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To think that everything Fiona Harvey said in her Piers Morgan interview was a lie? [Edit by MNHQ]

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Eshmee · 09/05/2024 21:20

Having watched her interview this evening, everything about her screamed 'liar'. Her language, her demeanor, her body language. I just wonder what other think?

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ChickyBricky · 11/05/2024 22:47

What I found fascinating (and I'm only up to episode 5) is her intuitive understanding of his trauma. No one else gets this, including those who are supposed to be close to him.

Moonmelodies · 11/05/2024 22:46

Maybe she's another actress on Netflix's payroll - hired to keep the momentum going and drive more viewers to the show.

Allimaskingforisalittlerespect · 11/05/2024 22:39

I’ve seen the Fb page, I really don’t think it’s fake?

Chaoseverywhere · 11/05/2024 22:38

I can see the same fb page up

SunnyUpland · 11/05/2024 22:37

tiredandabitfat · 11/05/2024 12:26

@SunnyUpland, comment, as requested

Actually I wonder if she was reading this and that promoted her to remove her Facebook page!

SunnyUpland · 11/05/2024 22:36

tiredandabitfat · 11/05/2024 12:26

@SunnyUpland, comment, as requested

I do hope it is someone who has reached out to support her. I think the profile has now been removed or made private. Perhaps someone helped her do that or encouraged her to. But it does seem that she is very isolated and that is not good for the human psyche. Loneliness can make us all a little crazy.

Allimaskingforisalittlerespect · 11/05/2024 22:07

It was strange when she kept repeating that she’d seen about the show on ‘BBC breaking news’ Was it even on there as being breaking news??!

shehasglasses48 · 11/05/2024 21:43

More worried that Piers Morgan still has air time.

ChickyBricky · 11/05/2024 21:31

NotThatWrong · 11/05/2024 21:26

This thread has a weird effect on me, it makes me really wish I had done law at uni🤔

Why not give it a try now? If she's right, you don't even need to spell or know how to pronounce key words. I'm not saying she's lying; I've worked on the other side of university departments desperately wanting their students to succeed in order to secure funding for the year ahead (call me cynical).

NotThatWrong · 11/05/2024 21:26

This thread has a weird effect on me, it makes me really wish I had done law at uni🤔

lemonmeringueno3 · 11/05/2024 21:21

She sounded coherent in the interview because her grandiose, narcissistic personality disorder means she either truly believes she's right or she thinks she's such a clever, master manipulator that everyone will unquestioningly believe her. Maybe you have to know someone like that to understand how dangerous and deluded they are.

tiredandabitfat · 11/05/2024 20:43

DiduAye · 11/05/2024 19:16

She is now bombarding Janey Godley with messages on X and calling her a liar because she sides with the writer of Baby Reindeer

I don't see this either, can you link, please?

Rumpoleoftheballet · 11/05/2024 20:41

DiduAye · 11/05/2024 19:16

She is now bombarding Janey Godley with messages on X and calling her a liar because she sides with the writer of Baby Reindeer

Is she the same Fiona Harvey on X? That person is incredibly racist and has 54.3K posts but nothing since 2018.

Rainingsincenovember · 11/05/2024 20:27

Sickofatrocity · 11/05/2024 20:13

She got an ordinary degree. I'm not 100% sure as I did an Honours degree, but I don't think they are graded. I think she just didn't understand the question.

Ordinary degrees aren't graded. If she was aiming to become a solicitor, she'd have done four years at university - a three year ordinary degree and a one year post grad Diploma in Legal Practice. Doing an honours degree, followed by the DLP would have meant five years at university.

When I did my law degree at Aberdeen Uni a couple of years before her, I did an ordinary, as did the majority of my year. It wasn't seen as "lesser" because most of us were doing a fourth year at university anyway, as the DLP was compulsory for anyone wanting to become a solicitor. The four year ordinary plus DLP was seen as the equivalent of a four year honours degree.

I suppose law was a bit different from other degrees in this respect, but there was absolutely nothing unusual about an ordinary law degree.

If she went on to start a legal traineeship after university that implies she did the post grad year after her ordinary degree.

