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Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd says he has banned his parents from watching his unexpected Netflix smash hit.
The 34-year-old's darkly comic drama is based on his real life experiences of being stalked by a woman he felt sorry for after meeting her in a London pub where he pulled pints - after being sexually abused by a top figure in the comedy world.
Gadd says in a new interview that he struggled to have his concerns about the woman, named Martha in the show, taken seriously by police because, he says, the idea of a man being stalked by a female admirer can be 'trivialised'.
But while 14 million people have pored over every detail of the show, Gadd's parents in his native Fife are not among them - as the comedian has banned them from watching it and pays for their Netflix, so will know if they do.
But he says making the show with Netflix, based on two critically acclaimed shows he wrote and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, was cathartic and helped him come to terms with what happened earlier in his life.
Richard Gadd as his alter-ego Donny Dunn in Netflix's Baby Reindeer, which has captivated millions
The show is based on his experiences of being stalked by a woman, who is named Martha and played by Jessica Gunning in the show (above)
Gadd says making the drama - based on two critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows he penned - has been cathartic
A poster for the stage show of Baby Reindeer, upon which Gadd based his Netflix drama
'If people see it they will know almost everything about me. They might judge, they might not agree, and that innately comes with some degree of anxiety, but that's what I signed up for,' he told The Times.
He pitched the show to Netflix after combining two critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows, Baby Reindeer and Monkey See, Monkey Do, which addressed his stalking and sexual assault respectively.
But the show has sparked interest from would-be social media sleuths, who have tried to identify both the
