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presenter has opened up about his own terrifying stalking ordeal to . During a segment on Lorraine on Wednesday 22 May, Matthew retold the story of how he was stalked seven years ago. He also explained how the brought back memories of his own experience.

Whilst Matthew and lead character , Matthew explained the final straw for him was when his stalker came to the house but insists he didn’t want them “sent to prison”. The stalking occurred between 2017 and 2018 and was finally brought to an end the following year. Matthew explained to Lorraine that at the beginning, the police’s response was “inadequate” - just like it had been at first in Baby Reindeer.



But Matthew insists that as things “snowballed” the “police became much more involved.” The stalking when the perpetrator was barred from being a guest in the audience of Matthew’s chat show due to security concerns about her behaviour towards the presenter. And this part of Matthew’s ordeal was very similar to that of Donny’s.

Matthew explained: “The first moment where it was a real [punches hand] was episode 2 or episode 3 which was when he was doing his comedy act and she was suddenly in the audience. “I did a charity fashion awards just locally for my community centre and everybody had glammed up and this woman [was in the crowd] and I didn’t even recognise her because there was this person that I used to see around my TV show and around my neighbourhood but she was very glammed up, all her.

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