In the ongoing Cumberbatch Wars, I’ve been accused of many things. Being too pro-Benedict Cumberbatch and too anti-Batch. I’ve been accused of sexism towards Sophie Hunter and accused of treating her too kindly. Meh to all of that. My opinion of Benedict and Sophie changes as we find out more about both of them. At this point, I kind of think this marriage has been built on a pretty shaky foundation, but I’m trying to give Benedict and Sophie some time and space to figure everything out. Which is difficult, because Benedict seems incapable of going undercover for longer than a week and because he’s still going to be in our faces for years to come, with all of his various projects in the theater, TV and film. That doesn’t make him a bad guy, but it does make me wonder if he’s even going to be around for Sophie and the Cumberbaby.
But why even care? Sophie is relaunching her career too. Immediately following Benedict and Sophie’s engagement announcement last fall, Sophie’s CV got fluffed up a bit so she sounded like the poshest, most educated intellectual EVER, and a perfect fit for her Cumberlover. I said at the time that Sophie seemed a bit pretentious and “fart-sniffy” and guess what? She totally is. Anyway, Sophie is now “established” in the media as a legitimate theater director, so of course she got a new gig directing Phaedra at the Beckett Festival, which takes place on two weekends over the summer.
Theatre director Sophie Hunter – who married Benedict Cumberbatch on Valentine’s Day – is to direct a Greek tragedy at the The Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, Happy Days. It’s the fourth year of the festival, which celebrates the work of writer Samuel Beckett and those who influenced him, held in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
Hunter will take on composer Benjamin Britten’s Phaedra, his final work, inside the ruined Necarne Castle.
“At the heart of it is the story of a woman who has taken in poison and is dying over 15 minutes,” Hunter told the BBC. “The music mimics the effect of the poison that is coursing through her veins.”
Hunter added that she hopes to provide an “intimate experience in an epic space”.
This will take place between July 23 and August 3. I’m assuming she’ll give birth in the next few weeks, probably right around Duchess Kate’s delivery. So Sophie will have a few months with the Cumberbaby, then she’ll have to stage and rehearse this play. And it falls during Benedict’s Hamlet run too! He’ll be in London doing Hamlet and she’ll be in Northern Ireland. Sounds about right.
Here are some more photos of Benedict at the Laureus World Sports Awards yesterday.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
1. The Batch looks really good with his short, slightly faux-hawk, haircut. Sorry Sherlock curl fans.
2. Even though I am a Greek myth admirer, I think of Phaedra Parks from RHOA these days when I hear the name Phaedra. Oy.
Me, too, *shudders*
I once taught a student named “Artemis” but she pronounced it ” ar T mez” rather than the traditional “ART eh miss.” Years later and I still have to catch myself from saying it incorrectly.
We just watched Imitation game and he was fantastic. I’m not on the Bendy bandwagon, but he was great and it was a awesome movie.
Me too! I haven’t seen Theory of Everything so I won’t say he was robbed, but I thought he was excellent in it.
he was not robbed. Eddie was so so much better
This is one time you can come close to comparing apples to apples. Benedict played Strphen Hawking in a miniseries that covers about the same time as The Theory of Everything. He was wonderful in it!
@Carol, but a performance in a miniseries cannot be nominated for an Oscar; miniseries allow more time for character development than a movie does.
Lilacflowers
BC’s Hawking wasn’t a mini-series it was a 2004 90 minute TV Movie and no it certainly wasn’t eligible for an Oscar. It was very good though and he was nominated for a Bafta along with the drama.
@Maggie, someone else labeled it a miniseries and I was responding to that. Have you found any actual, credible reviews for Letters Live? You know, ones that actually describe the material performed and critique the performances instead of gushing over how somebody looked and where her husband sat?
Lilacflowers says:
@Maggie, someone else labeled it a miniseries and I was responding to that.
Yes and I was just making a correction.
