Of all the things I would steal off of Benedict Cumberbatch, his shoes would be very far down the list. I would steal a kiss, for sure. I would steal his stupid kangol hat just so I could burn it in a cleansing fire. I would steal several of his comfortable-looking sweaters. I would steal one of his denim shirts, just because I think he has like 20 of them and he wouldn’t miss one. I would steal a Cumbercurl, just a lock taken with a quick swipe of scissors. But his shoes? Nope. I rarely even notice his shoes. But I guess I have to turn in my Cumberbitch Card (which is fine, I haven’t had to use it in months) because a couple of Cumberbitches allegedly grabbed Bendy’s grubby shoes while he was just trying to relax and do some shoe shopping.
One minute, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch prayed he’d be the Best Actor shoo-in – the next, his shoes got snitched!! After arriving for the Oscars, Cumberbatch shopped at a fancy BevHills footery and cobbled on some kicks, but dig this shocking kicker – while trying on footwear, someone STOLE Benedict’s own shoes!
Said a friend: “Benedict couldn’t believe someone actually snatched his shoes while he was sampling new ones!”
The SOLE suspects? Two HEELS who’d been eyeing him! Said the source: “Benedict suspects it was these 20-ish girls who’d been gazing at him nonstop – the kind known as Cumberbitches – as he wondered why they were in the men’s salon. He said, ‘Those girls took ‘em, I’ll bet! So I ended up having to buy expensive shoes – or just walk out of there barefoot!’”
[From Mike Walker’s column, The National Enquirer]
Do I believe this really happened? Eh. Do I believe this could have happened? Sure. The Cumberbitches can get crazy and territorial. If they spied their Otter Love trying on shoes, I could see a light-fingered Cumberbitch pulling a quick heist. Still, they should have gone for the stupid kangol hat.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Zip your fly !!!
What happened to his hair? In the header shot with the sunglasses I thought he was Lance Armstrong
Burn all the thumb hats! Yes! 🔥
I feel like CB is about to be roped off as a crime scene and we are all going to be taken in for questioning.
*jetpacks otter here*
Plus, when all the other things go missing, Kaiser has already made a confession in writing. Dammit, I don’t want to be a witness in the Otter Outer Terrestrial Trial of the Comet Century.
The slicked-back look doesn’t work for him.
Re: shoes – Assuming this is true, I would have been so pissed if someone did that if I were in his position. Also, like stealing his stuff is really going to endear you to him.
Did this happen recently? I thought he was in Tahiti for 10 days (thanks publicists for that specific info) then back to London? Sleuths help me out here. I always play the comical (read: moronic) relief in mystery theater.
If this is true, it’s not the worst thing. But don’t the big fancy bevhills stores have security that would have kicked them out almost immediately? Either way, still pretty funny. I think if this happened to me I’d be laughing. And yelling at them to get some gold bond before putting them on eBay.
it’s the enquirer, it’s probably not true. i’ve submitted fake tips (not on him, more popular celebs, nothing harmful) to rags before just to see who will print whatever out of curiosity. Guess where they landed 🙂
i do think some fans took his left behind, used water bottles once though kinda gross
or champagne glasses (well she coaxed it out of him)
oh that one i didn’t know, felice, lol
i am such a germ-phobe when it comes to stuff like that 🙂
“So I ended up having to buy expensive shoes” Oh jesus.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was actually quite frugal (stingy?) IRL, he just kind of strikes me as that type
Yes, he is reputed to be “frugal.”
If the stolen shoes were made of reptile skin, those Cumbercrazies probably thought they were literally getting a piece of him.
but jokes aside, I would be furious if someone stole my shoes. I hate having to break in new ones.
No, but I do think someone might have nicked his soul.
I honestly thought that Marilyn Manson in the header pic.
WHAAAT did he do to his hair?! Oh my God, that is awful. I have never seen a guy with such glorious natural hair go so far out of his way to screw it up. He doesn’t respect its authority!
As for the shoe situation, if that did happen, it must have killed ScroogeyBatch to have to buy new shoes in Beverly Hills. I imagine the dialogue went something like this: “Garçon! Bring me your best sparkly sequined shoes! And don’t even think about expecting me to pay for them! Mine were stolen on your watch. It’s not my fault that some bitches want to taste my deliciousness everywhere I go!”
