Star Magazine has an actual gossip story about Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter!! I’m so excited. Usually our favorite British guys don’t get much love from the American tabloids. Like, I would be shocked if Star or In Touch Weekly’s editors ever bothered to make up gossip about Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy or Idris Elba. This week’s Star Magazine piece is all about Sophie and Bendy’s marriage problems, because who would have ever thought getting shotgun married after your casual hookup ended up pregnant would end in disaster?
Looks like the honeymoon phase has ended for Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter, 37. Just seven months after tying the knot, the newlyweds are already experiencing a rough patch – and insiders claim Benedict’s ego may be to blame.
“They bicker all the time,” says a source. “Instead of his success bringing them joy, it’s completely gone to his head.”
Even worse, pals say Benedict is so consumed by work that he’s dropping the ball on being a dad to the couple’s 3-month-old son, Christpher.
“Even when he’s home, it’s really only in body, not mind,” explains the friend. “Sophie just wants him to let up a little so she doesn’t feel like a single parent.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
A lot of armchair body language experts always said that the body language between Sophie and Benedict was pretty strained, especially around the BAFTAs. I think the hurried nature of their relationship – getting pregnant, waging an Oscar campaign, planning a big, expensive wedding and actually going through with it, all within a five-month period – probably did put a strain on their relationship. But for what it’s worth, they’ve seemed more relaxed since baby Christopher came. Sure, Benedict looks deathly tired, but I figured that was new parent stuff. Still… I don’t think anyone is really expecting this to work out long-term, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
LIES!!!
No. It’s true. Benny loves me and me only.
Oh for heaven’s sake, with a new baby they are probably both exhausted, of course they bicker. And he’s a prickly character at the best of times.
I very much doubt that Benedict OR Sophie are exhausted because of the new baby. I’m sure they have a nurse for daytime AND nighttime. Does anyone honestly think that Benedict could turn in that incredibly energetic Hamlet performance without good sleep? He’s 39, not 20. He jumps up and down, runs — it’s an amazing performance.
As for whether or not they’re breaking up, I have no idea. I sort of doubt it.
They’re doomed.
I’ll see to it personally.
*plays brandy and Monica’s “That Boy Is Mine” on perpetual loop”
LOL + 1
That is very funny!
Hahahaha.
what is this body language thing people talk about?? the way I see it, she’s the one who seems not overly into him, and not the other way round. he looks far happier and tactile with her than she with him. i know that bcumb stans want to believe he’s not into her, but if we’re talking body language that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Well, I mean…he IS an actor, so there’s always that…
Isn’t she an actress as well? I know her imdb page lists acting credits. Isn’t it fairly easy to feign affection? Look at your date, smile, and think of your dog. Or your cat. Or Tom Hiddleston.
I wouldn’t consider her an actress. Frolicking topless in videos is hardly acting. But maybe she’s just not an affectionate person?
Tbh I think that has more to do with him being a better actor. She definitely looks like she wants to run whenever he touches her, he just puts more of an act on. Neither of them have seemed happy from the start though.
That’s the beauty of body language interpretation – the more you are invested in a situation or person, the more you allow yourself to project your hopes onto something as unreliable as “body language.”
Oh forthelove! They just had a baby. They are likely exhausted and stressed.
meh. does anyone believe these celebs actually do stuff when it comes to babies? i mean, i’m sure they parent, but the stuff that actually tires you is most likely to nannies and maternity nurses.
You’re right, but I bet it still disrupts their pampered lives.
Especially with this one. I’m sure they have a nanny/au pair. Or three.
I used to think that, but I don’t think they are as nannied up as we assume (apart from the truly elite stars). I remember reading Brooke Shield’s book about post-natal depression and being surprised at how little help they had around the house. I had just assumed that they all lived like kings with a fleet of staff. But unless you were brought up like that, I think most people find that a little uncomfortable, even if they could afford it.
I’m with you – the delusion around this couple is getting…scary. Just let them be.
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Exactly! The whole working too much/not being “present” when at home is the struggle of every mom whose spouse has a demanding job.
Right? My husband is amazing, but having a newborn tested our relationship like nothing else.
That’s what I thought also, when I saw this headline. I have a wonderful, supportive husband. We have a great relationship. But the first two months after our son was born was really rough. I couldn’t connect with my husband at all. We bickered about nothing. It continued to a lesser degree until our son finally started sleeping more than 1-2 hrs at a time. It’s normal.
Yeah exactly.
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That’s what I was thinking. The lack of sleep, the hormones, the screaming fits (mine and the baby’s)… expect the relationship to be a little strained at moments (or months), be surprised if it is not.
Doesn’t this happen to every couple with 2 careers and small kids at some point?
it also happens to couples with neither.
I was about to say, show me a couple that doesn’t “bicker.” I know one who claims not to, but she’s bipolar and a sociopath to boot so I doubt it
@Amy Tennant
“bipolar and sociopath” AWESOME!!!
“but she’s bipolar and a sociopath to boot…”
Let me guess – whirlwind courtship?
The stress of a new born kinda takes a toll anyway plus both have projects they are working on. They both seemed more relaxed and couple like recently so who knows.
Thou i do buy he has a massive ego – its only going to get bigger when some of the movies he’s done come out i.e. Black Mass and the Hollow Crown.
No offence meant, truly, but I have no idea what you are talking about.
Sorry! But I cannot make out your comments. Would you like to give it another try and this time in English?
Please do know I mean no offense at all.
What lie?
They’re playing to the Tumblr crowd aren’t they?
+1..This gossip story seems aimed at getting hits from the Tumblr crowd. They just had a kid, if they looked harried it’s probably because of that. Not even a fan of the Otter but I don’t get people predicting doom and gloom for this couple…he’s in his late 30s so settling down quickly doesn’t make me raise an eyebrow as much as if he was in his 20s. Sometimes people, even men, get broody at a certain age.
I’m afraid to look at tumblr. The smugness and the self-delusion of some of his “fans” are gross.
Well, if you’re afraid of Tumblr, stay away for now. A particular over invested contingent aka the “skeptics” are livid that one of their own was outed to a member of the Hamlet cast on Twitter, who promptly unfollowed her. This news will only serve to rile them up again.
spittair – that was fricking funny!
Nothing is worse than CDAN’s commentaries on Cucumberbitch blinds
so @spittair you agree with people’s real lives being dragged into what the fans do/say? Yep, pretty much convinces me that staying away from Bendysnatch Cumbersprog was a very good idea. Would hate for a dissenting opinion to be the reason I get tarred, feathered, hung AND quartered.
*sigh*
Bendydick fans are just…*sigh*
My friend left an 8 year relationship all to get pregnant by a guy none of us have met after 2 months. Now they are engaged after 8 months and baby is due around the New Year. We all have side-eyed it especially when she describes the ex as her soulmate. She reached a certain age and any man will do to donate sperm I believe in her eyes (she is in her mid 30’s and really wanted a child). No one expects it to last past a few years and this people are not celebrities. And he works 2-3 weeks away per month which means she barely sees him and then sees him in hot spurts. When baby comes, we expect DRAMA. Add fame, rabid fans, barely truly knowing each other (social circles do not truly count) and it is a recipe for disaster, but I think this gossip is a touch premature.
