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Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has been accused of ‘unwisely’ dating an actress at the same time as she also auditioned for a part.
Reece Lyons, who wrote a series of tweets about the experience, said the comic had ‘conflated’ the two processes and she had been hurt by it.
It is the latest twist in an already gripping back-story to the surprise TV sensation, who has been cleared of professional misconduct by the production company he worked with.
Some 14 million people have been poring over every detail of Gadd’s much-talked about darkly comic drama based on his real life experiences of being stalked by a woman, ‘Martha’, after meeting her in a London pub.
The programme shows Martha’s obsession developing as she emails Gadd hundreds of times a day, turning up outside his house and harassing his family and friends.
For the past week, the focus has been on Martha, and the real-life version of her who has bitterly complained she was stalked by Gadd rather than the other way round.
Some 14 million people have been poring over every detail of Richard Gadd’s (pictured) much-talked about darkly comic drama based on his real life experiences of being stalked by a woman, ‘Martha’
Reece Lyons (pictured), who wrote a series of tweets about the experience of dating Gadd and auditioning for his show
But now Gadd faces claims from actress Ms Lyons, who auditioned to play the part of his transgender girlfriend Teri in the drama.
Ms Lyons, who is transgender herself, said she met Gadd in the bar after he had attended one of her stand-up performances.
She wrote on X: 'He began to tell me about his upcoming Netflix show that he had written. The role in question was that of his ex-girlfriend, a trans woman.
‘I told him I was interested in auditioning and asked him to get in touch with my agent at the time. “But there is one other thing,” he said. “What?” I replied. “I find you really attractive”.’
Ms Lyons tweeted: ‘I said that I didn’t think the conflation of the upcoming audition and dating each other at the same time was wise, and he said