End scene.
His hair is grossing me out. He looks like Eddie Munster. The guy behind him is better looking. Benedict is starting to give me the willies lately. I’ve never seen such a fast fall from attractiveness. I even overlooked the smoking, but the last few months have cured me.
The guy behind him is cute.
Who cares? IMO it’s his soul he lost in L.A., not his “soles”.
Please tell me they stole the sparkly ones?
The sparkly LV Butterfly Richelieu shoes were auctioned off a while back, iirc
This is becoming truly, pathetically embarrassing. This is the guy who made the Time Most Influential List 2014, who got the Time Genius cover, who was the Met Gala standout, who was the early favorite for BA Oscar, whose Elle cover issue sold out, who was a big hit at SDCC, etc, etc., etc. Now he’s in the Enquirer, having probably untrue cheesy quotes attributed to him regarding stolen shoes. WTH happened???(That was a rhetorical question BTW.)
This x1000. Can we have a mass burning of our Cumberbitch Cards, like they did during the Vietnam draft?
or the end of The Imitation Game
Damn, I thought CB was over BC…
He resembles lance armstrong. Cannot unsee..
If the story is true, wow, there’s some embarrassing women out there, and whether it’s true or not, this guy has to somehow stop being a Tumblr creature. He has to stop baiting ‘revering’ fans and cumbercollective crazies of all sorts, because this internet persona is beginning to overshadow his acting. Go mind your roles and your new wife and baby, Cumby, you’re too young to become a running gag.
Holy Dr. Strange, Batman! There seems to be a boycott en masse of Mr. Cumberbatch. Everybody is over at the Hiddleston post. Benjy is really “flying low”. (Am I the only one who looks at a man’s jeans?).
The b*tches were hired by the shop. opportunity makes the thief.
by the way in the 1st photo… … his zipper… is down… ?? do i see it properly? looks like someone’s waiting for sg… or just dorkybatch wants to be free.
That is a stupid story. I don’t believe it. PR is putting is name out there. Does he not get free shoes on Oscar week?
They’re back in CA, some girls tweeted a few sneaky pics of them eating at a cafe in Venice
EDIT: they were papped at LAX too
I’m sobbing at those LAX photos. She’s wearing a fanny pack. Such fashion wow.
They don’t look like a “happily” Married couple. They look like strangers. (Cafe and LAX pics)
The mail’s got some smiley pics of both of them and claims they started dating in late 2013
…
anyway, she’ll give birth within the next month or two by the looks of it.
@Toodles45
The Fail claimed a couple of months ago that they have been dating since 2009.. lol
There’s video of them in the lift where there’s room to fit someone in between them until she notices the cameras, and she quickly scoots to be next to him. He flinches, just a bit, but he does on instinct
Felice. I love the way they dress “off duty”. They make me look like a candidate for the Best Dressed List.
She has to get in that camera line!
Maybe she was asked to move closer because right after she moved a flash went off.
Why are they in CA? Can’t you get to London from BB? Did he really buy that hideous house? At this point, nothing would surprise me stupidity-wise.
@Alice
They are back in London.. They were Papped at Heathrow.
Actually *posing* for the cameras at Heathrow. And now the Mirror is weighing in on the timeline, saying that *they* were the ones to “reveal” that they began dating in late 2013. Nope…..Benedict was busy in England filming TIG for one thing
gg, that’s one okay approach to paps. Regardless of of what you think of these two personally, I’ve always thought being good-natured it about and letting them get a couple of decent shots is the smart way to go.
Yeah, I get why some celebs get upset, but upset or pissy pictures can sell for more so you’re better off becoming known for not getting razzled!
oh maaan. just go the away both of you pleeeeasse.
wheres your ‘go photograph egypt’ sign now, cumby?
@Alice, I think it is easier to fly back to LA and then connect on to London, not even sure you can do it any other way actually. Both of those legs are long flights – I would want a break in between too and I’m not pregnant. Or maybe the flight schedules don’t allow a short layover, there may not be any other choice than to spend the night in LA before continuing on to Heathrow.
