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Piers Morgan's bombshell interview with the 'real' Martha from Baby Reindeer has left most viewers with more questions than answers. 

Fiona Harvey, a 58-year-old Scottish woman and allegedly the 'real' Martha, slammed her depiction in the hit Netflix series last night saying 'It's a work of fiction', while insisting 'I'm not a stalker'.

The seven-part mini series, which states at the start of each episode: 'This is a True Story', was written by and stars Richard Gadd. It details how his character, Donny, deals with a failing comedy career and obsessive stalker, Martha.

The dark and twisted show was an instant hit with more than 60million views in its first month.

Until now, the Mail has chosen not to identify Ms Harvey - instead withholding her name and pixelating her face, to protect her privacy.

Now she herself has placed her real identity in the public domain, we will name her.

Following on from the interview, MailOnline has highlighted how the two versions compare.

Was Gadd ever called baby reindeer?

In the TV series, Martha was sat at the pub where Donny works when she says for the first time that he reminds her of a baby reindeer. 

The nickname stuck and is used repeatedly throughout the show in fits of anger and love against his character. 

At the end of the final episode, it is revealed that the reason Martha uses this name is because she used to have a baby reindeer toy as a child, which was described as the 'only good thing' about her childhood.

Last night Fiona Harvey confirmed that this is true, despite claiming she only said it as a joke.

'Yes I had a toy reindeer, and he [Gadd] had shaved his head and there were reindeers in the shops, it was Christmas time, but it was a joke.

'So I have inadvertently penned the name of the show. But that is a true fact.'

How did they meet?  

The show claimed that Martha came into the pub where Donny was a barman and in a moment of sympathy towards this stranger he offered her a free cup of tea - inadvertently sparking the obsession. 

But in Ms Harvey's version of events, she agreed she was in the pub but claimed she was having a meal with someone else and Gadd started up a conversation with her after finding out she was Scottish. 

'No, that's not correct. He didn't offer me a cup of tea… I was in for a meal with, a drink of lemonade, and I was very, very hungry. I'm diabetic, so, very hungry. So that's true.' 

'He interrupted a conversation… he said, 'Oh, you're Scottish', and basically commandeered the conversation. You know, I was talking to somebody. It's pretty rich. Interrupt. So he seemed to be obsessed with me from that moment onwards.' 

'Can I hang your curtains?'

This sexual innuendo is a very poignant moment in the show when Martha's fascination with Donny shifts up a gear into a full obsession.

Surrounded by his friends at the pub, Donny is being peer-pressured into asking Martha out on a date. In an attempt to deflect from the situation, he jokingly says instead 'can I hang your curtains?'

Well, Ms Harvey has agreed that this did actually happen, however claimed it was just a regular joke down at the local pub. 

'This was a Hawley Arms joke about about curtains and a lot of sexual innuendo,' she said, adding but 'yes [he did say that]'.

How many messages? 

41,000 emails, 350 hours of voice messages, 744 tweets, 48 Facebook messages, and 106 letters, is what Netflix alleges Ms Harvey bombarded Gadd with. 

Yet, her response on Uncensored didn't even scrape the surface of this total. 

'That's simply not true. If somebody was sending somebody 41,000 emails or something, they'd be doing how many a day? Lots.'

She later said she probably sent 'less than ten' emails and 'one letter'.

Adding: 'None of that's true. I don't think I sent him anything… No, I think there may have been a couple of emails exchanging, but that was it. Just jokey banter emails.'

When Piers Morgan pressed her on specifics, she denied ever texting him or sending him Facebook messages, and suggested she probably sent 'about 18 tweets'.