Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombed U2 for a Friend

You seem to be just a

like a guy who just takes the moments

and attacks them and embraces them

- Yeah

- and loves them

and I say this because

our pals U2

- Oh my god

- were about to go on the show tonight

and there's a photo of you at the Oscars

- Yeah

- photobombing U2

(audience laughs)

- and it's pretty one, one of the most

(audience laughs harder)

(asserting music)

(audience laughs)

- Were you jumping in mid air?!

- Yeah

(presenter laughs hard)

- (guest) I mean, either they're incredibly

short

- I mean they, yeah

- or...

I ran onto several publicist's back

and launched on Whoopi Goldberg

at the last minute

(presenter laughs hard)

and then you've got that final leap up

-What was going on here?!

- So I've got a friend, Helen, who's a

huge life long fan

I mean, as I am...

But she's like: "Oh my God! They

really sort of soundtracked my life.

Please! Please! Get a photo with them."

And, uh,

(audience laughs)

I thought, it's my perfect moment,

I will get a photo with them

(presenter laughs)

- What did they, had no idea!

- No

- It's one way to get a photo with U2,

absolutely

- (guest) Exactly

- (presenter) This became like a meme

and it started going around the Internet

that this photo of you would end up

in photos all over the place

- (guest giggles)

- Here is the scene from the movie Gravity

with Sandra Bullock

(audience laughs)

I didn't see this scene, and you...

(audience laughs harder)

(everyone laughs and applause)

I guess, I guess she wasn't alone

- No

- she wasn't alone in space at all

- she, she

I mean maybe she's looking terrified

because she's seen that George

has floated off and she's got to let this guy in

(everyone laughs)

(presenter makes muffled screaming voices)

- Also if you go, I think it's like

a website. They call it like, Cumberbombing.

- Cumber-whating?

Cumber Bombing.

Sorry, something lost in my [inaudible]

(presenter laughs)

I thought it was cumber, cumber-something

No, No. Cumberbombing

- yeah, bombing

- and it's... They actually have a thing

onsite where you could cut out a

Benedict, you can make a bookmark

of yourself

- (Benedict) Oh yeah?

So I have one in here

(audience laughs hard)

(Benedict clears throat)

(Presenter) You're like

(Laughs and Applause)

(Presenter) The first four pages of the

GOLDFINCH.

(audience still applausing)

It's really tough to get through this book

(Benedict) [inaudible]

(presenter) It's a really long book

(Benedict) yeah, say, do you just keep

looking at the Cumberbomb

- (presenter) Yeah I just keep looking at the
- rather than the book

(benedict laughs)
I mean I have a short attention span

It's a very thick book
(benedict laughs)

This has been happening for six months