CountessWindyBottom · 11/05/2024 20:23

I found the interview fascinating and quite sad. She is articulate, apparently credible and clearly quite bright. She is also, I dare to assert, suffering from quite a significant personality disorder and I genuinely think that she believes what she says, which in turn, leads to her credibility. I think she is quite vulnerable and irrespective of the negative views people hold about her, she did not ask for this publicity. Yes, she went on this show and probably does crave attention to some degree, but I’m not sure being interrogated by Piers Morgan was the right way to go.

I loved Baby Reindeer and found it complex, disturbing and so very interesting but I now question Gadd’s motives and I’d be wary of vilifying a clearly unwell woman.

Sickofatrocity · 11/05/2024 20:13

0tterish · 09/05/2024 21:43

It was difficult viewing. I wonder why she thought it was a good idea to have an interview with him. And why was she so cagey about the degree? Why did she not just make up the grade if she didn't do it

She got an ordinary degree. I'm not 100% sure as I did an Honours degree, but I don't think they are graded. I think she just didn't understand the question.

Pippetypoppity · 11/05/2024 20:06

Until we see the ‘thousands’ of emails and voice mails we can’t actually know. Or at least hear there’s incontrovertible proof of such. I’m ready to be shot down in flames but I honestly didn’t think she sounded particularly ‘mad’. Relatively composed and together for someone who’s in her position right now. Yes some sus bits like her degree marks but nothing truly loopy. She could have been a sobbing raving mess considering the public outing and the online trolling she’s had. Im just concerned the whole thing was maybe six of one and half a dozen of the other between her and Richard Gadd. The guys definitely got a nerve writing it, acting it and publicising it. He’s a performer at heart so it could well be an extremely embellished piece of performance ‘art’ more loosely based on events than true per se. We’ll probably never know. Can’t help pitying the woman either way.

Babybreath · 11/05/2024 19:55

DiduAye · 11/05/2024 19:16

She is now bombarding Janey Godley with messages on X and calling her a liar because she sides with the writer of Baby Reindeer

She's also been giving a journalist a hard time too , 69 phone calls and 48 voice messages in 3 days .

BodyKeepingScore · 11/05/2024 19:51

DiduAye · 11/05/2024 19:16

She is now bombarding Janey Godley with messages on X and calling her a liar because she sides with the writer of Baby Reindeer

Where are you seeing this? I've had a look and can't find them

Deadringer · 11/05/2024 19:49

There is nothing wrong with him adding stuff for effect, but it's being presented as true, so after watching Martha smashing furniture, sexually assaulting Gadd, attacking his girlfriend and acting completely mad, people are going to project all of that behaviour onto Harvey, whether she did any of it or not. I think it's shocking actually and netflix and Gadd are massively at fault.

Jeannie88 · 11/05/2024 19:31

Apparently Richard Gadd said he used and incorporated stories from other people so, although a true story, many scenes were embellished and fabricated. He admitted some things didn't happen, they were added for effect.

Seriestwo · 11/05/2024 19:24

DiduAye · 11/05/2024 19:16

She is now bombarding Janey Godley with messages on X and calling her a liar because she sides with the writer of Baby Reindeer

Janey Godley is no stranger to Twitter stooshies, usually creating them.

that will be interesting to watch, I don’t think Janey has ever backed down from any bandwagon since she started on Twitter.

Saucery · 11/05/2024 19:22

JeepSleeHack · 11/05/2024 18:48

He resigned as a director in 2017.

Looks like BBC own Clerkenwell Films - own more than 75% of shares.

Thanks. Bit behind the times there!

MercyDulb0ttle · 11/05/2024 19:21

NotThatWrong · 10/05/2024 15:33

Does anyone have a theory why FH is so cool and collected, in front of the cameras?

Because she’s supremely confident in her delusions. She’s like anyone who is an expert in their field and who can talk eloquently and knowledgeably on their chosen subject.

Her chosen subject is herself and she knows she’s right 🤷‍♀️

Owl55 · 11/05/2024 19:19

Catterbat · 09/05/2024 21:43

This, is what narcissistic personality disorder looks like.

She is clearly unwell, but she’s also very very unpleasant and I’m in no doubt after seeing that that she has the capacity to be incredibly dangerous. She really didn’t seem to be lying, I think she genuinely believes her own fantasy construction of herself and events. Chilling.

Agree with this .

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