Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter(batch) were out in London last Friday for David Attenborough’s 100th birthday event at Royal Albert Hall. Bendy and Sophie have really morphed into each other at this point – they always looked related, but nowadays, they really look like brother and sister. It’s the weirdest thing.
Meanwhile, Bendy is part of an interesting gossip story which has even made its way to the American outlets. Recently, Benedict was cycling through London, and he got into a road-rage incident with another cyclist. People recognized Benedict, I think, and so much of the “road rage” fight was captured by a passer-by. I’m including the video below – it sounds like two posh men arguing about who had the right of way on bikes, which is actually a really tricky conversation in an urban setting. The other man blatantly accuses Benedict of breaking the law multiple times when Bendy (allegedly) blew through red lights. Benedict accused the man of verbally abusing him at one point and the man is basically like “it’s not verbal abuse to point out that you’re breaking the law!”
The Sun had a much more in-depth analysis of the incident. The man held his ground very well, accusing Benedict of blowing through multiple red lights and a “zebra-crossing.” (Americans would say “crosswalk.”) As I said, the entirety of the fight seems to have been about the right of way for cyclists.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
- Screening of ‘The Thing With Feathers’ at the Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hal as part of the BFI London Film Festival Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch Where: London, United Kingdom When: 11 Oct 2025 Credit: Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth event at Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the writer, broadcaster and naturalist’s 100th birthday Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sophie Hunter Where: London, United Kingdom When: 08 May 2026 Credit: Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth event at Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the writer, broadcaster and naturalist’s 100th birthday Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sophie Hunter Where: London, United Kingdom When: 08 May 2026 Credit: Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**















Road rage British style. If only people were that contained in the US.
Right that’s road rage? What an angry violent country we are.
Yeah, in the US it’s f-you, fists, and guns. As soon as some guy starts angrily waving out his window at me, I calmly start driving to the closest police station.
Nerds!
That made me lol 😂
I’m a cyclist and we are the worst at obeying the rules. Having said that so many drivers (especially pick up trucks) hate cyclists. I never understand the drama we’re all racing towards the same red light.
That’s adorable
Whoooofffff!!!! That man who accosted him is well put out. I mean. I’ve been in the U.K. long enough to know a nutter when I see one. And that is *not* a civilised encounter, here, by local standards. Actually I give Benedict Cumberbatch credit for remaining relatively calm & composed. I have to say, as a cyclist myself, I never drive here, never have, not since arriving in 2007, I never felt quite safe changing to the left side, then there was that awful American woman who hit a boy on a motorcycle who was 18 at the time, and killed him, because she was driving on the wrong side of the road, typing on her phone, and her own kids were in the back of her SUV. Then they claimed she was on the diplomatic list and sent her home. Problem is, a lot of Americans in London are on social media groups and inevitably screenshots of our diplomatic list (which is accessible, in principle it resides in the public domain) made the rounds… and she was nowhere to be seen. So. As a cyclist, I can say, there are those of us who are nutters. I go out of my way not to be a nutter. If you ring at people here, they get very touchy and huffy. If you slow to a glide, they apologise profusely and leap out of the way and give you a big smile. Make of that what you will. ;-D