And I agree with you @An, there are always going to be photographers hanging out at airports, esp. in LA – best thing you can do is smile and run the gauntlet with as much poise and good humor as your jet lag will allow. Getting pissy about it or trying to duck and cover just makes people look foolish.
why would she care about being pregnant when it comes to flying suddenly? shes literally done nothing but fly transatlantic the last few months and she didnt have to. tho i guess these red carpets wont walk themselves.
and nobody is saying you have to look like thunder for paps but you dont have to look like youre enjoying quite as much as they clearly are. then again, judging by the amount of times theyve clearly tipped off the paps where they are, it must be hard to hide how happy you are to see them. she never smiles so much as when shes being papped and it looks a damned sight more convincing than when shes cosying up to cumby.
seriously, nobody gets papped this much. anyone who doesnt think majority of this is staged needs a medical assessment of some kind.
How could it be true? Is an expensive shoe store likely to make a celebrity customer either buy something or walk out barefoot if his own shoes were stolen on their watch? Yeah, very unlikely. This is similar to a story he once told about himself in a shoe store somewhere else, where he saw a couple of girls eying him and said to a friend “I think they want to steal my shoes.”
Have you all seen the latest photos of Benedict and Soph at LAX? She’s wearing a yellow skirt and her baby bump is gone. That is, if it’s not totally gone (arguable depending on the angle of the photo), it is far smaller than it was in those supposedly sneaky “papped” (yeah, no) honeymoon photos or even at the Oscars. Unless she had that baby between Bora Bora and LA and had a simultaneous tummy tuck, there is something undeniably fishy going on. Don’t judge me for saying this until you’ve seen the pictures yourself.
@Lu
SoGo posted a side shot of her. And she looks VERY pregnant. Her belly is the same size as it was in the Bora Bora pics. Looks like she is wearing Spanx.
She does not look anywhere near as big as she did last week, and Spanx do not have that effect. A pregnant belly is not made of fat; it can’t be molded into a smaller size. Also, what’s the deal with the black being both inside and outside of the skirt? Are you saying that’s the Spanx on the inside? It delineates her shape very well, and you can see that she is a lot more slender around her abdomen than she appeared in the honeymoon snaps.
@Lu.
Google Pregnancy/Maternity Spanx. (That is what she wore at the Oscars) Yes, it looks like Spanx on the inside.
@Linz. I just did, and the Spanx website has two styles, both of which go all the way up over the stomach to just under the bra line. I could see it being a maternity support belt, however. That would not account for her smaller size, though, as you were implying with the Spanx.
Idk how she can look nascent from the front and then suddenly huge from the side. The band shows where her stomach starts though. That high skirt must be uncomfortable but whatevs.
@Felice
Look up pics of Jaime King at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. From the front her bump looks small (almost looks like there is no bump) and she looks really thin. But from the side her bump looks HUGE.
It’s just camera angles/lighting/clothes
Daily Mail article says they couldn’t tell if there was one. Either way, I’m more confused as to why she’s not as big as she was in Tahiti
It only looks small in certain shots because of her top.
@linz, i agree. the april baby theory looks right on the money
April 17th! If they really did get together in June and she got pregnant in July (gives birth in April or early May), that’s just…….ugh. 😒
Still rooting for April 1st. So appropriate.
Even funnier-BTT posted a pic of Sophie with a male friend in London 2 days before Ben’s b-day last year. She was wearing the exact same outfit! How can it fit with the bump? And how funny is it that hours after the pic is posted that she is wearing the exact same outfit? this just keeps getting better and better!
Um…I don’t think so. She looks as big as ever.
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20150306/060315_benedict_cumberbatch_lax/benedict-cumberpatch-sophie-hunter-benedict-cumberbatch-and-his-pregnant_4622122.jpg
I love her pregnancy style here. And they both look good with some color.
Can I have your job, crumpet?
BS From The Daily Fail: “Benedict and Sophie began dating late in 2013, with their engagement revealed via a newspaper announcement in November 2014.”
Most have figured these two out already. I think Hollywood Buzz stated that BC/SH got together in September 2014.