I have seen no mainstream publications that have reviewed LL but Ticketmaster have published 75 reviews from people who attended. I don’t know if they will fit your exacting standards but 74 of them were positive.
http://reviews.ticketmaster.co.uk/7171-en_gb/2096475/letters-live-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=submissionTime&dir=asc
@Maggie, then perhaps you should have corrected the person who made the mistake. As for my “exacting standards”, I regularly attend theater performances, concerts, and films. I expect a review to touch on what was performed, who performed it, and how well they performed it so I can determine whether it is worth me spending my money on it should it come my way or whether the performance might be considered award-worthy. I have no interest in reviews that discuss how lovely a person looked, unless it is part of the costume, and where the person’s spouse sat during the performance and absolutely nothing whatsoever about what was performed, how it was performed, or who the other performers were – which is what you gave me. And no, I don’t apply that standard just to things involving Sophie Hunter/Benedict Cumberbatch but to all reviews of performances. Somebody else posted the ticketmaster link on the earlier thread when she saw how far off what you had given me was. It is still not what I want but, as I said on the other thread, miles better than the tumblr thing you had posted. And Maggie, while you may think that Tumblr thing was a good review, I found it actually insulting to the woman described, her performance, and the event itself. The woman should have been critiqued on her PERFORMANCE, not on whether her spouse gazed adoringly upon her.
Off topic, I know. But, her lipstick is amazing in the header pic- the perfect bluish red. I wish I had an ID for it!!
Agreed!
Pity she’s wearing red. In a different shade.
There are a few random things that I want to do in my lifetime and the opportunity to direct a play is one of them. It will never be Broadway, but something local will be cool. I envy that Sophie gets to do that. Good for her.
“Phaedra” isn’t a play. It’s a 15 minute musical work for a mezzo-soprano singer and a chamber orchestra.
And unless Sophie Hunter can sing opera, play the harpsichord or conduct an orchestra, I struggle to see what she’s bringing to the performance.
Maybe she’ll provide mood boards for the whole thing.
Well, scrap my semi positive comment. I assumed it was a play. So what is she going to do to direct this? Doesn’t really seem like her thing.
Oh bread. You did make me laugh.
I might do my own mood boards for, for, for, well, I can’t think of anything to do them for but we NEED MORE MOOD BOARDS.
My interpretation of a comet landing! That’ll do.
All true/pretty much. All of the operas she’s affiliated with are pretty much the baby of her friend, that Staples guy. He’s actually the opera person. She’s almost always a “creative collaborator” (read: mood board friend). But she was definitely more involved in the puppet thing about Shackleton. Say what you want, but it seems she’s able to procure friends who gladly attach her to their coattails. And that’s something.
Operas and musical theatre pieces have directors, music directors & choreographers. A director is often brought in that has nothing to do with the music to direct it from an aesthetic and dramaturgical point of view. This is not uncommon.
@Dunne: But “Phaedra” isn’t an opera or musical theatre. It’s a cantata for one singer and one chamber orchestra. The mezzo-soprano might act a bit while singing but there’s no dramaturgy, no choreography to speak of.
It’s all about the music and it’s usually performed on a plain stage with the singer in front of the orchestra.
Search “phaedra britten” on youtube and pick the third video down with Julianne Young. That’s how it’s performed.
I think bread’s point is that, traditionally, Phaedra is neither an opera nor a musical theater piece so it’s in no more need of a director than a piano concerto. That being said, there’s no telling what can happen to anything (even a 15 minute song) when an avant garde comet gets their tail on it. The proof will be in the pudding – if people show up at this festival and it’s just a traditional musical performance with tons of lighting effects and fancy decorations then mood boards for everyone!
(edited to add: sorry, bread, didn’t see your comment when I posted)
I assume that if they hired a director for this, they plan on doing something dramatic and innovative with it and not just have the singer standing in front of the orchestra..Directing opera is a real thing. Very short pieces can be demanding. There isn’t just one way to do something.
I have just been given ten minutes to read poetry and interact with a kid Eric sculpture at a festival: guess what, I have to write a proposal and storyboard what I plan to do. I’m going to earn that meager stipend.
And kudos to her for Happy Days– that’s been in the works for quite awhile.
Cantatas and Oratoriums are often staged because people find it more entretaining than in their original concerto format. How far they go on the staging is pretty variable (I’ve seen almost full operatic treatments of Carmina Burana and Johannes Passion).
They’ll probably stage it like a opera scene, even though Britten’s Phaedra wouldn’t require that much production
Mood board friend.
This is the perfect summation for her career.
Oy vey, if she didn’t know how to attach herself to any willing coattail, she wouldn’t be where she is now.
As to Ben slowing down, we shall see. I doubt it.
Totally unrelated, I’m really looking forward to Olivia Poulet at the Arcola: at least she’s doing some real work, without mood boards. 🙂
I have seen musical pieces that were written for just a singer and musicians staged to make it more interesting and I have also seen one of Sophie’s productions (other than the octopus video) and I enjoyed it very much. Not everyone reaches Julie Taymor/Josie Rourke/etc level of work quickly, or even in a lifetime. I really don’t understand the constant tearing down of her work when nobody has seen any of it. The couple’s behavior in public can be pretentious and ridiculous enough but I think women need to move away from attacking other women for trying to work in a field that is dominated by white men.
