Speculation has been rife regarding the real identity of ’Darrien O’Connor’ If you’ve watched ’Baby Reindeer’ on Netflix, you’ll already be aware that the story is based on a real-life incidence of a stalker that harassed comedian Richard Gadd.
’ He noted that social media speculation had led to the wrong man being identified in recent weeks, as Gadd wrote on Instagram: ’Please don’t speculate on who any of the real life people could be. That’s not the point of our show.’ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Richard Gadd Osman said: ’Now it comes out now and a completely different person is identified - someone who has produced Richard Gadd before - but is definitively not the person in any way.