Lol yes cb ppl r so.over the moon by not try to see what happened. Is there baby or pillow etc
@brandy, oh please. where in my post did I imply I agreed with people’s personal lives being dragged into fangirl nonsense? Using your logic, doesn’t that include BC’s friends on Twitter who are sent not opinions, but conspiracy theories by the “skeptics” themselves demanding that BC fess up and such? I stated a fact, that a member of an over-invested group was outed. I don’t agree with that particular group’s extreme mentality just like I don’t agree with unjust treatment of anyone, period, especially over a dissenting opinion.
> Now they are engaged after 8 months and baby is due around the New Year. We all have side-eyed it especially when she describes the ex as her soulmate.
He was no soulmate if after 8 years he didn’t care enough to marry her. She was just in love with him, very much. She did the right thing to move on.
This new guy – I don’t know if he’ll work out or not, but it might just work. It sounds like a marriage of convenience and if people go into it with open eyes, it can work.
Your friend needs your support, not the side-eye, imho.
“He was no soulmate if after 8 years he didn’t care enough to marry her. She was just in love with him, very much.”
WOW. Please, tell me more about the cinema they went to on their first date and the couple milkshake they shared on their 5th anniversary.
She only dumped him because he was embroiled in a battle with his ex wife and lost all his money in the years long court battle. He had no money to support a child and was fighting to get his child support money reduced. My friend does have money and could have had a happy life with him, but ultimately, worried it would take too long for his act to get together. To be clear, he wanted to marry her and have kids, but sadly, his poor choices in his early 20’s have haunted him. The ex wife also told my friend to her face, I will break you guys up and she ultimately won(the ex wife is still bitter, vindictive etc after it being nearly 10 years since they first split). She used to be a minor celeb ironically enough (the ex wife).
I don’t generally approve openly of a marriage of convenience btw. My mother has told me recently she married my father for money and I should stay with my long term boyfriend for the same reasons (even though I stand to inherit a lot of money). She doesn’t think it is possible to find a man who makes you truly happy who has their act together too. So I am probably a bit biased due to my mother who is just a very greedy person to choose money over happiness (she has been miserable the entire time I have been alive (I’m 34).
> She only dumped him because he was embroiled in a battle with his ex wife and lost all his money in the years long court battle
She dumped her soulmate over money? Now I am even more confused. Oh, well, I guess all we can say – life is complicated. But it does no good to look back. Look to the future and hopefully she can make the best with what she has.
> So I am probably a bit biased due to my mother who is just a very greedy person to choose money over happiness (she has been miserable the entire time I have been alive
I apologize in advance for bringing my know-it-all here and it will sound cliché and new age mambo-jumbo but only you yourself can make yourself happy or not. It is a choice you have to make and stick to it, and the choice your mother had to make , and everybody else. Yes, money does make life easier but happiness is a choice.
I’ve seen so many poor people in desperate conditions who are happy. I think they are happy (in part) because they want little or they truly value things that are not material. Life will never be perfect but even from my own experience I can tell you that if you feel good about yourself, and who you are and happy with it, good things will come to you because happiness attracts good things, misery attracts bad things.
Brandybuckswine, who are you referring to? The only people whose real lives have been dragged in to this are Ben, Sophie, and their baby. Oh, and his parents, who the skeptics have publicly accused of participating in criminal fraud. Amanda Abbington and Martin Freeman, who have had various lies spread about them. Ben and Sophie’s friends and colleagues who have been harassed and stalked by skeptics on Twitter. Ben’s publicist Karon, who’s had her entire career, personality and appearance dragged over relentlessly. Any man who’s come into contact with Sophie over the past few years. And don’t forget the charity Letters Live, who were publicly accused by the skeptics of defrauding charity simply for allowing Sophie to participate in an event.
I certainly hope you’re not referring to the person who ran a hate-blog LINKED TO HER REAL NAME stating that Sophie Hunter is a junkie hooker forcing Ben to go along with a fake marriage and faked pregnancy. Who used that same hateblog to brag about befriending one of Ben’s co-stars after following him on a train and approaching him. And who said actor decided to cut contact with when he discovered her blog and read her own words.
Because that’s called “Actions have consequences.”
@EN I wish it were so simple, but sadly money changes everything and i’ve had problems with exes in the past who expect an easy life once they find out my family’s wealth or they felt like they could never measure up or were not good enough for me(even though I just want them to love me and have a job—it doesn’t matter if it is $10 an hour, homemade thoughtful gifts are better than monetary gifts). Most days, i wish I grew up poor, things would be a struggle, but you wouldn’t have to worry about everyone out for the almighty $ and trust would be a lot easier.
Yep. I never thought they were the stuff of great love but I don’t see them splitting for a very long time if ever. He’s crazy busy and they have a newborn so yes, not ideal for anyone I can only imagine how tired he is but they seem…well suited.
Newborn in the house and daddy is busy working? Of course there will be some tension, as with any couple adjusting to life with a child. If he continues this schedule for years, then there’d be more weight to the story, I think.
Even if they were unhappy, I would expect both of them to stay together for appearance sake.
I think this article was done for the tumblr contingent hoping they’ll be splitsville by year end. I doubt the source is legitimate.
wow, nutballs, that ‘tumblr contingent’ must have a lot of pulling power, yes, to get articles written specifically for them? Must be, you know, Rupert Murdoch or some big media hotshot, because we all know how influential a bunch of tumblr bloggers can be in the world of print journalism, right? Because of course, they’ve been written about before, in print, these rumours and innuendos these bloggers are talking about. Right? I mean, you wouldn’t be like these tumblr bloggers now, and casting untrue aspersions in the hope of getting some attention?
Dear brandy, there was a time when the Tumblr contingent came to this shores like an enormous mud tide leaving behind hundreds and hundreds of comments. Oh the good times. It was all fascinating and train-wrecky, though a bit inducing to self-loathing after you have spent too much time gawking.
Thus said, bickering-schmickering, when are they going to divorce?
brandybuckswine, bugger off. You clearly don’t know me to be making the ridiculous accusations you did in your comment.
Try being less obvious next time, brandybuckswine.
It is typical for any hot star – there are always people who are secretly hoping for the star’s relationships to fail so that they have a chance at him/her, or say – I told you so etc. This trick never fails.
Just wait , in a couple of months we’ll get daily articles on Aniston being about to divorce.
They did it to Clooney too, but it seems they ran out of steam.
Sadly not only with “hot Stars”, there are always people who gloat over the pain and fail of others, sad but true.
Clooney donot marry to abuser,lier about being oxford student and using drug woman
> Clooney donot marry to abuser,lier about being oxford student and using drug woman
Neither did Cumberbatch. Really, I bet Cumberbatch is scared of his fans, seeing what we see posted here.
How can people get so unhinged over a celebrity crash is truly frightening.
What is the original language post, btw?
