Benedict Cumberbatch ‘only had eyes for Sophie’ during their Jaguar photoshoot

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Another day, another Benedict Cumberbatch round-up. You know how we discussed Benedict and Sophie’s rather obvious paparazzi photoshoot, presumably for Jaguar? The photoshoot was done days before the Oscars – go here to see. An Englishman and his knocked up wife… and a sun-dappled Jaguar. Making out while pumping gas, a tender embrace whilst watching the sunset. Well, E! News has a write-up of the photos, and it’s sort of hilarious. “Sources” tell E! News that “they could not keep their hands off of one another” and “Benedict looked completely in love, he only had eyes for Sophie.” For the love of God.

There’s also this MTV video from the Oscar red carpet – Benedict is actually really cute here and I like his response to the Doctor Strange question. Is his Strange going to be American or British? I hope British. Because I worry about Bendy’s American accent.

Next up: Ed Sheeran talked a little bit more about how Bendy was supposed to star in his music video for “Sing.” This is not the first time Sheeran has claimed that Bendy was originally going to do a music video, but this is the first time Sheeran has talked about the concept for the Cumber.

Ed Sheeran has revealed he’d lined up Benedict Cumberbatch to star in his video for Sing. Breakdancing. The 24-year-old hitmaker was planning to have his actor pal busting his moves ‘in a karaoke bar with a load of Korean dudes’ – but the idea never quite came in to fruition.

‘We had a few conversations about it, some dinner – we ate roast chicken. A conversation was about as far as it got,’ Sheeran revealed this morning on Nick Grimshaw’s BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show. ‘I’ll find a better idea and approach him with it, but he’s Oscar nominated now, I don’t know if he’s up for dancing around with Koreans in a music video,’ he added.

[From Metro]

That actually would have been a cute concept video. And it probably would #BreaktheInternet and Tumblr would have a meltdown. Oh well.

And finally, Benedict and TIG got nominated for lots of Empire Awards. He’ll be up against Eddie Remayne again though.

Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.

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  1. Kaley says:

    They really do look alike.

    Kudos the her for being able to wear that dress pregnant though. I always gain everywhere; she’s just a belly!

    • 5Pointz says:

      SH in Oscar was vulgar like Katie Price.
      Lanvin is OK. But, red “lookatme” dress with creepy smile was not Classy.
      It was Oscar for BC. A list of thanks Graham Moore read did not have her name.
      And BC seem to can’t stand her arm around his shoulder.
      She erases his brightness with her darkness. brrrrrrr…

      • Jaded says:

        Ok you are either trolling, gone off your meds or you are the president of the International Society of Cumbernuts.

      • valgal says:

        Two words for you @Jaded: Vogue article. If you can’t google it, visit one of the tumblr sites. Anna Wintour may just be done.

  2. NewWester says:

    Can’t wait to read the comments on this post. Better go make another coffee.

  3. ncboudicca says:

    My Lenten resolution really should be to stop reading any Benedict and Comet Sophie stories, but the comments are always so good…

  4. Maya says:

    Oh god – Benedict why did you get together with Weinstein and did this whole desperate awards campaign?

    I have Benedict fatigue and not only do I have problems with his constant interviews/articles – I sm actually getting tired of listening to his divine voice.

    • whatsup says:

      I don’t think it is Weinstein unfortunately. All him. I think Harvey jumped ship so so so long ago.

      • a says:

        BC’s PR doesn’t have these type of resources, so it’s either Weinstein’s new campaign manager (his old one quit this season) or a third party. Either way, this will be probably be a lesson for him once it ends with the major DVD release.

    • seesittellsit says:

      IMO, SoGo was right: HW may have hooked the two up last spring but probably washed his hands of the whole shebang when BC knocked her up. If HW had been in charge of this, it never would have happened or would have been handled better. He’s got pros on hand who do nothing BUT. This was handled so badly by BC’s and SH’s side it boggles the mind. As for those Jaguar pap photos – I’ve glanced at them and mostly both of them seemed to be keeping a keen eye on the paps and ad photogs over each other’s shoulders. It all looked like exactly what it was: Benedict Cumberbatch kills off dorkybatch for good and to that extent, SH is HIS tool not the other way around, although I remain of the opinion that she did it on purpose to snatch a new life before hitting 40 empty handed. I expect they’ll be reasonably all right. But this is all part of the campaign to leave his former image behind – call it a case of BC seizing an opportunity and making lemonade (he thinks) with lemons. But HW involved? Not with this shambles. He’d have fired the whole PR staff for this.

      • alice says:

        But still, WTH was his thought process? Kill off the personality that won him his fandom and replace it with a grumpy, sour, snappish man who suddenly looks ten years older than he is? How he or his PR thinks that will establish him as a leading man I can’t fathom. I am tenuously holding on to the temporary insanity defense, but it’s getting weaker by the pap spread.

  5. Abbott says:

    The gifs of them dancing at the after parties were cute.

    In otter news, that loud “cha-ching” you just heard was gold coins shooting out of BC’s head as he walked out of the Jaguar dealership. Or Mario jumped on his head again trying to reach the next castle.

    • Kiddo says:

      He did Jaguar commercials and likely got one as compensation, or is contractually obligated to drive one, for the deal. Man, people lose their friggin’ minds on these threads. This doesn’t look staged to me.

      • Abbott says:

        That makes sense. If I had BC money and/or connections I’d do the same thing. (Not really, I’d insist on travelling by jet pack, but I get whatcher sayin’, Kiddo).

      • AG-UK says:

        exactly and dressed like they were doubt that is any ad agencies idea of an ad just got use of a car for a few days. Not uncommon in LA where you can rent anything but he didn’t pay I am sure.

      • Beckyj says:

        Lol. Whut? In what paralell universe could these awful pics be anything BUT staged? I think it’s not a lost mind that can see that but a very healthy sense of reality. Paired with the other 85 photo story of their day out, it makes for v obvious viewing. Particularly the ones which make direct eye contact with the paps. Nevermind bendy. If you can’t win headlines with awards, speed dial those paps instead.

      • MtnRunner says:

        Beckyj, I think kiddo was referring to staging the Jag for an advert, not the pap photos of them gazing at the ocean.

    • Olenna says:

      LOL!

    • seesittellsit says:

      You know, the announcement in PEOPLE that he HAD bought that ghastly faux Tuscan Villa in Hidden Hills was never denied by his PR. IF he bought it, he probably needs every penny he can lay his hands on, as that house’s price would have been a large chunk of his entire net worth (reputedly about $15 million). Maybe, in addition to getting rid of the fangirls’ adored Dorkybatch, this papping out of his personal life to the tabs and the Jaguar gig are helping to offset the price of the house. As I think I said once before, I wonder if part of the rage directed at SH by the crazy fangirls who want Dorkybatch back isn’t b/c underneath it they can sense his rejection of them in the new directions he’s taken – the rush into marriage, the gaudy L.A. home, the fawning over the tabloids, the Jaguar ads . . .but can’t bring themselves to admit that it’s been HIM all along, not HER, so they go off the deep end with the fake PG b.s.

  6. Loopy says:

    Wow he really wants to be THAT guy, somebody needs to remind him what happened to Tom Cruise, he has not been taking seriously since his over the top romance.

    • Crocuta says:

      I think nobody takes Tom Cruise seriously because of Scientology. Sure his romantic antics were weird, but you can take them in a positive or negative manner and then you let it go. Joining a cult and heavily promoting it? Not by chance people will forget. He’s way more laughed at for that.

