Benedict Cumberbatch on his Oscars U2 photobomb: ‘I was drinking – it was Ellen DeGeneres’ fault!

HEATWORLD
By Emmeline Saunders Web Writer
on Tuesday, 30 September 2014 at 10:52



Remember when Benedict Cumberbatch photobombed U2 on the red carpet at this year’s Oscars? And it was the best thing that had happened in the history of red carpet events? And then someone set it to the Jaws theme and it was EVEN BETTER?

Yeah, apparently the most important moment in Oscars history was all down to Ellen DeGeneres and her bottomless stash of miniature booze, as Benedict told Time Out this week.

“Yes, I photobombed U2! But that was all Ellen DeGeneres’s fault because she plied everyone with vodka on the red carpet,” he cheekboned.

“Her team was handing out these miniatures. A friend really wanted me to get a photo with U2. So I just saw the opportunity and I’ve never felt an impulse like it.

“I spotted them all standing around and I thought, ‘Perfect!’ It wasn’t preordained or anything. I just did it.”


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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch jumps high to crash U2's snap on Oscars red carpet

DAILY MAIL
By BIANCA SOLDANI
PUBLISHED: 22:30 EST, 2 March 2014 | UPDATED: 05:21 EST, 3 March 2014



There was bound to be one, and on Hollywood's night of nights it was Benedict Cumberbatch who executed the best photobomb.

Leaping into the air arms raised and fingers splayed, the Sherlock actor cut a mischievous figure as veteran rockers U2 posed for a photo op on the red carpet ahead of their Oscars performance.

Braving the rain outside of the Dolby Theater, the Dublin based group looked dashing, with Bono taking center stage in a sharp black suit and rose coloured glasses alongside his wife of 31 years, Ali Hewson.

The Edge put his own spin on red carpet class, wearing his trademark beanie and an elaborately embellished jacket, white bassist Adam Clayton sported a velvet bow tie and glittering silver lapels as he gripped the hand of his Brazilian model wife, Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho.

The multi Grammy award winners received a standing ovation when they treated the A-list guests to a touching rendition of their Academy Award nominated song Ordinary Love, which features in the Weinstein Company's biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.


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