Piers Morgan rejects Baby Reindeer's real life Martha's £1m demand and blasts 'what she wants is an agent'

Piers Morgan has appeared on Lorraine after his bombshell interview with Baby Reindeer's 'real-life Martha' Fiona Harvey which aired on Thursday.

Last week, Harvey, originally from Fyvie in Aberdeenshire, sat down with the former Good Morning Britain host in an explosive TV clash on his YouTube channel.

In the hour-long show, Harvey spoke openly about being outed as Richard Gadd's alleged stalker.

She was grilled regarding allegations that she became obsessed with the Fife-born comic over a period of years.

Now, Piers has sat down with Lorraine Kelly for his first interview following his world-exclusive chat.

Speaking to Lorraine, the 59-year-old revealed that despite Harvey's disappointment that she was only offered £250 for the interview, he would not be paying her any more cash.

Lorraine said: "What was she like when she came in? And you know she wants one million pounds from you?"

Piers laughed: "I do. And no, she's not going to get £1million pounds, what she wants is an agent. But we gave her the same amount that we give 95% of our guests. We don't discuss terms but we pay for a nice hair cut, a car and everything else. I think we've performed our duty of care well and we've stayed in touch with her since.

"When she came to the studio, she was actually relatively normal. I didn't get the signs of someone who was mentally unwell but I do think she sends all those messages and I do think that shows that she has an obsessive streak, certainly in relation to Richard Gadd."

Lorraine put to Piers that he did the interview for 'clicks'. She said: "A lot of people said you just did it for clicks..."

He replied: "Well I have a YouTube channel called Piers Morgan Uncensored and I want people to click on it! Yeah, shock horror! "You do a show for ratings, that's the game we're in. I want people to watch the content we do, that's not why I did the interview."

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Record on Monday, the Scots law graduate revealed she was fuming after her appearance on his YouTube Uncensored show made the host at least £250,000 already.

The interview has been watched by more than 11million viewers and will continue to make money for Morgan every time it is viewed on his YouTube channel.

But Harvey revealed she wants a bigger slice of the pie from the show’s revenue and will “settle for” seven figures.

Fiona said: “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.

“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.

“I’d settle for a million."

Speaking to Lorraine, Piers revealed that despite working on various large-scale stories throughout his career, "Baby Reindeer is one of the biggest things I've been involved in". He also told the Scots ITV star that Fiona was "relatively normal" when she came into his Uncensored studio.

However, the broadcaster added that he believes Harvey "did send those messages." And he remains adamant that he was "very fair and balanced, and tried to get the truth," admitting that he believes "she lied to me a lot in the interview."

Piers also revealed that he's keen to have Richard Gadd on his YouTube channel, adding that he's emailed him in a bid to set up an interview.

"I want to get him on, I want to be fair to him too, I don't know where the truth lies."

It comes as the broadcaster broke his silence on social media on May 10.

Taking to Twitter, now X, on Friday morning following the controversial interview, Piers said: "WOW. 3.5m views of my interview with the real-life #BabyReindeer alleged stalker Fiona Harvey in just 11hrs…" adding the link to the YouTube video to watch the interview in full."

Piers tweeted today's front page of The Daily Record, which exclusively featured Fiona's demand for £1 million pounds and wrote: "No Fiona… you want an agent."

The former TalkTV host also claimed that he didn't realise how big a story the interview would be, and that he had to be persuaded to do it, as he told Lorraine: "I didn't even realise the scale of how big this show is and I honestly had to be persuaded by my team and thank god they did as it's been part of the phenomenon now and this Baby Reindeer thing has been one of the biggest things I've ever been involved in."

Ahead of the bombshell interview, Harvey told the Record she was "not happy" with Piers' questioning after recording the chat in London, describing the interview as a “sparring match”

Many - including Lorraine Kelly - shared their concerns about Piers' interview with the 'real Martha'.

Lorraine spoke about the interview on last Thursday's episode of her ITV chat show ahead of Piers' interview, saying: "That's Piers Morgan there with the 'real-life Martha' from Netflix's hit show, Baby Reindeer, his interview is going to be out later today.

"Apparently, the stalking drama was based on her with [actress] Jessica Gunning playing a version of her in the show but it's also a drama, it was based on real true life. I just hope the 'real-life Martha' is actually alright, that she's okay and she's going to be fine to be interviewed..."

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