      So unless Benedict does something this stupid (and I believe he is too intelligent for that, although in truth only time will tell), he’ll be alright.

      • Loopy says:

        But when did Tom join the cult,i’m sure decades ago, the tide really changed during the courting of Katie Holmes and lets not forget couch gate. That is when people started giving him the side eye.

      • Crocuta says:

        I don’t know when he joined but he didn’t become such an evident spokesperson right away, at least not to my knowledge. I can’t speak for USA news because I live in Southeastern Europe, but here the first media facepalms about him began in 2003 or 2004 when he started promoting Scientology (that was the first time I heard about this “religion”, that’s basicly why I remember it so clearly, him talking about how it cured his dyslexia, and then reading what Hubbard’s book is about and going “what the —“).

        When he started dating Holmes and speaking about Scientology even more, it was all linked together in a huge mess and everybody said it’s the cult that makes him insane. My point is that without the Scientology background I think the media, and subsequently the public, would go easier on his antics.

      • Jaded says:

        @Crocuta – Tom lost his objectivity in 2004 when he fired his original publicist (the amazing Pat Kingsley who kept the Co$ nonsense on the down-low) and hired his sister, Lee Anne DeVette, to be his new publicist. She is an ardent Scientologist as well and that’s when he (they) really started to spout the Co$ nonsense in a big way. I gather she saw this appointment as a golden opportunity to push the Co$ agenda but it backfired on the both of them.

      • Crocuta says:

        @Jaded – Thanks, I didn’t know what exactly happened. I just remember he was known and mocked for Scientology before his relationship with Katie Holmes became known, because there were speculations by the media that she was picked by the church to be his bride and all his “I love her so much” goofing was later thought to be a charade.

        OK, writing that I realised why people who doubt in true love between Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter might compare Ben and Tom.

      • Felice says:

        They later admitted 2 years ago that she was chosen.

      • Crocuta says:

        In that case, I’m glad their plan backfired.
        And it makes me feel sad for Cruise.

      • 85tan says:

        Poor Katie.
        However, she is a talented woman and beautiful than SF.

  7. m3445 says:

    Who else was he going to look at?

  8. queenofcauliflower says:

    I thought we were about to be given a break from the constant stream of BC stories??!?
    Is it because of the many clicks this site gets that we now have this non-story here? (He didn’t even give a new interview / make an appearance or anything.)
    But yeah, I totally agree: The comments are always highly entertaining …

    • maria says:

      Yeah the comments need to stop. I have studying to do and no discipline. Help a gal out!

    • TheOnlyDee says:

      The writers on here know where their bread is buttered. Even if these two disappear for a while, there will be tons of stories when the baby comes.

  9. carrie says:

    BC only had eyes for Sophie, but Sophie only had eyes for the camera! lol
    Can somebody tell me why they are trying to make her happen? She’s a nobody!

    • Green Eyes says:

      Sophie only has eyes for the CumberWallet!

      • EscapedConvent says:

        And he keeps a death grip on that wallet! Maybe she hasn’t yet noticed how tight he is with the purse strings. But judging from her casual, non-red-carpet clothing choices, she probably won’t be needing a lot of clothes.

        We used to joke about Cumby finding a woman who could improve his taste in clothes. And now look! 😨

    • jason says:

      However, he didn’t really look at her much.
      She seems always irritated with him…..

    • seesittellsit says:

      Believe totally they are trying to make Hunter happen. Once the baby is a few months’ old and they have a nanny in place she can start going through the doors that the name “Cumberbatch” will open that the name “Hunter” didn’t. GF is no fool-she knew what she was doing. Either that was part of the bargain (if there was one) or there’s no way he can stop her. Did anyone see a zillion photos of the loved-up Eddie Redmayne (the ACTUAL Best Actor winner) and Hannah Bagshawe? Does anyone else but me figure that BC/SH at the Oscars had their own photographer? Amazing how much more photo attention there was on the LOSER than the WINNER, eh? Sorry, kids, still smelling something rotten in Benmark.

      • hermi says:

        Yep, you hit the nail on the head. No way they would have had so much attention without a personal photographer.
        And by the way, Eddie and Hannah don’t need to show how in love they are, because THEY ARE. 🙂

  10. Sally says:

    Good God! They are trying so HARD to sell us this BC/SH great love story thing, that it looks less true with every article like this!
    What has got into BC? He used to be such a quiet, private chap!

  11. InvaderTak says:

    So the paps name was Sophie too then.

  12. Naddie says:

    They don’t seem… in love. But it’s not up to me to decide, let the guy and her do what they want.
    Also, I hate the way Sheeran mentioned the koreans… Like they were exotic animals or anything. I see americans are building an stereotype for asians already.

  13. tara says:

    Ah no, Dr. strange is not British. Don’t make him British, Marvel.

    • Lilacflowers says:

      From what I have heard, Marvel has told him to work on a decent American accent, based on the General American that all the news people are trained to use.

      • tara says:

        That’s good to hear. I like BC, but didn’t want him to be cast as Dr. Strange. And when he was, I was worried they’d turn him English. That would be disappointing.

      • Lilacflowers says:

        Well, there may still be reason to worry. His American accent in August: Osage Country was dreadful.

      • Felice says:

        I was at Hay. It wasn’t too bad there but the Brit was peeking through a little. (No, I don’t remember her reading. I can’t even remember her voice)

      • hermi says:

        I can’t stand when Brits are made to sound American. It’s awful. Just hire an American actor and be done with it.

      • Green Eyes says:

        Some British actors can get the American accent right: Andrew Lincoln (from the Walking Dead) comes to mind. He does it so well that I always find it disconcerting when he speaks with his regular Brit accent.

      • Felice says:

        And Hugh Laurie

    • Lucrezia says:

      Honest question – why do people care what nationality Dr Strange is? He’s not like Captain America or Black Widow, where nationality is integral to the character. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if they made him a Brit.

  14. Dree says:

    Benedict and his wife look so much like each other, they truly are The Otters! Good luck to them.

  15. Gracie says:

    Good for them they only have eyes for each other. Now please go nesting. Is it Friday yet?

  16. Snazzy says:

    Am I the only one who loves the idea of him doing Korean Karaoke in an Ed Sheeran video? That would be hilarious!

  17. scout says:

    Isn’t she supposed to look at him atleast when he is kissing her hand? I would have. Glad he is trying to show some PDA. Saw those pics with Jaguar and Sophie hugging him while he is pumping gas with one hand. Looks so staged and funny. But happy for them, let them “nest”. 🙂

    • **sighs** says:

      She looks like she can’t wait for the hand kissing to be over with.

      • Claire. says:

        No she looks like she thinks she’s the queen and he’s a peasant. Just like the photos where she’s preparing to walk the rc and she’s asking someone give her something. The look on her face said it all. Who does she think she is? She needs to be taken down a few notches

      • Lu says:

        Why he cares to abase himself to her like this publicly beats me. Any one of his many pictures petting at and kissing at her, while she doesn’t even look at him, would be OK on its own, but taken as a whole, it makes him seem pathetic. The Oscars were his night as a nominee, and she should have been there to support him while he shone, not to be rolled out as the “real” star herself. She’s done nothing of note but be chosen by him.