@Lilacflowers
The puppetplay by chance?
@Loli, yes, the puppet play and it was fantastic.
I think we should also move on from women having to support other women only because of their gender. I have not heard of any one working in theatre have anything good to say about SH. The only comments by people in her industry have been negative ones. One even went as far as to say SH’s contribution caused a show to fail miserably (and this person was working in that show). The play you have seen may have been in fact curated by somebody else. You don’t really know. Until I hear someone, anyone, in her field talk positively about her accomplishments, I will not change my opinion just because she’s a woman.
@hermi! I agree. If this situation was reversed and she was the star with a bunch of fans and he was the gold digger that we didn’t like, what sort of “ist” would they peg us with then?
Good thing her tentacles have those suction-cup thingies, for the coattail attachments. Where would she be without those, I wonder?
Guess she has to strike the career iron while it’s hot. #justincase I think his own real life human (after all these years) may just be the thing to make BC slow down. A little bit.
I find it interesting and disheartening that Sophie seems to becoming an “it” person. She’s been in the biz for years, has had a few write ups of her works (not always complimentary), and now she gets press for a 15 minute piece which is primarily music and Opera (no mention of the conductor)? Makes me wonder if it’s the press pushing her “happening”? Or different venues trying to cash in on Ben’s popularity? Hubby himself? Too bad I can’t make it. I really want to know if she is truly talented and is just getting the press she deserves or is an emperor with no clothes who happened to marry and have a child with someone famous).
Oh no, anon121. You’re not wrong. This close up is definitely courtesy of connection with Mr. Cumberbatch. Sadly, talent doesn’t matter. Maybe she is. Maybe not. Sadly, many talented people never “make it.” And many untalented people do. Keep following your heart and dreams. Of course, you may need to come up with alternative work. But I totally regret abandoning my creative side. I admire you.
If she were talented, with all the friends in high places she seems to have, she’d be directing Hamlet at the Barbican by now. Or something like it.
This piece seems to be at the same level as her previous work and with someone she’s worked with before, so it’s not really a step “up” for her. The press attention may be greater, but I don’t see the evidence of it being a Cumby hookup for her. Perhaps such a job will appear in the future, but this one doesn’t seem to me to be that.
No one was talking about it before in the papers and online. Spot the difference now? 🙂
I hope she remembers how to do it after not working all these years. Who am I idding her team will do all the heavy lifting just like every other job she has ever been in.
I hope she stays true to her avant garde roots and doesn’t try to please everybody.
Yeah, what about octopusses sensually gliding down the podium and whispering French?
I picture something minimalist and intimate, a beautiful set, good use of light and slowly dying movement. You’ll hate it. Never fear. 🙂
”I picture something minimalist and intimate, a beautiful set, good use of light and slowly dying movement.”
How is this avant garde?
How is it not? My description could be manifest as many things. What is your problem?
You said she ought to stay true to her avant garde roots and not to try to please everyone. And the description you provided is as tame and conventional as it gets and pleasing to basically everyone.
Ah, finally quotes about her artistic vision, directly from the divine Ms. C. I knew it was only a matter of time. And from the BBC, where her husband is their biggest draw. He’s their prize pony and provides their biggest ratings, of course they’re only too happy to oblige, and share her brilliant, creative views with the masses.
Agree, that this performance is really comprised of someone singing and others accompanying the performer musically. Fifteen minutes in length seems about right. She seems superfluous in this, as she always has. But it will add credibility to the claim of “theatre director Sophie Hunter” whenever she is mentioned.
That baby is due any day. I’ll bet he’s hoping he will be called out of Sherlocked Con to rush to the hospital to “direct” the birth. She will then resume her role as his constant companion. The last few days in China will be his only appearances without her. Wouldn’t be surprised if they showed up at the Met Ball. She will be with him in LA for Letters Live, in June, mark my words. Luckily we’ll be spared her reading to her “unborn child.” I’m sure she has another letter already prepared.
She’s not going to be Sophie Cumberbatch?
Would you want to be a Cumberbatch?