EN:
I think that he’s scared of SOME fans, but not all. I’m sure he realizes that the majority of us aren’t sceptics. The majority are happy for him, Sophie and Christopher (a name some sceptics can’t bring themselves to type). Not kidding. I guess its better than wishing and hoping he’d died (in womb) as some did. Also not kidding.
I’m on Tumblr and I don’t follow celebrities at all. I follow science, and animals and retro fashion sites and retro Hollywood sites and history sites. etc. etc.
I know Cumby is out there, but he doesn’t interest me. There are millions of Tumblr followers all over the world, and most of them don’t focus on Hollywood celebrities. I’m sure there are more people following LOTR lore than Benedict Cumberbatch. And there are way, way more people following cat antics than probably anything else on the whole site-one fluffy kitten can have reblogs in the six figures.
So please, don’t lump us all into some sort of homogeneous “Tumblr Crowd”
I love history and follow many blogs on ancient history there. Tumblr is not all bad, you are right.
@Benn do you have the link to this blog, or something I can look it up with? I’m curious and would like to read what the crazy end are saying
“Bicker”?!?! Nooo! Not bickering! It’s like they’re a couple with a new baby or something! 😉
Lame Star magazine, totally lame. Come back when you have a real scandal.
Newly married, new baby all happening within a few months. Is anyone surprised that it is not all wine and roses? Those are big life changes, if they are still fighting next year then I can see “divorce watch” starting
Eh – I call BS. *pours another mimosa*
Let’s do Bellinis!
Oh Bellinis do sound better! *cracks open a case of Prosecco*🍹
I’m all for Bellinis this morning!
I make a mean white peach Bellini.
Can I join in?
Sure — 🍹Enjoy!
Count me in.
I’m teetotal usually but I could be driven to drink by this drivel, Can I have several of what everybody else is having?
Is ginger ale available?
Yes, ginger ale is available. Over on the veranda. Anything you wish to drink. If we don’t have it, Colin will send for it.
Colin firth and his missus were at bendy’s hamlet last night so he obviously got a short break from the butler-ing
Eh, there’s a lot of “bickering” at my house, too…mostly over an elderly dog. I’m sure a newborn baby would ratchet that up quite a bit.
Aww! I have two older dogs, one very elderly, but since I live alone with them, I can probably be heard bickering with myself.
Stressful, not to mention emotional, circumstances will do that to anyone.
You’re never alone if you have dogs. I have nine and can’t imagine a dog-free life. My babies.
We have 3 right now – two are littermates, and they’re 14 now. One is declining more rapidly than the other and needs to be cleaned-up-after on a daily basis, plus she’s on a lot of meds, etc, etc, It’s really sad and not easy on either of us. But I can’t imagine having NINE! You are a saint!
Gee, a sudden pregnancy and marriage isn’t the recipe for a successful, long-term relationship?
you got it.
Not from all my non-celebrity friends who’ve done it no. It leads to cheating, hidden issues (alcoholism), unhappiness, and general misery. But I am sure someone will chime in and say but X person I know has done it and been together 50 years. There is always an anomaly to every scenario, but the general norm is, it never works.
@andrea, all those things you mention seem to happen to long term relationships as well, at least with the people around me- people from work, friends, ex-classmates etc (and given the amount of divorces not just with the people I know).
we were talking about it with a friend recently, and we came to the conclusion there really is no recipe to make it last, and it has very little to do with how long a relationship has been going on before having children. people who didn’t know each other very well before kids split because of that, and people who were together for ages split because it gets routin-y and boring, they grow in different directions and fall out of love.
the relationships that manage to make it in the long term are usually between people who fit and that can luckily change together. for all we know those 2 could be in the same exact page and continue to be, despite the fact they did everything super fast. who knows.
My friends and I talk about those same things all the time now too. I know more divorced than married friends/family/coworkers and I am only 34. I hope for my own sake I can find someone that is a good fit for me and can change with me.
Meh, grain of salt. Save the Bafta side eye, they seem to be doing alright. As new parents trying to balance work, I’ll cut them slack. Every couple bickers.
Nope
Umm, ok?
Well, this clearly leaked PR plant is the beginning of the end. Nobody expected this to last more than two years. Looks like a year to a year and a half now.
Spitarr
yes right
side eyes at bafta seem to be right
except
one that sophie look bc with weird angry
and witness r…tada mark strong and keira knightly(ear withness)
And add tom hiddle side eye when bc kiss sophie cheek .
It little thingsss but tell alot b/c it not normal argument or normal strain but oh just find by yourself
all i can tell
let bc free before he died inside or go to.hospital
no his baby there!
I thought they looked great at BAFTA, very caring towards each other. And that is the body language for you – unless you are an expert, you see what you expect to see.
I guess youre right.
Interesting that the BAFTAs was first time they actually looked at each other and didn’t look awkward.
I didn’t get side-eye from either videos. Someone says something or moves, you’re going to look. And in a split second you don’t have time to change your expression. Its why actors don’t like anyone in their line of sight. You can’t always control your eyes from darting when they see movement.
Much like their kiss, where he’s looking into the camera. They’re kissing, something moves (person taking photo?), his eyes move. But I guess if your world consists of making up negative stuff about two people you don’t know, you’ll lean negative in your explanations. And if your world doesn’t, you lean more towards the less negative reasons.
So instead of his marrying a coked out ex-hooker who is blackmailing him because he’s a pedophile, or who is doing this of his own accord for Oscar or who is forced to do this by Harvey for Oscar, you go for something simpler. Two people meet, secretly date for months, decide to get married, get pregnant during wedding prep, get married and have baby.
Except they didn’t get pregnant during wedding prep. Still peddling that idea I see.
Oops = hasty engagement and wedding.
@spittair-um-LFF, NY TIG, ESA’s stomp off, BAFTA argument, PSIFF “surprise” dress, OTT Oscar’s, weird kiss at Hamlet press (even Kaiser comments on it), etc. Not what I would expect from a loving couple. But then again, maybe they are perfect for each other.
So which one of the tumblr haters is friends with someone at Star? And anything for those clicks, uh Keiser?
Some of the women who run Sophie Hunter hateblogs are pretty open about the fact they submit negative gossip stories to whatever gossip site or publication might pay attention to them – they’re constantly submitting fake BIs to Entertainment Lawyer. Popbitch got emailed so many fake stories abut Ben and Sophie they ran an item about the hate bloggers themselves. The Daily Mail and the Guardian have been similarly deluged.
All kinds of crazy stories about how Sophie is a junkie former escort who faked a pregnancy in order to blackmail Ben (who’s also struggling with drug addiction, and is either gay, in a secret relationship with Amanda Abington, sleeping with his Hamlet co-star, sleeping with various random blondes, or a pedophile, depending on what day of the week it is) into agreeing to a fake marriage. Apparently it’s a major conspiracy involving the entire British media and the Church of England!
Anyway, the most logical explanation is that the bloggers have also been emailing the Star, and the Star took the bait.
Right? I too am suspicious about this “source”. I’m not Sophie’s biggest fan, but I’m starting to feel sorry for this woman. (Not too sorry obviously) There’s one particular blogger who submits tips and when her nonsense is published she proclaims she was right and that “all will be revealed in due time”. The person is clearly mentally ill, and if you don’t agree with her or her loony crowd, you are deemed a “nanny”.