        I know it was all a part of his masquerade that he didn’t care he was going to lose because he had something “better,” but if he were only going to use the Oscars as the latest installment of the Ben and Sophie Love Parade, why bother going? He was so busy dabbing at her that he didn’t even pay any attention to his parents, the people who raised, supported, and loved him for the 38 years prior to the 6 or so months she’s been on the scene.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Lu, I’m glad someone brought up his parents, because their being relegated to second place on Oscar Night is the most glaring part of the proceedings, to me. This was a once-in-a-lifetime thing for the Cumbies, and they were thrilled that their son was an Oscar nominee. Imagine what a great, happy night this should have been for his parents. But we see Benedict taking a group selfie, and who is the most prominent person in the photo? Yep.

        It was a bit heart-wrenching to see this group photo, with Wanda and Tim standing behind Sophie, barely able to be seen behind her, as she is taller. (Don’t the shorter people usually stand in front, or is that just for class pictures?)

        You could barely see his Dad at all, and Wanda’s face looked like it could sear concrete. The expression on her face could not be called pleased. Only two people looked happy—Sophie, grinning like her life depended on it, and Benedict, who was oblivious.

        Maybe I’m making too much of this, but I felt sad for his parents on that night. If it had been only a night for him and his parents, the picture would have been completely different.

      • Lu says:

        @EscapedConvent, I feel sad for them, too. Benedict fans are fond of his parents because they seem great and he always speaks so warmly and lovingly of them. Seeing them all together at the Oscars was something to look forward to, especially since they are actors and know what a career highlight this is and could share it with him. But in the event, they were just trailing around untended. I think we all hoped he’d be right there with them, having fun, showing them off, and having a great time with them. Also, as popular as they may be as actors in England, I don’t think they have a ton of experience with big-time red carpets, Hollywood- and BAFTA-style, so it seemed ungrateful of him to just let them be by themselves, as if he and Sophie were on a double-date with another couple they weren’t too fond of. He seemed to be all about playing to the cameras and forgetting about what’s real.

      • Felice says:

        It very much upset me. I was hoping his mom would be his date like he promised.

      • Claire. says:

        Well said, ladies.

      • Alice says:

        EC. I don’t think you’re making too much of it. This could very well be the only time W and T are able to attend the AA with their son as a nominee. Who knows when he’ll have another opportunity? BC and SH were so busy posing and being the “stunning couple” that they didn’t have time to give a fig about anyone else, not even the two who will be there for him when everyone else has dropped away.

      • tsmiv2 says:

        I agree about W&T being relegated to the background. At their age, how many opportunities are they going to get to go the Oscars? He won’t be nominated again anytime soon. He’s only got Black Mass coming out this yr and Dr. Strange is not Oscar material. It was almost like she was the star on Oscar night and not him. Don’t most of the nominees pose for some shots alone? He should have insisted on having some red carpet pics with his actor parents.

      • EN says:

        I don’t agree with you all on his parents. Sophie seems to be on good terms with them.
        For Benedict the red carpet was work, so he was ahead of them with his publicist, giving an interview after an interview. And I noticed that when his dad started to fall behind as they were entering it was Sophie who turned around, noticed it and made them wait.
        And also when Benedict was giving an interview Sophie was hanging behind talking to his dad.
        I think you are seeing things you want to see, frankly.

      • Claire. says:

        So does she have to push them down a stairwell to prove it? Wanda looked unhappy all night. This should have been the night of her life, win or not.

      • EN says:

        @claire, Wanda looked unhappy? She wasn’t even with them on RC, I don’t know where she was.
        And let’s be honest, Wanda never smiles so there is no way to know whether she is happy or unhappy, she always looks angry to me.

      • Claire. says:

        I’ve never seen her looking angry.

    • Nonnie says:

      Yes, she patiently waits till her hand is free of saliva…

  18. Jan Harf says:

    Oh, for the love of God.
    My eyes just rolled out of my head.

  19. whatsup says:

    The Ham & High doesn’t want him in Hampstead either (technically he’s on the outskirts in another ‘hood capture area) and doesn’t recognise him as living in the area. http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/property/11_celebrities_you_may_or_may_not_know_own_property_in_hampstead_1_3970371

    • gg says:

      I think he may “technically” live in Camden, which is weird because I have an old friend who is in local politics there

      • whatsup says:

        Close to a church choir tree neighbourhood too….right on the border when looking for flats in the area of how it is classified.

    • oops says:

      One of the few things I feel super bad about is the address thing. It’s the perfect place to raise a family. Let’s not clue in nutters? :-/ 🙁

  20. ANON says:

    He’s a complete and otter disgrace.

  21. misstee says:

    She looks like a Meercat with that ridiculous neck stretching she does.

  22. M.A.F. says:

    OMG! I thought we were done with his posts?! Ahhhh. One of Hiddles movies needs to start making waves to knock Cumberbatch out of here until either the birth of his baby (which they will release photos, let’s not kid ourselves ) or Hamlet starts.

    • MtnRunner says:

      Oh God, yes. We need a High Rise trailer!

    • seesittellsit says:

      Hiddles is playing it right for 2015: four films coming out, all different and showing his range: Hank Williams biopic, Gothic suspense thriller, sci-fi, adventure story. I suspect Hiddles has been doing some reassessment recently. Remains to be seen how big these films go, but it’s a lot in the pipeline. Of course Bendy’s got “Hamlet” coming up that should be big, but different audience.

      • MtnRunner says:

        Don’t forget The Night Manager in Spring 2016!! If there’s any project that will get him known by middle America, it’s an espionage thriller on AMC with House as his co-star. My 70YO parents will be watching that! I too think he’s been smart in his choices and will continue to move away from Loki. His fanbase will broaden little by little this year (presuming the various genre movies are good), but NM will have the broadest appeal, I think.

      • M.A.F. says:

        I forgot about the TV show.

    • icerose says:

      There is no way they are not up for the paps and PR.There are so many resorts/hotels etc which offer privacy for the rich and famous that achieving the so called privacy he talked about would have been easy peasy. Even road trips can be carried out with less of the PR they are getting.
      Does Comet Sophie know how to smile?

  23. Another Anon says:

    So if they honeymoon is being sponsored by Jaguar, will the impending blessed event be a water birth sponsored by Evian?

  24. maudfricker says:

    More pap pics of them today whale watching (no comment)

    • Felice says:

      So only pap pics from last week and none of them after the Oscars?

    • gg says:

      They are on SoGo , looks like Benedct may be carrying a bottle of gin in the first one (I wish was joking!

      • Felice says:

        I saw them. She finally buttoned her coat but still wears that puffy jacket under it. It’s not that cold in Big Sur. None of them after the Oscars though. No, PR, I’m not asking.

      • gg says:

        She clearly brought the ic(y stares) with her

      • **sighs** says:

        I used to live in that neck of the woods. I’ve done the whale watching. It’s cold on Monterey Bay. Especially in February.
        She looks miserable. I don’t know that I’d necessarily want to be that pregnant on a cold boat. Especially the smaller boats. The water can get rough out there. People on my boat barfed and it was a much bigger boat than that.
        I hope he isn’t making her do this stuff. I really hope it’s been her choice. BY the look on her face, though, it doesn’t appear to be.
        Let your very pregnant bride take the lead on the honeymoon activities. Especially those involving watercraft.
        I’m really starting to (and have been for awhile) think he’s really just an @$$hole.

