2192 he spent days and days there for the work oppurtunity, not to hook up with him tf. He went on the trans dating app and starting dating men AFTER the incident so my point still stands and im sure he would agree with me. If he was gay before what is the point in getting in a relationship with a girl and then moving in with her??? Your statement assumes he has some ulterior motive here aswell as him blatantly lying in the programme that after the assault he felt his sexuality changing. Id like to give him the benefit of the doubt on that one if im being completely honest.