@Fluff, your Name, how convenient, right, Fluffing your Bio and Vita in the Way your Queen did, that is crazy, and show who you are…
Come again? “Your Queen”? Oh dear, we’ve got a live one here.
VelvetPaw, huh??? Not sure if you think I’m someone else – I’m not on Tumblr (except as a lurker) and I’ve never been in Benedict Cumberbatch fandom. The only place I post is Celebitchy, so fairly obviously you can’t know anything about me. I just like pointing and laughing at wanky fans. Then I started to get outraged at the abuse random ordinary women get anytime they date or marry a male celeb. If you look at my other comments I’ve “defended” plenty of other non-famous women receiving the same kind of hate.
???????
Well your reaction shows me rather a nanny.
To be clear, i think the crazy theories of the skeptics are only crazy, and the crazy Nannys (stalker) are…crazy….there are normal fans, no nanny no skeptic, you know…
But i have no tolerance for stalking (i take this serious) and spitting hate, and all the ugly stuff, most of the ugly stuff i saw from Hardcore-Nannys, overinvested woman with to much time…..
End of.
Well Fluff, then sorry, i hate the hate against woman too….
i don’t know her, the CV fluffing was ugly, i don’t like that in general, i am a sometimes lurker, so in the last time i saw too much hate, that upsets me, hope you understand, and don’t be mad at me.
Phew
Really, conspiracy theories so early in the AM? You Benedict Cumberbatch fans always give me a good chuckle, I must say. Anyone who rushes into a shotgun marriage because the f*** buddy got knocked up is always going to have issues. Trying to protect your prince and his queen by throwing out conspiracy theories makes you look and sound as bitter as thise ‘hateblogs’ you read (but dont admit publicly that you really like because they say what you cant). Fans like you give fans a bad name.
And nope, I dont care for Brandysnatch Cumberless. Untalented hack. Give me Tom Hardy any day of the week and twice on Sundays. *swoon*
Now thats a man!
I smell the stench of an ex-stan. Let me guess, you “lost respect” for him when he made a fool of himself by…getting married and having a baby.
lol, NO ONE’S buying that you’re detached about this, sweetie.
You’ve got it backwards. The claims of submitting fake blind items came from people who were trying to prove the skeptics wrong (to show that blind items are unreliable). They also accused one of the skeptics of doing it too – she denied it.
You beleive who you want to beleive. Those nuts can do that and more to prove their theories like: wedding didn’t happened, the baby is fake, the Church of England is on the conspiracy, all his friends, coworkers, the Church of England are covering it.
The blackmail theory, the drug abuse theory…
Who can beleive something like that?
> Those nuts can do that and more to prove their theories like: wedding didn’t happened,
My favorite one – and you’ll have hard time beating that one – there is no baby and that is a high quality doll at the christening (saw it on tumblr, reblogged by someone).
Almost spilled my tea right there – how did they imagine a christening with a doll?
And then what happened 10-15 years from now when everyone expects the said baby to grow up a little bit and start showing up at family outings? Is that going to be another doll?
@EN, Complete with a line drawing over the pap shot to show how wrongly the doll baby was being held to further prove SH is an unfit mother. It’s either a doll, or not BC’s baby. Yikes, lol!
@EN, it will be a robot, covered in real flesh… 😉
* oh wow, some people do wear tinfoil hats… *
That sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown novel! Those people really need to come back to reality
I have to admit, sometimes when I’m bored I go on those tumblrs because it’s so insane, it’s funny (and scary!). i do wonder why this guy has such an obsessive fandom, I can’t think of many other actors in that position other than the twilight lot, but that was because of the books/films. it just makes no sense why some are crazy obsessed with cumby.
I run a skeptic blog and I don’t know anyone saying those kinds of things. Most of us are sane rational people. Stop lying.
A word of advice – delete it, it could ruin your future. Sane rational people don’t run hate blogs.
But sometimes sane rational people become irrational.
For example, you can look into the nasa love triangle story from 5 years ago.
By all appearances a rational successful woman working at nasa drove all the way from Texas to Florida in disguise in order to kill her romantic rival.
@EN. Don’t forget the Depends in that crazy story.
This stuff happened in EXACT detail with twihards and Rob and Kristen. Who knows what was up with those two, but laineygossip would include hate mail daily and hilarious twihard kristen hater activity that included them trying to tip off blogs and even trying to send a petition to a movie studio to stop Kristen’s appearance with Robert at some premiere. It’s funny on one level how crazy people are, and then it’s scary on another level…how crazy people are. And it’s always grown women too, not kids, doing this sketchy time consuming stuff.
lol, no. The “petition” was a rumor started by Kristen fans. Their entire fandom is based on painting her as a perpetual victim, despite her fanbase being one of the nastiest ones out there.
Not really interested in the travails of Sophie and Benedict, only hoping that all is well because I hate when any marriage falls apart, but I saw Black Mass last night. I am putting Cumberbatch into the Hall of Fame of Really Bad Boston Accents. Yes, he’s right in there with Robin Williams (Winner of the Worst Boston Accent Male Division), Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, Laura Linney and Diane Lane (Winner of the Worst Boston Accent Female Division and Worst Boston Accent of All Time). Joel Edgerton did a decent job and delivered a good performance.
How was his performance (accent aside – he’s rubbish at them anyway)?
How was Jonny’s performance? Oscar worthy?
He has very few scenes and none of them are very memorable really. Depp’s makeup was distracting at times and he’ll never get the accent – this was his second attempt – but he gives a very good performance, smart and menancing. I think he deserves and will get a nomination but not necessarily a win. Although Boston gangster movies have been lucky for long-time contenders before (Penn, Robbins, Scorsese). Edgerton’s performance was central to the film and very good. I can see him getting a supporting nomination. David Harbour and Kevin Bacon give good performance too. They both have more time than BC.
Ooh – I’ll make a point of going to see this. Edgerton is a future winner for sure – he kinda reminds me a little of Richard Burton. He exudes a masculinity.
My fondness for Edgerton grows and grows. Anyone that can hold their own in scenes with Tom Hardy in Warrior deserves every success.
> My fondness for Edgerton grows and grows. Anyone that can hold their own in scenes with Tom Hardy in Warrior deserves every success.
I am willing to accept that Edgerton is all people say he is, but I can’t get that horror of a movie – Exodus out of my head. Though, I did think he had good on-screen presence.
That movie was such a waste of Bale too.
I am no expert on accents, and didn’t hear his but I read a couple of reviews in fairly serious papers and they said his accent was great.
People who didn’t know who he was didn’t realize he wasn’t an American (from comments).
Ty Burr of The Boston Globe described it as “passing strange”. We’ll go with the local paper of record and its main film critic. Budget also does not mumble or slur his words, which BC did throughout.
Quite a few of the scenes we saw him filming did not make it into the film
A Boston reporter who covered the Bulger trial thought his accent was good.
I’m going to guess it’s passable for people who don’t come from that area, but Dakota must be a mess because she’s who really struck out here with the critics in general.