      • Felice says:

        Should she even be doing it if it gets rough?

      • Cee says:

        @gg – That’s a bottle of water.

      • **sighs** says:

        It’s personal preference. I wouldn’t want to simply for the lack of a bathroom!

      • Jojar Pinks says:

        shes as lucky as f**k shes being taken on a whale watching trip. its not white water rafting. she can stay at the tosswank parties and talk dead animals with lizard woman wintour. ill take her place on the boat and watch the wildlife as opposed to wearing it.

        *flounces out*

      • An says:

        I would totally go, pregnant or not. She’s had no problems pulling him along on RCs, so I doubt she does things she doesn’t want to.

    • Claire. says:

      They had paps with them the whole way didn’t they? No small town in northern California is going to have paps.

      • tara says:

        It might not have been a paparazzi who took these pictures. Maybe it was another whale watcher who recognized them and took the photos. Seems someone recognized him b/c hes waving to someone. Maybe others did, too.

        Are there others pictures besides the boat ones? If so, then yes, probably paps, but if it’s just these, then it is possible some random person took them. (and if they were going whale watching, it’d make sense for them to have a zoom camera)

        These photos seem more natural than the hugging gaspump/jag ad ones, so that’s why I think they may have been unaware they were being photographed, and didn’t have to act.

      • Felice says:

        Yes there are some of them walking.

      • Linz says:

        @Tara

        They are Pap photos.

      • tara says:

        Felice, I meant photos of the,m later in the day or at a different venue. The walking ones look to be right before or after the boat ones. 🙂

      • Felice says:

        Where did she get the drink then?

      • Linz says:

        Wow! SoGo just ran with it.. lol
        “Yeah somebody on Celebitchy pointed out that these probably were taken by a random person and not a pap – if you were going whalewatching it would make sense that you would have a good camera with a zoom lens.”

        They are F**KING Pap photos.

      • Felice says:

        SoGo has been more nannyish after PSIFF. She either doesn’t post comments against her opinions or she posts them but doesn’t add commentary.

      • j says:

        they don’t know they’re being photographed in these ones is all i can tell

    • amy says:

      So early last year after the Oscars he decided to stay back and tour around California but never got papped once and now he’s everywhere?!
      Famewh*res to the Maxxx!! lol
      Are they trying to get their own reality show or something??
      I suppose when you have knocked up wife, there’s not much to do but go out sightseeing. 🙂

    • jaremy says:

      Once he carjacked in South Africa.
      Now he is a prisoner of the women with pap.

    • Gracie says:

      Whale watching? Really?

    • Cee says:

      So, I’m either going blind or work has done me in, but all of a sudden she doesn’t look very pregnant.

      Her RC’s dresses make her look farther along.

      • gg says:

        Sorry but you are definitely blind – her stomach looks huge here. Plus with the jeans you can tell she actually is gaining a little weight elsewhere

      • Cee says:

        hahaha I didn’t actually notice she is wearing jeans. They looked like leggings.
        The one from the side is better, I guess. But I stand by my point – her dresses make her look bigger. Or her coat is throwing me off, IDK.

      • Jojar Pinks says:

        i dont know why peeps get so defensive when people question the belly thing. im not on any crazy fake train, but she does look very different at different times (valentino with the wicked stepmother anyone?) and no she is literally not gaining any weight anywhere. that strapless dress she is clearly skeletal.

      • Cee says:

        @Jojar Pinks – I don’t doubt for a second she is pregnant. I just commented she, at least to me, looks quite smaller than on the RC. But it could simply be because of the clothes. I know some lines make me much slimmer than others.

        And yeah, it doesn’t look like she’s gained much weight.

      • Andrea says:

        I agree she has nothing around her collarbone(extremely skinny) which I found shocking, even my skinny friends who got pregnant gained weight there and they barely gained 10-20 lbs during pregnancy!

  25. Nofertari says:

    honeymooning on the sea: http://celebrityhive.com/benedict-cumberbatch-sophie-hunter-honeymooning-feb-19/
    look who’s enjoying the cruise : )

    • tara says:

      These photos seem to be the most natural and relaxed that we’ve seen them. There’s no exaggerated hand holding or hugging or lovey eyes, so I think they were unaware of the photographer. They seem fine.

      She doesn’t look too thrilled to be there, lol, but maybe it was just too cold. I’ve lived in that area of California, and it can get very cold, then get nice soon after. I bet the whale watching was his idea, he did the same thing last year.

      Ah, now I know who took the photos, it was that girl TreTreSanSan. Lol. (anyone remember her?)

      • Francis says:

        Probably she knows pap’s hotline number.
        She always wears his clothes in front of pap. It is his jacket.

      • amy says:

        These two are the most boring couple ever. He’s doing the exact same thing he did last year, the only difference is the company. He really does prefer to stick to his comfort zone. Familiar friends, places, characters he plays – he’s in his safe zone.
        About the clothes sharing, I think cumby has limited her clothes spending budget. Given how much she already spent on her red carpet clothes and the cheap looking sun dress, shoes and coats, frugalbatch would rather lend her his clothes instead.

      • Nofertari says:

        @tara: share your opinion about the photos – not affected, more natural. but at least i would enjoyed to be w/ my love, even if the trip isn’t my taste – but that’s me.
        @amy: cancer his sign, so maybe likes any watery fun (swimming, diving, cruise, etc) & tries to involve her into some fun. although i’d be curious what fun she would enjoy? or only the spotlight?
        (but true, she’s pregnant so maybe some rest would more useful to her.)

      • Felice says:

        @amy, he seemed to be having more fun last year. He let a model photobomb him and he danced the salsa with college students.

      • Linz says:

        @Felice
        All of that!

        @Tara
        Again, they are PAP photos.. Why do you keep on insisting that someone else took them?

      • Lu says:

        @Nofertari We know she likes parties. That’s 75% of the photos that are out there. She’s also been seen hiking and boating in the Highlands, so maybe she likes the outdoors.

      • Felice says:

        The camera quality is far too good to be sneak photos. Everyone has a camera phone but few carry around a Canon or whatever. Also smart phone cameras get blurry when you try to zoom in, at least on the iphone.

      • Cee says:

        @Nofertari – I’m a Cancer too and I hate water activities. You put me on a boat and I will have the worst time of my life. I visited Alcatraz a week ago and the boat trip to the island was my own personal hell: it was cold, the thing moved like crazy, and we all got wet.

        But I agree on the comfort zone – I love mine.

      • Felice says:

        @Cee
        I loved Alcatraz though. I was cold and miserable too but a seagull pooped on my mom so I was laughing the entire time.

        Also someone on tumblr said that during his CA trip last year, he went to the Bohemian Grove which is this male member’s club where they have to only wear robes and they gather around a giant owl statue. (read the wiki page, it sounds like a giant cult lmao)

      • Cee says:

        @Felice – OMG, that would have made my day too! I loved Alcatraz and the island with the flowers and the wildlife. It was amazing and I would go back with lots of dramamine and jackets.

        Ew at the Bohemian Grove story. Seriously, WTH. Why do that wearing nothing but robes? Agh.

      • Nofertari says:

        @Cee: okay, that was a silly comment from me about the water fun, but there’s a “maybe” so i meant his sign might be linked to what his likes, but not all ppl who belongs to that zodiac.