(Hanging head in shame) Mrs. Otter, please –
No! She wants to be known as “Theatre Director and Actress Sophie Hunter”! “Mrs. Cumberbatch” would just make this new publicity that much more obvious. Plus, if there IS a divorce down the road, her brand remains intact.
I don’t know enough about this type of work to understand how much time is involved in it. But I do know something about being post-partum and caring for a newborn. You’re sore for the first week, very tired, overwhelmed and constantly fatigued due to feeding your kid every 2-3 hours. It can take weeks to get into a good routine with your baby and longer than that before they’re sleeping a solid 6 hours straight at night. Add the possibility of post-partum depression many moms experience and I wonder how well this will work out for her. There are so many unknowns.
I don’t assume she’ll be a bad mom, but without a full-time nanny, it will be rough trying to being a good mother and good director so early in her parenting experience. I don’t shade her for wanting to pursue her professional interests, but I don’t understand why she’d add work to her plate during those early months of bonding with her baby. The first several months with my kids were precious and I cried the day I had to drop them off at daycare to return to work. We Americans are so jealous of you Europeans and your long maternity leaves. If we’re lucky we get three months at most and we’re using our accrued vacation time to cover our missing paychecks. I would have given my right arm to have taken a year to enjoy full time motherhood before returning to work.
It doesn’t look like she’ll be doing any real work anyway, probably no more than her mood boards on a somewhat larger scale. It’s typically something for a hobby dilletante like her, and in the meantime her CV gets an entry.
@ mtnrunner she can do a lot of the work now, everything from conception to planning/staging and even early rehearsals. then just have an assistant run some later rehearsals.
”she can do a lot of the work now, everything from conception to planning/staging and even early rehearsals. then just have an assistant run some later rehearsals.”
[giggle] I read ”conception” and honestly thought you were talking about her pregnancy and delivery. [snort]
planning/staging/rehearsals …
I think it’s prescient of Sophie to foresee that she will want to get the f*ck away from Duke Ben and his “theories” on how best to bring up a child that is compos mentis. A few weeks away from his constant calls to Wanda for reassurance when Sophie disagrees might be just the ticket.
Although I can see Duke Ben’s argument now, “But dearest, my thoughts on child-rearing are every bit an intimate experience in an epic space. Just give me a few hours to explain them to you.”
So in your crystal ball you see Ben playing referee to his two strong-willed women over parenting choices? hmmmm…
Oh dear. Strong willed women! Wanda will be beside herself. I wonder if she is knitting an owl Now as we speak….
Oh, I am not allowed around crystal balls since my Anthony Gatto impression went so horribly wrong.
Benny-boy wouldn’t referee anything, he would simply complain that no one was bringing him his Pimm’s cup, should two people have the audacity to hold a conversation that doesn’t involve him.
As Miss Jupitero alludes, I imagine Wanda and Sophie will be more entertained by Duke Ben’s attempts at infant wrangling than at odds. I can see them sitting back with a cocktail giggling and offering up, “No, no – you’ve almost got it. Generally one puts the diaper around the bum but that little nappy toga you have him in is dashed clever. Maybe another pin?”
*snort*
No, he won’t be refereeing. The “only child despite having an actual sister” will be calling mommy because Sophie isn’t making the baby stop interrupting his train of thought and Sophie isn’t paying attention to him and Sophie isn’t making the baby be the all enlightening article of the human condition that will allow him to win all the Oscars.
A nappy toga! It’s all about essentials!
I want to see Cumby wrangling a baby on his own, after Sophie goes to Ireland, Wanda has told him to stop calling and waking her up, and every nanny and babysitting service in London has told their staff not to send anyone over to Cumberbatch Manor again. They will not accept his free coupons.
Cumby will try to calm his fussy new baby first with bedtime stories about Smaug, complete with the roaring dragon voice and probably that motion capture he’s so proud of. When that doesn’t work, he will perform Hamlet for the baby in its entirety, and will complain that the infant doesn’t applaud. Finally, he will just pretend that the baby is interviewing him about something, and will give his trademark long, flowery, endless answers until the poor little Cumberling begins screaming. After a few hours, concerned neighbors will call police to check on them. They will find Mr. Cumberbatch curled up in a corner, rocking to and fro, and the baby smiling, cooing, and playing with his little stuffed hedgehog with not a care in the world, as after his Daddy stopped talking, talking, talking, the little angel calmed right down.
He needs to get a manor first.
[Honestly, I think he’ll make a decent parent and some of this is getting meh].
His loquaciousness could put the kid to sleep.