I dunno. I think the Boston accent is really hard to do –and I live here! When I try to do it, it just sounds so fake and try-hard. So, I’d cut BC a little slack on this one.
It is a difficult one, I agree, and for that reason, I wish they would stop trying and just go with general American as DiCaprio did in The Departed. People from other regions don’t know whether it is good or bad. I couldn’t tell most southern ones apart. But a bad Boston one, I find a bad one distracting and a horrid one can take me right of the film. I also have had conversations with Billy Bulger. Mercifully, BC has few scenes.
It IS hard to pull off a Boston accent! Even for those of us from the city who grew up hearing (and used to have fun mimicking) it. I’ve been away awhile, but I notice more the subtleties between dialects, depending on the area or someone’s background and socioeconomic status…
For instance, the tough townies from Dot ah Chucktown don’t give a f*ck cuz ya not bettah than them! Whereas the guy from Milton who went to Boahston College and woarks naow at Fidelity – because he’s othahwise wellspoken, enunciates his woards and droaps his ah’s only occasionally – doesn’t even think he has one.
(It’s hard to write the accent also.) I actually thought that Leo in The Departed did a decent, not strong, accent which made sense for his character who grew up in the suburbs. So even among Bostonians, there’ll be differences of opinion.
With that, I also find myself now listening to accents from other places in films, such as any of the New York burroughs, various states throughout the U.S South and West, also London, UK (or anywhere in the world for that matter). And I wonder how often people there hear their accents done well or not, too?
I saw it last night as well, and enjoyed it. Ben’s accent is bad (as is Dakotas) but they have little screen time. Depp and Edgerton were really good. It’s worth $10, definitely.
Then I should drive to the theatre and buy a ticket, rather than wait for the dvd?
If you like that kind of movie, yes. It was well written, directed and scored, in addition to the good performances by the leads.
Oh, no! I knew it, Lilacflowers. Better no Boston accent at all than a bad one, just too distracting, so no Black Mass for me. I’ll wait instead for the eventual Damon/Affleck version instead.
By the way, I rewatched The Town last night. I saw it in the movie theater and thought it was okay, but it’s actually much better than I remembered it. The drama, the acting, directing and especially the action were excellent, plus there are also are some beautiful aerial shots of our fair city! The only thing missing was a DVD commentary, which when it’s good, enhances my understanding of and appreciation for the filmmaking process.
Anywho…I couldn’t care less about the Cumbersomes, though it sounds like whatever’s going on is just par for the course. I will say Sophie looks great in that orange dress, though, not an easy color for most to pull off.
@LaurainLA, I love The Town! Close the f’ing bridge! So much fun. Rebecca Hall couldn’t get the accent so they went with General American for her, which was fine. Renner nailed it! His is one of the best.
Lilacflowers, everything you just said is true! I’ve watched the dvd now 3x, I think if there’s a version w/commentary available, I need to buy it.
p.s. I give Blake Lively props for spending time in Chucktown first and getting to know the local ladies there to develop her character – also to Jon Hamm for not doing one as an FBI agent, since they are a “national organization”, but then pulling one off in that great interrogation scene.
@delorb, my obsession to compare the two? Really? Because I make a point of NEVER comparing actors. People do it to build up or tear down and I see no point to it but I have noticed it is a frequent technique of yours.
Did you miss the part that I not only am from Boston but have had conversations with William Bulger? Or the part where I quoted the leading film critic in Boston’s view that it was “passing strange?” Sorry, but some reviewer from NY or LA is not going to get a Boston accent. BC’s was atrocious. He should have gone with General American. I promise to leave judging whether an actor gets your local accent right to you. BC mangled mine.
As for my posting, I’ll post where I choose, thank you. I post on these threads because I have fun with other posters. I have never once commented on their relationship except to wish them well. I have defended her work because I’ve seen a play she directed and I enjoyed it. But again, I have no interest in and have never commented on their relationship and I would thank you to refrain from putting words in my mouth, especially when you seem to have such strong memory and comprehension problems.
Don’t understand how this was moved to this part of the thread and into a separate conversation because it was originally part of the conversation about Boston accents, which had nothing to do with where it is appearing now.
It may be because Delorb’s comment was deleted. 😉
Laura in LA:
Good riddance to a comment lacking logic or self-awareness.
I think it’s rich you calling anyone out on obsession when you are one of the obsessives on IMDB. Get off the computer and get an actual life, please.
@Madly, further up the thread, she describes her “hit and run” approach of accusing, and never returning. She won’t see the correction. She’s not interested.
Actors have little control over the accent selection, but General American would have made more sense. You need 8 – 12 weeks to learn an accent to begin with.
That aside, he’s done pretty well with critics, with some wishing he had more scenes, and the movie appears to be off to a good financial start, so hats to them!
All I know is that they looked like the world’s most miserable couple in the photos taken the day after their wedding. Anyway.
I agree, I think he did the responsible thing, was having fun, found out she was pregnant and then married her. Do I think they were madly in love and had a world wind romance, nope! I think they agreed to get married have the baby and try to make the best of it.
ITA. Fairytale? Nah. Two old acquiantances being at a certain point in their lives and deciding to give it a go? Likely.
ITA too.
That he did the responsible thing makes me actually like him.
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@Spittair,
That’s my take from all this as well. Two people find that they get along and decide that’s enough for them. Meh. Happens all the time. I do think she hates the cameras, even though the sceptics call her a fame-whore. If she were a fame-whore, there would have been pictures of their wedding. Pictures of them taking the baby home. An announcement of the birth, on the day of the birth.
There is even video of him talking to her on the carpet, I don’t read lips and I’m not going to guess what was said, but it kinda looked like coaching to me. IMO, and only IMO (because I get it from the stans and haters). And her legendary ‘stomp off’ looked like more of the same. Someone uncomfortable on the carpet, forgetting where to stand and where to go, so she goes the opposite way to everyone else.
If she detests cameras so much, then why pose with her nipples out for the Osman magazine? I guess someone forced her to take those modelling shots too.
I don’t know about the marriage stuff, that seems pretty likely. But the stuff about Benedict “dropping the ball on being a dad”? I call bs. Interview after interview he’s said his whole career that he’s always wanted to be a dad.
Yeah, he always said that, until this pregnancy was actually announced. Then he started looking miserable as hell every time it came up. He even got caught on video on the verge of unhappy tears during a commercial break when discussing it on a talk show. Somehow I don’t think this is how he imagined becoming a father lol
Meh, confirmation bias in action. The fans who are desperate to prove that the marriage is unhappy because they can’t stand to see him married to someone who isn’t them “see” him looking “obviously” miserable. The fans who are obsessed with proving that they’re the perfect couple because they’re projecting and living vicariously through them “see” him looking “obviously” thrilled and in love. And everyone else just sees… two normal people who look like any other married couple. Sometimes happy, sometimes not, sometimes doing PDA, sometimes not.
Face it, anyone who thinks they can tell anything about someone’s relationship from a handful of red carpet or pap photos is pretty delusional to begin with, regardless of what ‘side’ they’re on.
