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12 May 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nRichard Gadd has experienced “intolerable pressure” amid the success of ‘Baby Reindeer’.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nRichard Gadd never expected Baby Reindeer to be so successful<\/p>\n\nThe 35-year-old comic’s Netflix miniseries – which is based on his own experiences of being a victim of sexual abuse and stalking – has been a global sensation and bagged a string of awards, but it has also been mired in controversy after social media users identified his alleged stalker Fiona Harvey, prompting her to launch a lawsuit against the streaming service for defamation.<\/p>\n\nAnd Richard admitted he needs some time off to reflect on the whirlwind of the year since the show was released.<\/p>\n\nHe told The Guardian newspaper: “There have been a lot of challenging moments. The show has reached such an extreme pitch \u2013 there have been times when I\u2019ve felt like the pressure was intolerable. It\u2019s been a hurricane.<\/p>\n\n“I don\u2019t think I\u2019m at the point of reflection yet. I need some real time off to figure out how to get my feet back on ground, because I feel very squeezed.”<\/p>\n\nRichard never expected ‘Baby Reindeer’ to talk off in the way it did.<\/p>\n\nHe said: “The biggest surprise was the fact that it blew up in the first place, because nothing about it screamed commercial hit.”<\/p>\n\nThe comic has found his new fame a “huge adjustment” and insisted it wasn’t something that he was looking for.<\/p>\n\nHe said: “It came out on a Thursday, and by Sunday people were knocking on my door asking for autographs. I was an arthouse comedian, performing to five people every night, so it was a huge adjustment. <\/p>\n\n“I\u2019m still getting used to it. Going to the supermarket comes with a million caveats now.<\/p>\n\n“Weirdly, I never wanted fame. I just liked the idea that, one day, I would make a piece of art that was culturally important, because then maybe I would learn to like myself. <\/p>\n\n“The biggest emotion that comes with fame is a sort of paranoia in public.”<\/p>\n\nRichard has found himself in a number of “awkward” situations as a result of becoming more recognisable.<\/p>\n\nHe said: “There are people who want to ask you stuff in the worst kind of situations \u2013 having a meal and someone pulls up a chair. It can be really awkward.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"12 May 2025 Richard Gadd has experienced “intolerable pressure” amid the success of ‘Baby Reindeer’. Richard Gadd never expected Baby Reindeer to be so successful The 35-year-old comic’s Netflix miniseries – which is based on his own experiences of being a victim of sexual abuse and stalking – has been a global sensation and bagged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7747],"class_list":{"0":"post-167902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-richard-gadd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Richard Gadd has experienced “intolerable pressure” amid the success of ‘Baby Reindeer’.<\/p>\n
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Richard Gadd never expected Baby Reindeer to be so successful<\/p>\n
\nThe 35-year-old comic’s Netflix miniseries – which is based on his own experiences of being a victim of sexual abuse and stalking – has been a global sensation and bagged a string of awards, but it has also been mired in controversy after social media users identified his alleged stalker Fiona Harvey, prompting her to launch a lawsuit against the streaming service for defamation.<\/p>\n
\nAnd Richard admitted he needs some time off to reflect on the whirlwind of the year since the show was released.<\/p>\n
\nHe told The Guardian newspaper: “There have been a lot of challenging moments. The show has reached such an extreme pitch \u2013 there have been times when I\u2019ve felt like the pressure was intolerable. It\u2019s been a hurricane.<\/p>\n
\n“I don\u2019t think I\u2019m at the point of reflection yet. I need some real time off to figure out how to get my feet back on ground, because I feel very squeezed.”<\/p>\n
\nRichard never expected ‘Baby Reindeer’ to talk off in the way it did.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “The biggest surprise was the fact that it blew up in the first place, because nothing about it screamed commercial hit.”<\/p>\n
\nThe comic has found his new fame a “huge adjustment” and insisted it wasn’t something that he was looking for.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “It came out on a Thursday, and by Sunday people were knocking on my door asking for autographs. I was an arthouse comedian, performing to five people every night, so it was a huge adjustment. <\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019m still getting used to it. Going to the supermarket comes with a million caveats now.<\/p>\n
\n“Weirdly, I never wanted fame. I just liked the idea that, one day, I would make a piece of art that was culturally important, because then maybe I would learn to like myself. <\/p>\n
\n“The biggest emotion that comes with fame is a sort of paranoia in public.”<\/p>\n
\nRichard has found himself in a number of “awkward” situations as a result of becoming more recognisable.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “There are people who want to ask you stuff in the worst kind of situations \u2013 having a meal and someone pulls up a chair. It can be really awkward.”<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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