I realize they will probably have an army of nannies and night nurses to run things and the baby will be comfortably ensconced in a nursery somewhere, but can I just say that I would give almost anything to see some photos from Hamlet rehearsals showing the Cumberbaby strapped to Ben’s chest in a Baby Bjorn while he attempts to run lines between bouts of incessant crying (the baby’s, not his -ok maybe his too, sleep deprivation is a bitch). Does anyone remember Frasier? I’m picturing Niles with a sack of flour that gets increasingly worse for wear as the episode progresses.
I want to print this comment up and paste it on my comedy mood board for all of eternity
@Darya, the sack of flour/baby that was run through with a fencing sword? There are swords in Hamlet.
@Darya I loved that episode and adored Niles. I would pay to see BC do that. Even on top of what I have already paid for the tickets! 🙂
So she’s officially expected to birth the baby Cumberlizard in what, two weeks?
I wonder what it’ll look like. If fate is kind, it’ll look more like her, I’m not sure any baby should be cursed with his hammerhead shark too-wide-apart eyes.
Talentless actress, a self‐styled stage director and an escort woman threaten a famous actor by the pregnancy. Vogue writes a false praise article for her. And she supervises the work of the British national composer.
SH may become the legend of the U.K. show biz world.
I love it! A new spin! She’s brilliant in the role, if ALL points are true. 😉
I have been off the Cumberbatch’s daily news reports for the past few weeks. I am trying to catch up out of boredom. Now his wife was an escort? Where is this come from? Her wedding dress is in question? Her baby is due any day now instead of in the summer. I think I got everything. Are people making up stuff about her just to have a laugh at BC’s expense. If not, this woman must have done something and karma is at her door. It does not make sense. I would say she seems pretentious, so is her husband. Match made in heaven or hell depending on the future.
The dress was an embellishment from a dress from 2014. The Vogue article gave the impression that it was from scratch. I honestly don’t think it should be thought of that much since it was a 3 month ordeal so it makes sense they would cut corners by taking a previous dress. Also, it’s so quiet now that she’s probably giving birth right now.
The wedding dress thing shows her true colours. I know a few truly artistic people and they would not go to Valentino (with a mood board) for their wedding dress. They’d rather hunt around for a lovely vintage dress or favour a new creative talent (like Isabella Blow did with McQueen). She’s just as banal as she looks. Valentino, really????? Why not Armani then? Yawn.
By the way, her Vogue quote has made it into the Pseuds corner in Private Eye.
What an achievement, Mrs C.! 🙂 🙂
Usually, I’m all for supporting working women and especially working mothers but this is silly. It’s not like she’s working 24/7 as we speak. Why work when you have an infant and don’t need the money?
Beat. Iron. While. Hot #justincase
You never know what’s around the corner, do you?
i always love the Cumberbatch and anything related to him threads. These last few months have had the wittiest dialogue and comments I’ve ever read. You guys are awesome!
Mrs. Lizard is so thirsty… 😉
Making a name for herself totally unassisted going down the promising path she was on before whatshisface…
Right. I’ll never respect anyone who leeches off others’ accomplishments. Get real. She isn’t believable in the slightest and it’s downright embarrassing.
Why do people hate this woman? She’s lovely and seems smart and talented. I know some folks who knew her through the NY avant garde scene and they said she was funny and smart with great ideas. Why do folks who don’t know her, hate her? This seems so unfair.
The avant garde scene that she’s barely a part of?
Other people who have worked with her have said she’s the biggest dullard they’ve ever met and productions have tanked under her sad and flimsy excuse for directing work. You’re always going to get a mixture of opinions on any one person. I don’t think anyone seriously hates her outright.
Nobody hates Sophie. We are concerned that the marriage was a shotgun one which appears to have made both of these people miserable. While they seem to be getting along better, it seems odd that both parents are filling up their schedules with a new baby in tow. Ben’s been known for a while, seems like Sophie’s gigs are recent. Add in some very public “gaffes” (or fibs) in some major publications and things look weird to say the least. For me and many others (many professional women though not speaking for all), the biggest problem has been the revision of her accomplishments. To the point where one company asked that Sophie not be connected to their company. A credit for directing an opera through Africa turned out to be a staging trip that never happened. Speaking for myself only, I have worked extremely hard for every line on my CV. It had nothing to do with who I was married. Also didn’t affect positions, publications, presentations that I gave, as it shouldn’t.
sorry to off on a tangent, but it appears, to me anyway, that she is suddenly the “it” girl because of her husband who spent an entire red carpet season acting bizarre on the red carpet.
