Baby Reindeer fan Miranda Cosgrove said she experienced something similar in real life.
The “iCarly” star, 30, revealed in an interview that eight years ago, he encountered a stalker and committed suicide by shooting himself and setting himself on fire in his garden. hustle and bustle Published on Friday.
The stalker had earlier fired at a woman resembling the actress who was driving near Cosgrove’s home.
Years later, Cosgrove met the woman at a charity event in Los Angeles.
“This girl came up to me and said, ‘I don’t know if I should say this here or how to say this, but actually, I’m the girl who was in your house and got shot. ’” Cosgrove said in an interview. “She seemed to process things the same way I did.”
The “School of Rock” star continued, “She said she had just gone through a breakup the night before and was so distraught that she was going to a friend’s house. She took her to the Hollywood Police Department. When I took him in and asked him what he looked like and what happened, the detectives were like, “Start from the beginning.” what happened? ‘And she was like, ‘Oh, by the way, he broke up with me last night,’ and she started telling everyone about it. ”
The Hollywood star said the situation with her stalker made her feel unsafe even at home.
“That’s another reason why I go back and forth to my parents’ house so much. I don’t feel very safe in that house,” she explained. “I couldn’t really be there for two years after it happened. Then I got into a relationship and that person was with me, so I wasn’t so scared. But I didn’t want to be there. I don’t really like being alone.”
Despite the horrific incident, Cosgrove said he still enjoys watching Netflix’s hit new series “Baby Reindeer,” about a struggling comedian and bartender who becomes the object of a woman’s obsession.
“I didn’t think much of it,” she said of the show, which is said to be based on the real-life experiences of creator and star Richard Gadd. “If it were me, I feel like I would have to go back and play out my worst experience.” [out]it would be very difficult.
Cosgrove opened up about her stalker while promoting her new Netflix romantic comedy Mother of the Bride. The project, which was released on May 9, also stars Brooke Shields, Chad Michael Murray and Benjamin Bratt.