      • tara says:

        Linz- I’m not insisting someone else took them, I’m just saying it’s possible. It could be a fellow whale watcher/fan with a quality camera with a good zoom saw him and took some photos. That’s all.

        Felice-idk about the drink, maybe she got threw it away before they got on the boat, or got it after. Idk the timeline. If a fan took the photos, maybe they waited around after the whale watching to see more BC.

        However, if later in the day today, or tomorrow, or whenever, more photos come out of their honeymoon, then yes, I’ll agree it was probably a professionalwho knew where’d they be. But this small set of photos where BCSH seem unaware they’re being photographed, could have come from anyone

        I was wondering of that was his jacket she was wearing. I guess she didn’t want to bring her blue arm poncho thing on a boat trip,mwhich makes sense. His is probably warmer.

      • Nofertari says:

        @tara: so was it a whale watching or celeb watching?

      • Linz says:

        @Tara
        Papped at the Airport (Inside and outside)
        Papped standing around and hugging near a black SUV
        Papped outside Jimmy Kimmel
        Papped walking
        Papped driving
        Papped parked on the side of the PCH looking at the ocean
        Papped pumping gas

        And you’re trying to say that the Whale Watching photos aren’t Pap photos? Hmmm?

        15-20 photos is not a “small” set.

      • Claire. says:

        I will bet you my life there are no paps waiting around a boat dock in a town of 40000 people hours away from LA. And I doubt anyone would have recognised him either. These were staged. Also, how credible is the bohemian grove story? Lots of nasty people attend that club, heavily connected to the CIA too. I hope it’s not true. Didn’t he attend SDCC and fly home immediately? BG is pretty far out of the way in the middle of nowhere in northern california in mid July.

      • Claire. says:

        @tara, i’ll put it this way. What are the chances some everyday person saw them on a boat dock, took high quality photos that look just like staged pap shots would look like, and they appear on the net within a week? For someone who’s profile is as low as his in the us? Also where were these photos first published?

      • Linz says:

        @Claire
        CelebrityHive.com.

    • Lu says:

      Looks like it’s been a pretty dreary honeymoon. :-\

      • Jojar Pinks says:

        looks like my idea of a dream tbh. would LOVE to whale watch. Goddamit hunter stand up and look more enthused you ungrateful ninny.

      • Lu says:

        I just meant the weather looked gray and so did their faces, for the most part. It just looked like they were dragging around, tired, in hobo clothes, ticking off things on their to-do list.

      • Alice says:

        Maybe spending time together, alone, away from the RC, is not a barrel of fun.

    • Granger says:

      @Amy, their relationship fills me with confusion, but the fact that he’s taking her somewhere he’s already been doesn’t seem bizarre to me. I went places before I was married that I couldn’t wait to go back to with someone special later on, because I knew it would be fun to share those places with him. The west coast of California is pretty spectacular, and if BC loved his last trip there, it would make sense he’d want to show it off to his new wife.

    • Andrea says:

      She looks miserable. I don’t think I’d want to go on a boat pregnant either! More pap photos… what is with the overselling here??

    • tsmiv2 says:

      It’s funny that they are wearing plastic coveralls in the boat. Some plastic covering a few months ago and they wouldn’t be in this situation!

  26. Felice says:

    Huge Marvel news in 8 days…I wonder…

  27. lindy79 says:

    The lack of excitement on her face while hes photographing and after is hilarious.
    Wonder how close they got to whales because anytime I’ve done anything like that I’ve been a gooey sappy smiley mess.

    • Linz says:

      She looks miserable.. lol

    • Pt8 says:

      She concentrates to spotting camera.

    • Jojar Pinks says:

      id be crying. seriously. how id love to afford to go whale watching.

    • Darya says:

      Monterrey has the reputation of being one of the best places in the world to whale watch, so why not go if the weather cooperates. My issue is with that boat – it says right on their website that it’s not suitable for women who are pregnant. Monterrey has many, many companies that offer tours- why did they go with that one? If I was a more cynical person I would point out their logo is visible in almost every photo…

      • Felice says:

        They sometimes have great white sharks at the aquarium. I wanna go someday.

      • Andrea says:

        Maybe they didn’t think about her being pregnant as an issue?

      • Darya says:

        @Andrea, or the company customized an itinerary, no high speeds or rough water. Perfectly reasonable since it looks like a private hire. But both those things are the primary selling points of that particular company, so I’m still questioning why BC/SH chose them.

      • Darya says:

        @tara, I’ve wanted to see Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur for as long as I can remember. Maybe someday!

      • Old Enough says:

        with only 2 of them, it was a private hire, so they probably did a custom itinerary for them. Agreed the obviously pregnant passenger would have raised eyebrows otherwise.

      • **sighs** says:

        I love the walk from the pier in Monterey to the aquarium. So many adorable seals. It’s just gorgeous there. It is frightfully expensive to live there, though.

  28. taxi says:

    This was a paid photoshoot & he is an actor.
    In the DM gas pump-kissing picture, (already linked above) he has one hand on the nozzle & the other in his pocket???

  29. Jojar Pinks says:

    im gonna ignore the latest set of ‘what we did’ photos arranged for the press. i think we all know the game here. but my urge to shade him over this (and he does deserve a massive shading) is being overwhelmed by fuzzy that he chose to do something so lovely. i like him for liking whales.

    • Felice says:

      Just ignore them. They will start the trouble in paradise narrative faster when their honeymoon stops selling. Yes, every hollywood couple will get a ‘trouble in paradise’ story.

    • Pt8 says:

      He went to the Natural History Museum during shooting STID with Alice Eve.
      Of course Alice is one of his friend. However he looked happier at that moment.

  30. tsmiv2 says:

    Isn’t strange that they’ve never been papped in London other than at the airport? We know they’ve been to the theatre together a couple of times. Don’t photogs hang out around the theatre district?

    • A says:

      Not the target audience.

      TBH everyone is blaming his PR (too small) and HW’s PR (wrong aim) for the whole thing when there’s an obvious third party involved.

      My guess is Marvel told him to hire someone to raise his profile. First credible rumors of him talking to them surfaced like 7 months ago. But he’s not sure about it plus i think something’s up with him personally so he can’t sell it.

      • Claire. says:

        Nah this isn’t Marvel. All those nerdboys not getting laid don’t need to see their new superhero is getting laid.

        And unless he and his people were up to some devious negotiation tactics marvel wasn’t a serious possibility until the fall.

      • An says:

        It wouldn’t be about anyone getting laid but raising his profile, with the general US public as the audience. Marvel fanboys aren’t even half the box office.

        I say the leak in July 2014 about them talking to him was legit, he couldn’t move Hamlet. Then they went to Phoenix, but that deal was dead by October 2 officially, probably late September in reality, returning them to BC. This mess didn’t really kick off until late September/early October, which is kinda late for an effective, full-on awards campaign.

      • Claire. says:

        I’m not understanding what you’re arguing, that he knocked up someone he barely knows for a comic book film? I don’t think so. All this surreal craziness started when DS was off the table for him. This is just damage control while all eyes are on him because of an oscar campaign.

      • An says:

        No, I don’t think him knocking her up was unintentional. But you don’t have to do all this for damage control.

        I’m saying there’s a third hand in here unless his publicist has suddenly become super PR person and completely changed how she works. So you’ve got both damage control + profile raise, the latter of which largely kicked into gear in November.