I have a question for you please-your acquaintances said she was funny and smart with great ideas. Can you share her accomplishments?
Thanks!
@Garfield — There haven’t been many reports about what she’s like personally or professionally, and the few comments that surfaced weren’t positive, but maybe it’s only the negative stuff that ends up on gossip blogs. Someone from her Broadway show said she sort of showed up but didn’t really contribute much as director and acted like she expected everyone to be wowed by her mere presence. Maybe her friends and coworkers don’t feel the need to chime in positively about her now that she’s in the public eye, but it strikes me as odd how there’s a sort of silence from and around her considering the amount of press there is about her relationship.
It’s kind of odd that there’s nothing nothing from her enthusiast collegues and co-workers telling how wonderful and creative a director she is…
She wasn’t the director. She was an associate director. Rupert Goold was the director of ENRON (it’s spelled like that. It’s based off of the energy company). Something went wrong with the New York run she was a part of because the West End run did fine.
@Felice – Ohhh, my bad, thank you. I just remembered the comment was about the low quality of her contribution on the Bway show from someone who had worked on it and he/she sounded PISSED.
Oh don’t worry. I think it was fluffed to make it seem like she directed it. I remember that comment. I’m sure she was pissed considering the play did so well everywhere else.
One of my friends saw the play here in London and it blew her away. And she’s not even a theatre person. What could they have done to ruin the Broadway version? 🙂
@garfield I just dislike her, like I would dislike anyone who alleges accomplishment they don’t have. I said it many times before: if she had all these talents, considering how many famous people she knows (even before BC) – she’d be well known by now. She isn’t because she doesn’t. It’s that simple. I also have many great ideas, it doesn’t mean I would succeed as an avant garde director. Or any kind of director.
Didn’t her fellow students praise her as bicycle?
Lol they did
The kind that everyone gets to ride on, Hermi.
Garfield
You might be interested in these reviews of Sophie Hunter’s theatrical works. Some good , some neutral and some not so good.
To call her a failed director is to put down all those who work hard in small theatres and behind the scenes in theatrical productions. Not everyone can have the success that Benedict has had but that does not mean they are failures. You can also catch up on her film and TV work on her IMDB profile. Once again not everyone can be the star and there would be no productions if there were no small parts or bit parts.
I hope the link works, if not you can google ockhamsrazorbc.tumblr.
http://ockhamsrazorbc.tumblr.com/post/116683184455/viewing-reviews
I apologize for not reading the link immediately. Those ENRON reviews are for the West End one though. Her New York production closed after 20 days.
It’s not that she’s failed, it’s just she’s not as affluent and successful as they made her out to be. She’s not Amal. Also in some of these productions, she’s not the director. She’s always a team member.
@Maggie, I have actually seen something Sophie directed and thought it was very good. That said, as I explained to you once before, I cannot take seriously a “review” from Tumblr.
@ Lilacflower
it might be on Tumblr but it is a compilation of reviews from mainstream publications and the links to the publications are all on there.
I forgot to add that no matter what, I really feel for both of these people. They are trying to make a difficult situation work on a world stage which much be a bear for both of them.
I say, save your pity for someone who deserves it! These are two incredibly privileged people who had the world handed on to them without having to struggle much. BC at least had to work a bit, but she’s just lucky. And now they have to suffer a bit of attention from the press and the public: oh poor them! Do you really think they care what we think or say? They really really don’t (and why should they?) At best they are indifferent, at worst they despise the sight of us lowly commoners 🙂
@hermi! “but she’s just lucky” Nah, she ain’t even lucky, just fertile!
and him thinking his pull out game was on point.
There’s a reason why no one has seen her work; because it’s not notable enough to encourage others to see it. She’s a failed theatre director, failed actress, failed etc etc etc. A. Nobody. Shame BC got latched onto by her.
@ felice You crack me up!
Ouch! Apparently Sophie’s comment from Vogue was just featured in the Psueds Corner column of Private Eye mag in the UK. Looks like some people in the press/media think she’s pretentious too.
I just saw this too! LOL! It was inevitable though; it sounds like a quote from Zoolander.
SH remind me of Heather Mills.
However, Heather was a genuine successful activist. Paul met her at the Dorchester Hotel, during the Pride of Britain Awards event. Their relations were normal at first.
Mr & Mrs Cumberbatch’s relationship are strange from the first.