Huh? What is this all supposed to imply? That they only got married because she got pregnant? So what? That doesn’t mean they don’t love each other, or that their marriage has any greater chance of failing.
They look genuinely happy together. I have yet to see a photo where their body language looks ‘off’. And his neglecting to win an Oscar doesn’t seem to have diminished their coziness.
@Crumpet
“That they only get married because she got pregnant?”
Yes, Shotgun Wedding.
“I have yet to see a photo where their body language looks “off”
LMAO! Are you joking?
From the beginning of this saga they have very deliberately attempted to change their relationship timeline because THEY KNOW that they look ridiculous having gotten pregnant a short while after hooking up – pun intended. Just own it and stop tying yourself in knots. The whole thing is so fake, they spend an extraordinary amount of time trying to be what they are not.
That’s probably a surprise to Kinvara who he squired around from at least January through May 2014.
Not really feeling the slicked back hair and cardigan combo. It reminds me of Jack Nicholson in the Shining for some reason. Lol.
Not sure I buy that someone stole his shoes in an upscale store. Security would be watching those girls. Or if they did manage to swipe the shoes, I cant see the store making him buy new ones. They’d be free.
Confession Time-In 10th grade I stole my crush’s gym clothes out of his locker during the school day. He got points off his participation grade that day for not having a change of clothes. He told the gym teacher someone stole his clothes, but she didn’t believe him. Lol, I don’t really feel too badly about it though 🙂
Unfortunately this obsession with SH is making her more famous. Tabloids know she is click bait and mentioning the clothes she wears is good business for the stores. You want her to disappear stop blogging about her every minutes. She knows it and their PR knows it. She has a very knowing smile. If her friend are in the PR business, she knows how to push your buttons. Get smart and ignore her. Why do you think the kardashians are so famous? If you really want her to fade in the back grown than stop pointing out stuff about her. The more she is critized the more famous or infamous she will become. I will suggest all BC’s fans who do not like SH move to another person. This is relationship of your nightmare is not going anywhere any times soon. She is going to be the next socialite with your help. Mark my words!
I agree with Chantal. If SHun does stupid crap like her ESA tantrum by all means point it out but anything else, particularly the stupid clickbait tabloid articles, ignore. I don’t get the obsessive need to rehash talking points every time a red top publishes airport photos. that’s not how you scrub the scrubber.
She a Wallis Simpson in the making. Designers and magazines will be afterafter her soon, you know how they love controversial figures. They sell magazines. She will be more famous than your BC and you will only have yourself to blame. I am glad you agree with me Claire.
I agree too. The woman needs to be ignored, because let’s face it, she got knocked up to build herself a brand new career and we are only enabling her.
But I think we should also ignore him from now on. I know I intend to. I have tickets to Hamlet I can’t return, so I will have to go. Aside from that, I am pretty much done. Unless he does a U-turn and starts working with the likes of David Lynch, I’m not interested. And considering the Marvel franchise, I doubt he will go that way. It’s funny because he used to talk about choosing roles that challenged him and he’s done anything but. The same goes for when he said he liked strong, intelligent women. I can see a pattern there.
I just like actors for their acting and don’t give a shit about their personal life unless it involves some Cosby-level nastiness. It’s their acting I’m paying them for when I buy tickets.
Some of those truther, skeptic blogs or whatever they’re called have gotten pretty crazy though I gotta say. Some it’s just gross.
@An You are right. But the truth is since watching TIG (which I disliked, and I am still puzzled by how it won best adapted screenplay), I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by his acting too. And by his choice of projects. He used to be this talented, quirky actor and I was so looking forward to seeing his Hamlet. But I’m starting to think he peaked with Sherlock and that since then he’s been over-hyped.
I prefer actors who challenge themselves and he seems to be stuck well inside his comfort zone.
Totally fair, hermi. I’m kind of late that, but I think it’s a time will tell thing with him, he’s still green to me in a way? I have this thing with actors not hitting their stride until mid-40s but maybe I just like old dudes 🙂
@An Maybe you are right, but I don’t think it’s likely. If you watch him carefully, he’s always doing the same tricks and facial expressions now. He used to be a lot more spontaneous, but for a while (probably since Parade’s End) he’s been rehashing the same repertory of trade-mark Benedict smirks. He can do them on autopilot and I sort of know which face he’s going to pull a second before he actually does it. It happened for 99% of TIG. The only really good part was towards the end, but it was too little too late.
