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Yay! I’m so happy we have some new Benedict Cumberbatch & Sophie Hunter photos! Hunterbatch! These are the first photos we’ve had of them – separately or together – since Sophie gave birth to the Cumberbaby. They announced the birth of their son on June 13th, although my particular conspiracy theory is that Sophie gave birth at least a week (if not more) before the announcement. And here they were at the annual Serpentine Gallery summer party held in Kensington Gardens – they didn’t walk the carpet, but they happily posed for some photos inside the event, and photographers got some photos of Sophie and Benedict leaving.

Some sites are already doing the “wow, Sophie already lost all the baby weight” stories. I tend to find those stories inappropriate, but in defense of the way these photos are being written about – Sophie really did “get her figure back” really quickly. She looks basically the same as she did when she was first introduced to us as Bendy’s (quietly knocked up) fiancée last fall. And by that I mean BANGS TRAUMA. Seriously though, these photos are part of my exhibit “Bendy & Sophie Fudged The Dates.” They wanted to wait as long as possible to announce the birth so that it wouldn’t look like a classic example of a shotgun marriage. C’est la vie.

We got an email query earlier this week asking if anyone has heard anything about the Cumberbaby’s name. I still haven’t. Even Cumber-centric Twitter hasn’t heard a whisper. Oh, and I completely forgot about this too: this is the first public appearance from the couple since Benedict was made a CBE (Commander of the British Empire). As for their future plans… Benedict is going to be doing Hamlet and Doctor Strange in the coming months. It is believed that the bulk of Strange will be filmed in London, even though the character is supposed to live in NYC. Benedict has been in rehearsals for Hamlet for weeks now. Sophie is going to be doing some stuff this summer too.

View image | gettyimages.com

View image | gettyimages.com

Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
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