      • Claire. says:

        So then point us to at least one other leading actor marvel has made change their image drastically, like having a kid, for their film. If they were courting him for the film, as they were, there’s no need for him to sell himself to them. Your thinking is backwards

    • moodygirl says:

      It’s extremely odd that there were no pap pictures taken in London, just adds to the phony factor.

  31. TessD says:

    Beautiful couple!

  32. hermi says:

    The more I know of him, the less I like him. I’m not a prude or anything like it. I really don’t mind what people do at home with their (consenting) partners, but I can’t help being disgusted by men who go to strip clubs.
    Stag dos I understand, but the idea of a man (who could by the way have as many women as he pleases) paying to see women strip disgusts me. It’s not even a moral judgement; it’s just I find it banal and tawdry.
    You are a good actor Bendy, but man? Not so much.
    ps where did the Grove thread go??????

    • Toodles45 says:

      @hermi, I noticed that! Where did the post go? It just disappeared

    • Chantal says:

      He goes to strip clubs? Did I miss something?

    • Claire. says:

      I don’t see what’s damaging about going to strip clubs. Plenty of women go to them as well. Who cares. Unless you’re there five days a week in the daytime it’s not a problem. The bohemian grove posts disappearing is creepy. It means someone reported the comments. But who would and why? 🙂

      • Felice says:

        Commented below. A user was being really weird about club conspiracies and saying he was gonna blackmail B. It’s a mountain out of a molehill basically. There’s apparently a “retreat” in July for the elite of the elite of the world..aka not Benedict. He went in March/April most likely but the user was trying to make fetch happen and say he was part of “the retreat”

      • Ager says:

        I do not know about the strip clubs. but in 2011, in an article in GQ mentioned that Ben frequent visitor to the club The Box in Soho.

      • alice says:

        @Ager that’s the club I was referring to.

      • Nofertari says:

        so maybe it’s another reason to wear that “SAVE SOHO” pin…

      • hermi says:

        Not a problem, but as I said, personally I find it squalid. Let’s just say I prefer people who are less predictable with their pastimes. But anyway, BC had already 99% disappointed me, this is the missing 1%. Yuck.

  33. Chantal says:

    Because of the paparazzis they might be already in London by flying from less busy airports. That is what I would do if I was them. You know the paps are ready to rub ER win on his face and probably more unpleasant things.

  34. Nofertari says:

    Ben usually works for BBC… & there is a slogan: “A Liftetime of Original British Drama”
    Can we say this ado fit to this sentence?

  35. Laura says:

    It’s me.

  36. Linz says:

    Interesting. Benedict and Sophie have issued a Kill Notice/Kill Order for the photo of the “Order of Service” from their Wedding. The Daily Mail and other sites have removed the photo.

    Some of the Nannies (mainly Cumberbum) are saying that a Kill Notice/Kill Order, means that Benedict and Sophie are going to sue.

    • tsmiv2 says:

      They’d be wasting their time and money if they did sue.

      • noneyadambus says:

        Interesting that some one brought up the Beebs.

        But why would you get rid of the program? The names on there were all family and PROFESSIONAL trouBadours and songBirds, Correct? They should NOT CARE if their names were made available to the PUBLIC. Particularly if they proformance well as a GROUP and wanted to WORK TOGETHER again. They would want a repeat proformance, right? Of course, I could be wrong.

    • Claire! says:

      Which raises some questions:
      Why’s it taken a week?
      They’re insinuating someone from their own wedding party leaked it. Crap friends or they leaked it themselves and this is an attempt to make it look like their privacy was violated?
      Why get pissy over this when they made public far more intimate things, like kiddie designer gowns with photos to boot. It’s a list of poems and songs for god’s sake

    • Claire! says:

      Which

      • moodygirl says:

        How can they so obviously pimp themselves out at every turn but be upset about the order of service? Another move to get their names out there while appearing indignant? Seriously?

    • Darya says:

      ok, wtf? Just when I think I’m finally over this nonsense and ready to move on, something else wacky pops up. What’s the big bloody deal about a bible verse, some hymns and a few poems? There was nothing there that (to me at least) would justify threatening legal action to have them removed. But the photos are indeed gone from the photo agency that had them just after the wedding (Rex Features). Crap, now I wished I had saved them but at the time I didn’t care enough to bother.

      For what it’s worth, I don’t think it was leaked intentionally to begin with – there was dirt/smudges on a few pages, almost like it was dropped on the ground or discarded.

      • gg says:

        Yes but before the photo we had bits of pieces of detail, like who did the readings and the hymns sung. So that *was* a leak

  37. Chantal says:

    Talk about ER is all about his Oscar win and next project. Talk about BC is all about wedding, honeymoon, wife’s fashion, best dress list, not much talk about hamlet, Dr strange. Personal life overshadows everything. (my work is public and my personal life is private) is no more. Where did it go wrong? PR needs time out. Please hibernate and nest with your wife until Hamlet. If this continue we are going to see him in ” I am a celebrity get me outta here”. Being the tabloid darlings is not a good career move. Hugh Grant anyone?

  38. Toodles45 says:

    Have you guys seen the new article from Vogue “9 Things We Learned from the 2015 Oscars”?

    “4. To win an Oscar, you have to want it, but you have to be careful about how you want it.

    The perfect case in point came in the Best Actor category, where Eddie Redmayne worked the circuit, but charmingly. Indeed, when I talked to Laura Dern a couple of weeks ago, she talked about how much she loved him. Although he was actually doing less campaigning, Benedict Cumberbatch came across as greedy for love and attention, even scheduling his wedding on Valentine’s Day as his odds of winning started slipping. His seeming neediness horrified his fan base, which didn’t really give a hoot about Alan Turing or The Imitation Game. They wanted their Cumby to be the guy who didn’t care whether he won an Oscar or even what other people thought of him. They wanted him to be like, you know, Sherlock.”

    • tsmiv2 says:

      VOGUE! Threw shade at BC and SH, I’m stunned. Anna must be on vacation!

      • Toodles45 says:

        Yup. Maybe not as chummy as we thought?

      • moodygirl says:

        It doesn’t look good. Hs needs to hire new PR people OR fire everyone except Karon who is probably the only PR who gives a darn. He then needs to examine his life and figure out what direction he is moving in because Sophie is pulling him down fast.

      • Felice says:

        She clearly spoke to Anna before being spoken to by her first.

      • Alice says:

        Maybe Anna’s jealous. She clearly had a crush on him.

        Does this mean no cover ? Even the odious Kimye got a cover. By the way, guess who has a feature article in the current Vogue – Erdem!

      • 85tan says:

        I think Anna was closer to Lady Kinvara Balfour.
        She will be disappointed at Sophie’s manner.

      • j says:

        vogue online isn’t run by wintour per se. she doesn’t approve it like the print stuff

        the managing online editor is Alexandra Macon

        tbh i thought he got it easy…that was a nasty article for a lot of ppl

    • InvaderTak says:

      WOW. Just wow. He doesn’t even need to be like Sherlock, just be what he was!

    • Chantal says:

      I am glad someone is saying it.BC came across as a phony. That was too bad because i know he cared for Turing. He is not ready to play with the big boy. Eddie’s wife and keira’s husband seem more like adults when they are in the spotlight. Maybe because their careers are not link to the film and theater industry like Ben’s wife. I will say again, I do not know if it is him or his PR, something needs to change. We need time out.

