The 58-year-old woman claimed the talk show host already made at least $315,300 (£250,000) off of her appearance onPiers Morgan Uncensoredon Wednesday, May 9.
“They offered me £250 and I asked if that was what they paid everyone and, if so, I wanted to see documentation to that effect,” the Scottish woman from Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, toldDaily Record. “That documentation has not been forthcoming. I have not signed a contract for the interview and I will be seeking far more than a piddling £250.”
The law graduate said she wants a seven-figure amount for having the sit-down with the British talk show host, who Fiona claimed put up “a big act” in front of her to clinch the explosive interview.
Image credits:Piers Morgan Uncensored
An insider for Piers responded to her claims and told the outlet, “We agreed a standard appearance fee with Fiona and paid for her hair and make-up and car.”
The hit series has been trending on Netflix with the tag of a “true story” that’s based on a real incident from the life of Scottish comedian Richard Gadd.
Viewers remained glued to their screens as they watched the dark and dramatic miniseries starring Richard himself, who played a fictionalized version of himself through the character Donny Dunn, a strugglingcomedianand bartender.
The Scottish woman demanded “a million” for the interview and claimed the talk show host made at least $315,300 (£250,000) because of her appearance
In the show, Donny crosses paths with Martha Scott and offers her an act of kindness, after which sherelentlessly stalkshim and bombards him with 40,000 emails and hundreds of hours of voice messages.
“None of this happened. It’s a load of rubbish,” Fiona vehemently said following the success of the Netflix show and the portrayal of Martha, whose character is reportedly based on her.
“I’ve not been to prison. I don’t know where the four-and-a-half years and nine months comes in,” she told theDaily Record. “This is all made up and hyperbole. There are no restraining orders, injunctions, or interdicts anywhere. There’s just no way. I’ve not had the police at my door about any of these things.”
The Scottish lawyer revealed that she was considering the idea offiling a lawsuitagainst Netflix and Richard for defamation.
In herfirst talk showappearance onPiers Morgan Uncensored, the law graduate from the University of Aberdeen said she found the show “horrifying” and “misogynistic.”
“He’s making money out of untrue fact, he’s the ultimate misogynist,” she said about Richardduring the interview.
After Fiona slammed the £250 for the interview, Piers addressed her criticism during an appearance on the Australian radio programHughesy, Ed & Erin.
“I won’t say what it was, but we also paid for her to have a nice haircut, we got her a nice car, and so on. I think we treated her very fairly and reasonably,” he added while speaking to hosts Dave Hughes, Ed Kavalee, and Erin Molan.
Fiona Harvey’s appearance rewarded Piers Morgan with 11 million views on YouTube so far: “One of the clips on our TikTok channel has had 26 million views,” the British talk show host said
Piers also admitted that he didn’t predict his interview with Fiona to go as viral as it did.
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After Fiona’s identity became public and exposed her to death threats and phone calls from strangers, Netflix’s UK public policy director, Benjamin King, defended the show during a UK Parliament hearing.
Benjamin said the online streaming giant and producer Clerkenwell Films had taken “every reasonable precaution in disguising the real-life identities of the people involved in that story.”
“I personally wouldn’t be comfortable with a world in which we decided it was better that Richard was silenced and not allowed to tell the story,” he continued.
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