I agree with you, but for a man who had stated ad nauseam that all he wanted was to be a father he never displayed real joy when interviewed about it. It was always more of a meh attitude. He didn’t have to say anything specific, just express his happiness which comes really easy when you are actually happy.
I remember him saying “I carry sunshine wherever I go” and his face was so morose he looked like he was going to a funeral. And he is an actor, so he couldn’t even pretend.
As for their marriage, we all said Sophie would have had to deal with a man-child and it seems we were right. She better be patient, as I don’t see him slowing down in the near future. I wish them all the best, as they have a baby and babies need stability.
Well, I obviously do not know the first thing about BC’s parenting, but would like to point out that talking about a baby and parenting a baby are two very different things, and that very few people fully realize how hard babies are until they actually have them. I wanted a baby and had a planned pregnancy, yet when my baby was born and sleep deprivation kicked in, I caught myself thinking “what have I done???” once or twice.
‘His’ name isn’t Christopher, Kaiser. “Since Christopher came”? No.
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Couples bicker and I bet there two bickered way before otter kid came into the world. But it wouldn’t surprise me about his ego. Surprised that was a part of their story.
Some of those skeptics sound scary, but so do some of his fans and their antics at stage door. What is it with this guy and generating this kind of a response?
Exactly.
Predicting a split just because they bicker and have some stress because of a little baby and some work commitments? That is a bit over-interpreted. Most parents work and have stress at work and have children. But that ain’t enough to make them split – at least not in most cases.
One should wish them all the best and not predict they will split.
> I don’t think anyone is really expecting this to work out long-term, right?
I think they will last unless she decides she doesn’t want to deal with all of it – his work, his fame, the promotions and walks away. It will be up to her.
He is a workaholic, and she knew it but reality of living with a workaholic long-term might be more difficult than expected. Then there is a whole layer of crazy fans who are in love with him , which can be very difficult to deal with, but I think that will subside in the next 2-3 years.
I agree, I’m expecting her to get preggo again soon…
I agree. She seems a strong woman and may not want to deal long term with his putting work first , second and third. I suspect that is what broke him and Olivia up too.
Are they crazy about each other? Probably not, but is their marriage over because they bicker? Unlikely. They’re just two long time friends who threw in the towel and said if you want to then I want to, and had a baby and got married. Life. It happens.
Sh!t does, too!
Well too late for second thoughts. The little mite deserves better. Suck it up and put some effort into it for the sake of that child.
^^ But I expect that most of the actual raising of said child will be done by a plethora of nannies because anyone who thinks a celeb raises a child without a nanny is quite naive. Which is why I dont buy this story, because I doubt there’s much paternal bonding going on at home anyway, seeing how Bendycrump Cumberscotch is soooo busy what with Hamlet and…ah…???
And the wife, what does she do again?
‘Bendycrump Cumberscotch” – I’m loving the names you guys come up with! Please don’t stop!
Mmm, Cumberscotch. What’s in that? Sounds like a good autumn cocktail.
I don’t like the article prediction that they will split. It is nasty to announce that to two newly wedded people who have a baby and a good relationship by all accounts.
Yep, the timing was probably stressful: pregnancy early in relationship + little baby + playing Hamlet + sherlock movies + other movies.
Nevertheless one should wish them all the best. And a good housekeeper / nanny.
Why? I mean, i dont know them. So why should I wish them the best? Because they’re married? Because they’re celebs? Because there’s a kid involved?
Thousands of people divorce all the time. Those same people probably fight and have kids as well. Are you going to wish them the best? What about Affleck and Garner?
Pfft. If they cant handle the tension a newborn brings to a relationship then maybe its not a strong enough relationship to weather the real problems.
Just saying.
How about because they’re PEOPLE? You know, fellow HUMAN BEINGS?
@ brandybuckswine
You should have a moderately kind attitude to strangers.
How would you describe your attitude as displayed in your post?
And you forgot to put an empty space between k and s.
A good relationship by whose accounts? People mags? LOL
I agree with some that they’re not heading towards divorce, at least not right away. BC just comes a cross as a whiny person who would tend to bicker a lot anyway. Plus, if the rumor about a shotgun wedding is true, then they have a lot more to work out than the average couple who have been with each other for a longer time. Heck, they are still figuring the other out right now.
Also, because there’s a child involved, I don’t think they’ll divorce. I know a lot of couples who would have divorced ions ago if it hadn’t been that they were married with children.
Few things are sadder than people who stay together only for their kids. Life is really too short and there’s only one of it (people say it, but don’t act like they understand this). Anyway, I think in BC and SH’s case it’s only a matter of really knowing the other. It was awards season when they got together and probably had zero time to actually talk and bond.
I have two close friends from college that are only married because they got “accidentally” pregnant. neither loves their husbands, both have thought about cheating and one relationship has had cheating on both sides. Both relationships are on again/off again but they keep coming back because both have low self-esteem, think no one else will have them with their kids, and want to keep the family unit together despite it being dysfunctional as all hell. Welcome to my bad decision making friends.
I don’t understand this type of people., but I guess it’s because I don’t like to suffer 🙂
To all the body language haters,
I have a question. Is body language is such bunk, why does the FBI use it when interrogating witness? They have for at least 25 years. They use it to catch terrorists and criminals. It’s not foolproof, but it does work.
I’m not necessarily a “body language hater” but not everyone has the same qualifications or impartiality as the FBI do they? LOL
lmao exactly. i’m sure the FBI can pick on clues the general population wouldn’t even know about because they’re like… not fbi.
I’m totally in the FBI.
The FBI body language analysis tends to involve observations of people, not observations of pictures of people
The FBI also uses tests to determine if somebody is telling the truth. Fact is they don’t work.
You can fool such body language and interrogation tests if you know what you have to lie about and if you learn your lies so well they seem a truth to you. That is how O.J. Simpson got away.
Fact is those tests can at best determine if somebody believes he told the truth. So if somebody told an un-truth but himself believed it was the truth then those tests fail.
And yes, you can convince yourself that something un-truth is the truth. See religion, delusion etc.
And yes, you can lie with body language if you know what you should lie about. See acting.
This is the most bizarre comments section of a Cumberbatch thread I’ve ever read.
And that saying something!
You don’t know nothing, Jon Snow. This is like walking your puddle on a spring day compared to the shrillness of yore. It was like Judean People’s Front vs the people’s Front of Judea.
Wait a minute, I got this: poooooodle ( a much smarter dog than me, obviously).
Nope. Been here a couple years. This is truly the wackiest comments section yet.
^^ This ^^ I’ve had to stop myself from typing “whut?” at about a dozen different comments.
Blimey. It’s all gone Pete Tong!
(The comment section, not the Bouncing Ben and Comet love story. I thought everyone had got bored and departed for pastures new. Clearly not!)
*sigh*
Please excuse me for one moment
*toddles off to Google Pete Tong*
Okay, got it. Carry on.
Good Lord, I was here early this morning (ET) and am just now reading through everything that’s been said since I left.
There are some cray-cray people out there on the inter-webs.