      • Felice says:

        She clearly wants to be in his spotlight. An interviewer held up a mic to her to speak and he blocked her away from it. It’s on fellowship of erdemhart. I almost feel bad because she looked so happy to be addressed and you would think that BC would be like “YEAH, Darling. Tell the people how great I am.”

      • Toodles45 says:

        @felice, to be fair, I don’t think she was trying to steal his thunder in that interview. It looked to me that she was just politely responding to the interviewer’s question (I think he asked her how she was doing, I can’t remember exactly) when BC reached out for her hand

    • Claire! says:

      I think the gloves are about to come off

    • Claire.. says:

      The relationship between Wintour and Valentino was rumored to be strained because he was the only designer who agreed to appear in the devil wears prada. I actually wondered if Wintour pawned off her off to Valentino as a subtle middle finger. Either way, Wintour likely had no idea this was written, but I’m glad it’s being said. SHun and her red carpet tantrums and nastiness is nothing but bad news for Benedict.

      • moodygirl says:

        Didn’t Benedict use his interview in Vogue last year to spin a fairytale about him and Sophie being fairytale lovers in his massive attempt to cover an accidental knock up? How did he get from that gift to here? Maybe the editors now realize they had been made part of the big lie.

  39. Charlotte says:

    Well, I’m for one is done with BC. No TIG for me, Hamlet or anything else.

  40. tasha_nat says:

    Soooo…are they still in the US? Maybe in that house that he was rumored to have bought? Was he able to sneak back into London for some nesting unnoticed?

    • moodygirl says:

      Can we add Ben and Sophie to the deportation petition originally submitted to kick out Justin Beiber?

  41. Felice says:

    He called Piers Morgan ‘odious’ and Piers printed it in a new story. There’s the Sunday story.

    • j says:

      i saw that but that is not a story lol

      odious is a nice way to describe that sack of trash

      Loo was at the wedding though

      • Linz says:

        @J “Loo was at the wedding though.”

        Take it with a grain of salt.

        TheGathering Goddess has deleted the “Cumber-Wedding” Tweet and they edited the caption on Instagram.

        (From their Instagram) “My lovely Louise Brealey in #vintage #LilliAnn quilted #Chanel-like wrap coat. This will be in our weekend sale coming up next weekend. “

      • j says:

        because some dipshits went after them on twitter right away, implying they were lying, Linz. these small businesses don’t want this kind of crap on their official accounts.

        GG’s been dressing Loo for years. doubt they were making it up, they’ve got a relationship with her.

      • Felice says:

        (I actually love that coat)
        She then deleted the tweet once people were like “Um, she was at a rally the same day.” She tried to say that she was at both but no dice.

      • j says:

        felice, the gossip blogs decided she was at the rally. it doesn’t look like she went this year, they mistook some picture from something else this past week as being from the rally

      • Linz says:

        @J, Loo Tweeted about the rally on Feb. 13th.

        TheGathering Goddess (Twitter) “she wore it at both” (They are saying she wore the coat at the Wedding & the rally.)

      • J says:

        yeah, linz, she tweeted about it happening but nothing about going. there’s been loads of pics of her previous years when she went, but none this year.

        i don’t think gg meant the rally, i think they meant the event photo they used. they have no clue about “skeptic” blogs or any of that and probably thought those were Loo fans talking about the picture they tweeted

        don’t mind me, some of these people are on my last nerve. “facts” all over the place and this is the second or third small business they’ve bothered

      • Kat says:

        Who cares if she was there or not? And why did this Twitter need to mention it anyway? I wish the media would stop treating this farcical shotgun publicity drive like it’s an important revered royal wedding. It’s beyond ridiculous.

    • InvaderTak says:

      Well, they’re about to start getting hammered. The Eddie Mun-dayne article was more interesting. We learned he’s not one to change a tire himself. Had a handy friend with him though.

  42. Felice says:

    I like that less people are still caring. I’m sure more backlash is coming.

  43. Leah says:

    @J I’m sorry, but how does a vendor know what a client wore at her friend’s wedding, if the wedding was private and the vendor wasn’t there? I can see how vendors who supply meat or sorbet think that’s for the wedding, but a coat? What did Loo do, told the vendor “I need a coat for my friend Benedict:d private wedding” or “thank you for the lovely coat I wore at the wedding I can’t talk about because it’s private”?

    • J says:

      they dress her for events, Leah

      • gg says:

        And Benedict’s “oh-so-private” wedding was an event? Loo was one of the few people there (if she *was* there) who *didn’t* get photographed.

      • j says:

        yeah, it was, private or not. i don’t think they’re like a formal stylist, gg, more like she buys and gives them shout-outs on twitter, in return they help her pick out clothes from their line for things

        there was supposedly 100 ppl ish at the reception, so most didn’t get snapped

  44. Felice says:

    Today on “Now It’s Getting Sad,” there was a papless honeymoon in Tahiti and yet an eyewitness was able to give a play-by-play of everything they did.

    • tasha_nat says:

      *snickers*

      Oh man. So private!

      • Claire! says:

        So private, and miraculously hit the press on Monday morning just in time for maximum coverage and visibility

      • tsmiv2 says:

        @Hermi What day did you say you saw them at the theatre? She must have gotten knocked up about that time. Dude you fell for the oldest trick in the book.

    • Daisy says:

      That article was a gorgeous piece of tabloid embroidery. Benedict and Sophie may well be on a Tahitian honeymoon (I wouldn’t know, I don’t know them!) but there’s no details there that are at all personal. The description of the arrival (‘floral leis’, ‘water taxi to private bungalow’) would apply to any guests. All the activities named (snorkeling, massages, leisurely breakfasts on the verandah) are par for the course on an upscale tropical vacation. The resort isn’t named, and Benedict’s reactions as described sound pretty generic. The reporter did a good job of creating a solid piece out of very little information.

      • Felice says:

        So embarrassing. ..also a long flight.

      • An says:

        Spot on, Daisy.

        Also, PR-placed would not give you more info about amenities than the celeb, LOL. Defeats the purpose. That read like a brochure for vacations there.

        I realize everyone is up this guy’s ass atm but there are going to be legitimate leaks and unauthorized use of his name to sell shit on occasion.

      • Kat says:

        Christ on a bike. I can’t believe this is actually his PR at work with this one. Whoever is responsible for this doesn’t seem keen on him retaining any dignity.
        I thought the staged petrol pump shots were as far as they were going to go.

        I had to laugh at the twice remarking on sophie finally “getting to put her feet up”
        Yeah, she needs to relax with the workload she has to deal with.
        “A list duo” “Cumberbun” “rubbing her pregnant belly”. Whut…
        Is this an elaborate hoax or just the most excruciating publicity attempt ever witnessed?

      • Felice says:

        Sophie Irene Hunter will never be A list on her own. She is what Kim Kardashian Hollywood would call an E-lister. She represents a giant “up yours” to actresses and directors who cannot make it in their field due to background, abuse, and/or bad management.

    • hermi says:

      Something was announced for Monday, and it duly arrived, like a present at Christmas.
      Sad is a step higher than this, we are at the morose level already.
      Jeez, what’s wrong with his PR people? Are they afraid we are gonna doubt for one second that the Cumbercouple is in the throes of the deepest love?
      Surely not! *sniggers*

    • Toodles45 says:

      well, they’ve got the pap shots now…

      • Kat says:

        There really are no limits to how far they’re going to sink here are there? What happened to you, cumberbatch?

