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“Meanwhile, according to you, I was off dressed as a wizard-though technically it’s a sorcerer.”Īfter explaining that wizards have robes-in contrast to his Marvel character Doctor Strange, who has a cloak-he went on to say that he hopes when his wife really thinks about it, she’ll realize that their contributions as parents even out. I mean, for a start, you gave birth to our three beautiful boys, and that alone is a minor miracle, as any woman will tell you,” he said. “I’m seriously in constant, constant awe of you.

I love you, Pookie.”Īlso getting a shout-out tonight was Cumberbatch’s wife Sophie, who was in the audience for the show. “You’ve shown me so much love and support, every step of the way. “Seriously though mum, thank you,” he said. “It’s great advice, but it also explains why to this day, in every red carpet photograph, I’m smiling like this.”Ĭut to a photo of Cumberbatch in which his smile is more of a strange grimace. Just try and smile without opening your mouth,'” he recalled. “For instance, when I lost my two front teeth, I was worried about being teased but you said, ‘It’s okay. It’s me, your son-little Benedict,” he said. “Thank you for always being there for me.”Ĭumberbatch shared that growing up, whenever he had a problem, his mother had a solution. “I can’t do that for her here, obviously,” Cumberbatch noted, “but I thought I’d use a bit of this monologue to thank her for all that she’s done for me.”Īs sentimental piano music began playing, Cumberbatch transitioned to address his mother directly.

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While he was there, his mother would write “these amazing letters” to him, full of beautiful illustrations. Later, he joked, “I went off to a boarding school outside of London-you might have heard of it-called Hogwarts.” “I called her ‘Pookie,'” he said, “and she called me ‘Benedict Cumberbatch.'” Are you insane?'”Ĭumberbatch then told his mother he loves her, noting that when he was younger, he and his mum used to have “these weird, funny names” they’d call each other by. “She’s actually on holiday in Greece at the moment and SNL offered to fly her here first-class, and she said, ‘No, I’m on a beach in Greece. “Of course, I want to wish a very happy Mother’s Day to my mum,” he said. I was beat by Will Smith…No, not physically.”Īfter alluding to the infamous Oscars slap, Cumberbatch pivoted to discuss his excitement at being able to host SNL‘s Mother’s Day show. “I said, ‘Well, The Power of the Dog, for example’ and he said, ‘Nobody saw it.’ I said, ‘Come on, man. 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open Goes Back To The 'Moral Clarity' Of The 13th Century To Spoof Samuel Alito's Abortion Opinion

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