I want him to play cockney kitchen sink, murderous sex addict, or sleazy suburban policeman. He needs to step out of tormented asexual shy genius asap, but I can’t see that happening any time soon.
It will be very interesting if he does the lead in the Patrick Melrose project, as rumor. True he will be British and posh, but the resemblance to anything he has played before pretty much ends there
@Chantel
“Unfortunately this obsession with SH is making her more famous.”
No, it’s not. Not enough people give a sh*t about her. Tabloids/Magazines/News Outlets don’t really care about her.
“Why do you think the kardashians are so famous?”
Can’t compare Sophie to the Kardashians. Apples & Oranges.
“She is going to be the next socialite with your help.”
No, she won’t. Again, not enough people give a sh*t about her. She is average/plain looking. She is a failed Actress/Singer/Theatre Director. She doesn’t have much of a personality. Just because she sat next to Anna Wintour, does not mean she will be the next “socialite.” They only took a few pictures of Sophie at the Fashion show. No video. They didn’t even Interview her. Watch the video of Benedict and Sophie at LAX. The Paps did not care about Sophie. When she couldn’t keep up, they (The Paps) didn’t slow down. Because they were too busy focusing on Benedict.
@Hermi
No one is forcing you or anyone else to come here and comment.
“we are only enabling her.”
How? Is she getting offered film/TV roles? Are job offers pouring in? Is she being Papped alone? Is she being invited to big events without Benedict? There is a reason why she is a failed Actress/Singer/Theatre Director. There is a reason why she never became the next “Reese Witherspoon/Sienna Miller” She isn’t talented. She is plain/average looking. She lacks personality/charisma.
You are right , no one is forcing me 🙂
As to your questions, it’s early days. See if it doesn’t happen. I bet you anything that she will be offered roles because she’s married to BC. It doesn’t matter if she’s not talented.
And she is a director, so he can always hire her to direct one of his projects.
OK. If you say so.
She will be the next Pippa Middleton. Her handbags, shoes will be discussed. They will be the next best sellers. I am giving you the benefits of my work experiences.
@Hermi
Sophie turns 37 this month. (In Hollywood) As Actresses get closer to 40, they aren’t offered as many roles/ don’t get offered as much work as younger Actresses. (There are exceptions) I highly doubt that Sophie is going to be one of those exceptions. (Just because she is Married to Benedict) Benedict is not George Clooney or Brad Pitt. Benedict does not have that kind of pull/weight in Hollywood to get her roles.
A role/part in Sherlock? Maybe. A role/part in a BBC Production? Maybe. A role/part in a Sunny March Production? Sure. A role/part in a Hollywood Film? Highly unlikely.
She is a “Theatre Director” not a Film Director. So what project(s) would she direct him in? Again, she is a failed Theatre Director.
@Chantel
Trying to compare Sophie to Pippa Middleton? Again, Apples and Oranges. Pippa Middleton is the younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Pretty much everyone knows/has heard of William and Kate. Not everyone knows/has heard of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Pippa pulled in over $350K last year. How much did Sophie pull in? Pippa is younger than Sophie and is far more attractive than Sophie. Pippa has style, Sophie does not. Sophie will NEVER get the type/amount of coverage that Pippa does.
I think the LAX video speaks volumes.. The Paps DID not care about Sophie.
Hasn’t it been debunked she’s not even an actual director? She’s tended to have titles like “associate director”. Also Hermi I thought hamlet tickets were refundable?
@claire re. Hamlet tickets: as a member who bought tickets for myself and a non-member, I’m stuck with them methinks. Unless I wish to be stabbed by said non-member 🙂
Whatever she is (and I believe that if by 36 you haven’t made it even in fringe theatre, you are not that good – euphemism), now she’s the wife of a celeb, so she will suddenly be turned into a uber talented whatever-director.