I don’t know Pete Tong from a Pee-Can, but can I hang out with yous ladies? I’m having a hard time finding a safe place to hang.
*searches 2013 Cumby posts for giggles*
Oh gawd this is so sad. why can’t they get a grip for the sake of the baby. She feels like a single-parent??! I think she’s partly to blame tho. I mean whenever they are seen it is he who cares for but she’s cold as a snowman.
Well, gee, the shotgun wedding to a textbook ladder-climber isn’t working out for Mr. Cumberbatch? Whodda thunk it? I feel sorry for the poor kid being weaponized against his father like this.
OK, on to actual Benedict news. I’m seeing production notices for Yellow Birds again, from usually reliable sources. Does anyone more tuned in to BC news know what is going on – is he still attached or are they going forward without him?
I hope so, his name is still tied to it (still on his imdb page). I’d like to see him in more varied roles.
He’s still attached. I think the release date is sometime in 2013, so it’s possible they’re filming early next year. The director is still working on another movie rn.
OMG 2016, lol! Can’t edit, having mobile issues.
Wow, there’s some tin-hattery and conspiracy theorizing going on in this comment section.
To the people who keep mentioning tumblr, haters and sceptics: do you really think a group of 50 or so people shouting at each other in the echo chamber that is tumblr can plant any kind of story in the print version of a US gossip rag?
Isn’t it more likely that Star has a dart board with all celebrity couples and every week they choose one at random to do a “trouble in paradise” type story on and plot in the relevant details (baby, work, attractive co-star, disparate levels of fame or whatever).
It’s just a way to fill in half a page in their magazine, after all.
Obviously tumblr isn’t relevant, it’s the lowest form of social media tbh from a media perspective. And yes star is literally the bottom of the barrel facts wise, they’re rarely accurate
what you could argue if the fans or skeptics or whatever they are are messing around on lower rent gossip sites, twitter, etc. and giving articles about him, her traffic and traction, it makes bc/sh a more appealing topic for tabloids like star
No one is claiming that the Star is doing investigating reporting on Tumblr, c’mon on.
But the Star actually do have a thing on their website inviting people to submit “gossip tips” anonymously, and they do use the stuff they’re sent sometimes. They’re pretty infamous for not fact-checking. One of my sister’s friends who’s an aspiring actress got her name in the Star once by anon emailing a fake gossip item about herself being spotted with two more famous actresses at a Leo diCaprio party.
Considering that the skeptics have been openly talking about contacting the media to reveal the truth about Evil Sophie, and that we know they’ve been sending nasty stories about Ben and Sophie to other websites that (like the Star) also solicit anonymous gossip, it’s really not much of a stretch to think that one day one of the skeptics clicked that little “email us a scoop!” button. Hell maybe it was a Nanny or a rando trolling them, as the article is more sympathetic to Sophie than to Ben.
First off I would doubt the Star has a scoop really. With that said, nothing has made sense with this relationship except the PG announcement. Obvi an oops pregnancy they’re trying to make the best of. This would be difficult anyway, add that he’s a celeb who works 24/7 and it’s a recipe for the impossible. I wish them luck.
This comment section is hilarious. Who knows what will happen with these people? They’ll figure out their business one way or the other. Meanwhile, gossip will still occur.
It is mighty unfair to insinuate that people who decide to end their miserable, hasty, pregnancy induced marriages are irresponsible, bad parents though. Lots of kids from divorced homes may grow up happier.
But these people are together for now. Maybe their hasty, pregnancy induced marriage feels just right. It does happen. But if they are unhappy, it may last for awhile – but only until one finds someone else. They’re not regular average looking schmoes who do the 9 to 5 and spend 2 hours commuting. The average schmoe doesn’t have much hope once their only social outlets are AYSO tournaments and backyard bbq’s with other miserable couples. That’s why the average schmoe stays in this kind of arrangement. It gets to a point where the chances of meeting someone right are slim.
No. IF they are really unhappy, I hope they pull the plug before it’s because someone “met someone.” THAT would hurt a child. I don’t know about her. But he’s in his prime. His prime may even last through his 50s. He’d have plenty opportunity if he wanted it.
> They’re together.” And yet I am inundated on this site with articles about how Sophie got herself intentionally pregnant after a one night stand, and how “Benny” is such a gentleman and got forced into marrying her, and how she’s horrible, and he doesn’t love her, and how if only he looked across a
Yeah, this particular theory is straight out of telenovella and I don’t buy it. It is just not a reality in a progressive western country like the UK, and especially artistic circles. But I gave up arguing with others over it. People believe what they want to believe and nothing is going to change that.
This was written to please the crowd that does not believe they are married or have a baby. I am not saying it cannot be true. New marriage can be heartache, especially if you do not have time to adjust because both of you are busy with projetcs and a newborn. At this point this gossip sounds made up by tumblr.
The bickering is because of me. I am Benny’s only true love and Sophie need to move on.
Not a big fan of either Cumbers or Hunter and firmly in the Ooops Baby/Awards Season/Oh I’m nearly 40-she’s over 35 Maybe We Should Just Do It Camp, but Cumberbatch did kind of intimate in his, “I don’t think children limit your life” (Ha!) comment before the birth that he would be damned if he let any kid limit his. Everyone knows his work is his first love and he’s a workaholic.
Of course, given that they’ve probably got a nanny and a housekeeper and an accountant and a car on call, etc. etc., talking about Hunter as if she’s keeping house, running errands, cooking, paying bills, doing laundry, etc., the workload that fells most new mothers and keeps them in their PJs till 2PM in the afternoon for the first few months, is ludicrous.
Last but not least, it was a foregone conclusion that the “Trouble in Paradise” stories would start when interest in the Ecstatic Cumberbatches Welcome Baby Boy/Hamlet stuff began to fade. Also ludicrous: the idea that anyone in their private circle would talk to the tabs about their marriage.
Unless, of course, this is the opening salvo in the “We really tried but . . .” campaign.
Reality check. The story is not surprising. Doesn’t make it true.
I doubt very seriously Sophie is running around anywhere without her baby, and I doubt seriously Ben is hands off and leaves others to do all the work.
What I don’t doubt is the reality of a short relationship, rushed engagement, marriage, work and new baby are setting in. It’s hard. It would be for anyone.
Nothing about this is shocking. It also doesn’t spell doom.
But yes, I’m sure the honeymoon is over.
+1 Nothing ends the honeymoon like a new baby and actually having to get to know each other at the same time. Perhaps their resources will ease this. Relationship outcomes are pretty random. I know several couples who married barely knowing each other, and a number of couples who’ve married after coupling for a long time, and haven’t seen any real correlation between those who succeed and those who don’t. The fact that they’re a celebrity couple does dramatically diminish the odds though.
I don’t see the parallel. Hiddleston also posed all over the place with other costars for other movies in the last couple of weeks, Hiddleston and Olsen are campaigning for the same film, and Olsen straight up denied they were dating in a recent interview – why lie about a thing like that? After that one ridiculous pap set up at Woleseys in London, where he never so much as took her hand, hey haven’t been seen together OFF the red carpet anywhere.