      • hermi says:

        I have seen them. Gosh, this is turning into a circus. Seriously, what’s wrong with them? Because I don’t believe for a second this “just happened”. The man managed to have several trysts in secret and here he is, being papped left and right. And by the way, let me say it again: they promised us photos on Monday, and here they are. What a coincidence.
        And now I want to hear from the people who said she was just four months pregnant. yeah, right! 🙂 🙂

      • Felice says:

        TRASHY

      • tasha_nat says:

        Trashier and trashier. What is going on?!?

      • Felice says:

        How he can look his family and close friends in the eye is beyond me

  45. Jojar Pinks says:

    lol
    dude. lindsay lohan called – she wants her fame-who’ing back.

    also – e online – “really enjoyed not having to do much” lololololololol. tho’ tbh, i think these nonstop red carpets and performances of ‘lets look like we like each other’ has been the most work sophies ever done.

  46. Evie says:

    It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion…

  47. Linz says:

    PopSugar has removed all of the photos. Benedict looked like he was having fun. Sophie looked like she was bored.

    • Felice says:

      Part of me thinks it’s because The Sun will post them. Either way: Engagement: Times, Baby: The Fail, Wedding: The Sun, Honeymoon: PopSugar. At this rate, the divorce will be covered in The Big Issue.

    • Alice says:

      Just saw the pics on BTT – she’s got them. Jeez, i now think they banged at the FO and she got knocked up there. She looks like she’ll drop the kid on the plane on the way home.

      And Felice, i can’t imagine how he could look friends, family, colleagues in the eye again. If I were he, I’d stay in Bora Bora.

      Oh, are those the swim trunks twitter ho Joe Woolfe was going on about?

      • **sighs** says:

        I’m still going with my dd of April 20th. I’m kind of fudging it a bit between conception the week before or after comic con. In any case, they barely had time to say hello before they got pregnant.

        What a love story…..

      • Felice says:

        He was in Boston and San Diego though…where was she?

      • **sighs** says:

        Look at sogo’s timeline. After Boston/before sdcc or after sdcc/Italy.

      • tsmiv2 says:

        The Sherlock con is April 25, so she must be due a couple of weeks before that or a couple of weeks after. I don’t think he would have confirmed if she was due around that time. I’m going with before. She looks huge. Guess we know why they had to have a Valentine’s wedding. If he has to skip the convention for the birth, there’s going to be a bunch of angry fans.

      • **sighs** says:

        I hate to say this, but he seems like kind of an @$$ and he’d probably plan it anyway, regardless of when she gives birth. He doesn’t seem very sensitive to the pregnant lady’s comfort. A bumpy whale watching trip, a hot island trip (pregnancy is not fun or comfortable when it’s hot), lots of plane rides.

      • gg says:

        It is possible that she has already scheduled a C-section for some time shortly before (though not too shortly) the Sherlocked con

      • Claire! says:

        Assuming the kid is his. Under either of sogo’s timelines she was sitting in other mens’ laps well after she was knocked up and under the first timeline when she may have already known she was pregnant. Also, BTT always thought it was fake.

        Devil’s advocate: some people talk of a third PR force in his image lately. Has anyone thought it might be Matthew Siskin? You know, the guy that pissed off all the bey fans? How did he get to know the guy anyhow?

      • Alice says:

        I was kinda joking earlier when I suggested April Fool’s Day, but now I’ll go with that for real.

      • Cel K says:

        Don’t think anyone is holding a gun to her head, **sighs**. I was very active when I was pregnant and traveled to see some sights before my son came, as I knew I wouldn’t again for a long while.

        Claire!, Matthew Siskin is Hunter’s ex-boyfriend.

      • Kat says:

        Sighs,
        I hardly think she’s a poor pregnant lady being dragged around against her will. She’s sure shown in the past she’s happy to show it when she’s pissed off, regardless of the circumstances.
        Her life seems to have been one long expenses paid holiday,why should now be any different.

      • **sighs** says:

        I was very active during pregnancy as well. I guess I just see pics of them and she looks miserable while he seems to be having a blast. I realize they’re staged, but she’s been able to turn it on for the paps before. I’m not defending her. I don’t care for her at all, I just think he’s way more of an @$$ than everyone thinks he is. And as this all seems to be PR for him and his image, it wouldn’t surprise me if he was dragging her around to look like the happy couple.

    • InvaderTak says:

      I’ve never been pregnant, but I’d say she’s seriously uncomfortable right now. Nice that they did publish a shot of her bare tits (that I saw). Thought the paps would jump on that one. Odd… And she looks like she is having a hard time with the steps (in the second set where she’s in the black cover up).

      Edit: and why did pops. that them down? Were they not supposed to get them? They have to pay like everyone else don’t they?

      Edit #2: oy. Btt is on the fake pregnancy bandwagon. For pete’s sakes.

      • **sighs** says:

        I would not want to be in a warm place when I was that pregnant. It’s not fun. Especially with sand up your crack.

        I don’t understand the fake pregnancy people. What happens when she has the “baby” but there’s no baby? What exactly would they do? I understand people who have been married awhile and don’t want people to know they’re having a surrogate carry, but this is a totally different situation.

      • Jojar Pinks says:

        all the photos are obvs arranged. she was topless in the water etc but the moment she knew she’d be photographed, she decides to cover them. theres literally no reason to do that. just as well tbh, as i dont think anyone wants to see her tits. and if you are cray enough to, then you can find them in octopus glory on you tube.

        paps dont just wait around in bora – they get called in advance. and these were clearly waiting for him when he arrived. gross.

      • Felice says:

        Idk about fake but I don’t get why they had to blur the crap out of the topless belly photo when the rest of the pics are fine. Yes, they blurred it. There is a huge blur around BC’s back in one of them.

      • InvaderTak says:

        The pregnancy deniers are just nuts. So she can’t fake a kiss, or keep it together when they’re on a red carpet, but she can fake all the nuanced actions of a pregnant lady perfectly and consistently? She was visibly waddling on RC’s, she couldn’t get up off a couch gracefully without help, she has been wearing the same pair of (ugly) silver kicks for months now , including to Bora Bora. She can do all this! but can’t fake a smile to save her. That does not add up.

        Edit: and if it were fake, why were BC and/or his PR trying to fudge how far along she is? If its stuffing you don’t have to do that.

      • Kat says:

        I don’t understand people claiming that they’re trying to fudge dates and give the pretence she’s not so far along. That literally makes no sense. If that were the case, why did she deliberately dress to highlight the pregnancy on the red carpet at PIFF? It could’ve stayed hidden for MUCH longer. Or even completely, had she not been so insistent on being on every single red carpet. They capitalised on the attention of the media due to the Oscars.

      • Cel K says:

        Never completely, Kat. Hiding a pregnancy during an Oscar campaign, I can see the headlines now.

        InvaderTak, a lot of this doesn’t add up. He’s so happy to do all this but looks like hell worn over. I don’t drop weight, age visibly fast or drink heavily in a good state.

      • alice says:

        Kat I don’t believe “they” were trying to fudge it. “He” was trying to fudge it because Mr. “I can spot ’em from a mile away” couldn’t spot this one from a foot away. He’s obviously embarrassed and ashamed that a fling or one night stand resulted in his having to drag around this dead weight and career killer. She’s only too happy to show it, going na na na na nah the whole time.