I can’t see BC being saddled with a stay at home nonentity. He will have to at least pretend she’s this very useful asset, non?
She *may* be able to get gigs directing theatre because she will sell tickets – nannies think they might have a chance of spotting Benedict in the audience so they’ll go see whatever avant garde nonsense she wants to do. But I doubt very much she will work again.
thing is, shes a rich kid and i know i ton of them. she can call herself a theater director’ based on the fact she hasnt worked for years and when she did, it was a few collabs of some super bad avant garde nonsense that didnt go that well at all and she can call herself an actress based on a car ad and a butt clenchingly bad midsomer murders. now the reason she can do this is because she doesnt need to earn a living. there are loads of people that would like to be actors or directors but they havent got the talent and theres no demand for them.
the financial imperative (if thats the right word) means they need to go and find a job that pays the bills. she doesnt need to do that, so she holds on to the director title. nobody is saying ‘oh. a director? but you work in a call centre?’ because shes filling her time going on endless holidays etc..
Well, I know a lady who teaches acting here in the UK and she incensed at how only privileged kids make it to the top. In fact, she loathes BC and his ilk, despite their talent, because she says there are tons of kids from poor backgrounds who are as, if not more, gifted but cannot get a foot in the door. Same was said by Judy Dench recently. So someone like SH is even more despicable because she’s not even talented and yet gets to take jobs from those who are.
And what is annoying is BC’s little fiction of “we were both so busy, etc”. She was busy taking holidays? In fact she was so busy she’s been following him around since last July. Try and do that when you have a REAL job.
@Hermi
It is not a question of apples and oranges. It is a question of the media looking for the next best thing to sell papers, magazines. for someone as talentless, no job as so many of you implied (I have no idea), she generates a lot buzz and comments. This site is perfect example. She is ripe to be next fashion it girl. Many fashion sites are already praising her style. It will not be long before they picture her without the king of Otters. If it is true she has no job or prospect of a job, I will take advantage of the situation too. Remember Mcain introduced the world to Sarah Palin and she took great advantage of the fact. It takes a famous person to introduce some unknown to the world, but it takes the interested public to raise that person to celebrity level. My dearests we are making it happen, including me and I only saw one episode of sherlock.
@chantal I think you meant Linz, not me. 🙂
Sorry, yes.
@Chantal. Baloney.
OK.
@Chantel.
Yes, it is apples and oranges. Oh FFS! Now, Sophie is going to become the next Sarah Palin? (Not a fan of Palin) Again……apples and oranges. That was a Presidential race/campaign. Picking Palin was a strategic move/plan, they wanted women voters/Hilary Clinton supporters. She went on talk shows/did interviews/campaigned/was on the covers of Magazines/front page of Newspapers/went to events/ etc. They gave her a complete make-over. Sophie is NEVER going to have that type/amount of Media coverage.. Sophie is NEVER going to reach/come close to Palin’s popularity at that time.
Benedict is not as famous/popular as you think he is/as you are trying to make him out to be. Like I said before not everyone knows/has heard of Benedict Cumberbatch. Not all women married to Actors/Celebrities become “the next big thing/fashion icons/socialites.”
She attended a Fashion Show (Invited by Anna Wintour) she sat next to Wintour. But there are only a few pics of her from the event. No video. No Interview(s). Because no one cared about a failed Actress/Singer/”Theatre Director” At the Oscars only ONE RC Interviewer acknowledged Sophie, and Benedict cut her (Sophie) off. Sophie looked happy to be acknowledged on the Red Carpet, but did not look happy after Benedict cut her off. (There is video)
The kardashians seat next to Wintour as well all the time. This is a superficial world. As long as you can help sell,they do not care. Housewives franchise anyone?
True, and like Sophie, Sarah Palin had absolutely nothing to offer except a lot of mouth. If not for John McCain, Ms. Palin and her brood of hillbillies would still be gazing at Russia from their porch. I’ll never forget how Bristol Palin managed to remain on Dancing with the Stars despite having three left feet.
I applaud your prioritising, K., I couldn’t have said it better myself. (Unless of course there were some way of nicking the nose crinkle.)
*looks dolefully at own dusty Cumberbitch Card*