Hunter & Cumberbatch were an entirely different matter: they showed up out of nowhere suddenly pregnant, engaged, etc., right at the beginning of the award season. And at the time, Cumberbatch was in the position Hiddletson is now: suddenly higher profile on the international film scene, and likely to be walking lots of red carpets in the expectation of award noms.
No one really knows either way how film stars actually feel – in either direction. It’s all conjecture. Which is what gossip is for.
Regardless of all rumors about this couple, I certainly think he is a great actor who has made a fortune from his talent, deservedly so.
I really enjoy watching his films and that’s really all that interests me, not his private life.
JMHO!
Wow there is still interest for Benedict apparently. His last articles and comment threads were rather empty but now? 200 plus comments. can’t wait for the divorce announcement
Or pregnant again.
I tend to agree with the writer……they quickly got pregnant, together, married, Oscar campaign, two careers….and now a baby. I don’t know if they’ll make it, because I don’t really know much about them. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they were a little testy with each other. That’s normal, and isn’t indicative of their relationship. Every couple has fights/argues. It’s HOW you argue that makes the difference.
Sophi doesn’t have a career tho. once or twice a year she helps out friends putting together short stage pieces. that’s it
I have no idea if this is true, but in all fairness they were pretty mature in age when this all went down. It’s not like she got knocked up in her early 20s or something. They’re probably going through all the ups and downs of a normal couple with an infant.
At least there’s always a few rational, normal comments mixed into these threads. Conspiracy theorists with fake babies and middle aged Tiger Beat subscribers that just know this is totes true love sound the same kind of crazy when you just skim through this ish.
I like the guy, but his market share is not that large. Nobody’s that desperate for shite stories that they give any blanks about this stupid feud you people have going on. Actually, when they do, they flat out write articles mocking this fandom – which has got to be a little humiliating to the guy who inspired it.
The only thing that makes this story semi interesting is the fact that it’s clear BC rushed into 3 major life changes (relationship, marriage, fatherhood) right before 2 of his biggest career milestones (first individual Oscar nomination and lead in Hamlet in the West End). AND it’s highly unlikely that he or his wife are keeping house and tending baby without major help. They certainly aren’t having the financial struggles a lot of new parents have. It’s all gossip anyway!
I have seen some of the really harsh comments about Sophie in earlier CB threads, but not really in this one. Nobody knows who this woman is. There’s no way to know how awesome or awful she is. The way some of you seethe either way is nutastic.
@Lydia you win all the points and the baby doll!
To all this decrying the body language please go read some books on the subject. You can analyze some things through pictures. Not everything but some. There are also gifs and video on YouTube, which can be slowed down and examine for subtler body language clues. There is even a woman who can analyze a person’s voice and tell whether they are lying or not. Now, I don’t think that woman has a tumblr, but I don’t know that she doesn’t. Who knows what anonymous count belongs to a PhD or other person who has extreme amounts of knowledge in a subject. Those types of people have down time and hobbies. And IIRC, that technology was available for sale. So someone could have purchased that and know something more of what is going on. You never know. Am I saying all of this is true? Probably not. But it is possible, because nothing is impossible.
So… to your point on body language.
Several months back like in December last year (?) when it all went down I read a body language analysis of their appearance somewhere on the net from someone who actually does it for a living, not the tumblr self-proclaimed experts.
She basically said – Sophie doesn’t like the spotlight and is only doing it because she is in love with BC. And the way BC’s body was angled, he was being protective of her.
There was none of this – “he can’t stand her” stuff that you see on tumblr when people claim to be body language experts.
I do think it is possible to read body language but you actually have to train for it and you have to be unbiased.
I don’t see how anyone can read so much in a photo, even as an expert. You can say she doesn’t like the spotlight, but that she’s doing it because she loves him? She could be doing it for a variety of reasons which we don’t know anything about.
That is the only remotely professional body language analysis that I read on them and I only cited it to show how far it is from what you see on tumblr.
When people claim they don’t like Sophie based on her body language, you have to wonder is it really the body language or they were predisposed not to like her and then use body language as justification?
At least the one I cited is fairly unbiased, but it could be wrong, sure.
If there are other expert body language readings of them we can discuss, I looked only once when the whole hoopla was going on with 500 post chains under every BC blog.
Also, If she doesn’t like the spotlight she sure married the wrong guy. He clearly wants a Hollywood career, so visibility is of the essence.
But I’m sure she’ll get the hang of it, after all she used to be an actress.
Most couples are at a really bad point with a three month old first baby. Not sure how you navigate that when you barely know one another beforehand. Good luck to them, I guess, but I don’t think my own marriage would have survived without a decade of previous to draw upon.
I mean it isn’t a surprise to anyone , is it ? They’ve never looked like they even got on well !
Oh, for heaven’s sake, they’re English….even when Brits love each other, they hate each other.
Well this was fun.
I can’t wait for the next post!!
All I wish for baby Christopher is for him to have loving parents, no matter what personal turmoil that is going on with them (imagined by some cumberbitches, or not). Also he inherits his mother’s skin and father’s hair and maybe also his mother’s eyes; his father’s eyes are too creepy sometimes.
There needs to be an IP check on some things here. 😉
Yep, we need more Big Brother in this society. That’s exactly what we need. Not,
First time posting, long-time lurker.
I’ve been a gossip hound for over three decades – don’t like the sad smut, but I enjoy reading about the inner workings of the entertainment industry. These
past few years however have really been an eye opener. Gossip and blinds were much more fun pre-Tumblr, Twitter, etc. You could have lively, respectful dialogue and debate, agree to disagree, shake hands and move on. The mood has somehow changed for me.
I used to be a vocal and engaged Cumby fan but I’ve stepped back this year. Found that if I wasn’t fawning enough I was a hater, too much squeeing I was a nanny. The fandom got to be too tiring but from what I’m told this type of drama is inherent in all fandoms.
For what it’s worth, this story reads like most celebrity “3 months after birth” stories…couple is fighting, marriage is in trouble (see Ryan & Eva, Kim & Kanye, etc.) but in some rare instances they get it right.
My final consideration is that perhaps he didn’t realise he had outgrown his dream of becoming a father. He was in a very long relationship with Olivia Poulet and when he shot to fame he didn’t have much time to enjoy his new found currency. It could be that he misses his single status and regrets not having waited a tad longer. He wouldn’t be the first, won’t be the last.
It was obvious from the start they won’t last. They were so uncomfortable around each other since their first appearance. I actually believe they are on bad terms, obviously he knocked her up without any romantic feelings whatsoever and felt obligated to marry her.
That may be due to the fact they didn’t know each other that well and that they had to appear so soon in public on many red carpet occasions. I don’t know about you, but I would be quite flustered in her shoes.
We don’t know if they love each other, but certainly their initial secrecy did not do them any favours. Had they dated more openly, they would have been more relaxed when awards time came.
There’s pap pics of the bebe in the Mail.
u still can’t see him yay
looks like zoom shots and they’re genuinely unaware tho
BS Magazine? Come on…
yikes, it’s like a bomb went off in here. I’m going to see Black Mass this week!