JT Anon - Ben & Sophies creepy PR marriage
ah yes of course we get this lovely little story right when Enty says there’s a weird contract between Ben and his totally totally real for love not profit wife. Because love matches have public relations contracts and publicity arrangements in place. oh wait, whats that i hear in the distance? nans drooling as they shout “he is just supporting her any good husband would do that!!11!"
I actually agree w our slobbery pals, it would make perfect sense that a supportive husband would be thrilled to use his resources to help promote his wife a la a family brand! its a little odd considering he has never shown for any of her work. i mean, the guy couldn’t even be bothered to show up for a literal 14min show. doesn’t exactly paint the picture of a man starry eyed for his wifes brilliance
i think people are rightfully disturbed by the way in which this arrangement has ben hammered out. theres a creepy, kinda dark bubbly underneath this, isn’t there?
when we were all laughing that sophie had pals who helped her get attention, that was just kinda sad. this is not sad. this is disturbing.
how incredibly creepy is it that bens pr has been instructed not to simply promote their stars wifes work, but that there is a caveat that this promotion MUST immediately follow any publicity ben gets.
i mean, we didn’t need Enty to tell us this, we’ve seen this pattern so much that its become a running joke. we count down the days to a sophie article after ben gets any shine. it seems now its w/in 24 hours that we get some new tidbit
i say that this is creepy and dark because, think of the type of discussion that had to take place between the two lovebird for an agreement w this specificity to come to fruition.
The reason that i find this whole publicity thing creepy is that…it makes no sense unless Sophie is actually resentful and hateful w regards to bens success.
It makes absolutely zero sense that ben would demand such a convoluted arrangement from his PR w regards to his wifes work. It just makes no sense. Lots of celebrity wives kinda become demi celebs off their spouses. Wives get book deals and fashion lines hosting gigs and modelling jobs all the time (see Leos entire dating history).
its this demand that she get equal amounts of publicity w in a certain time period of Ben getting publicity that has a sinister vibe to it.
the only reason that anyone would want that specific of an arrangement is if they were resentful of the other party getting attention. what other explanation is there for this exact sched.
because sophies calendar is hardly booked in a way that required time sensitive publicity, you know what i mean? for example, its not like she has a play coming out next month, so why exactly did she NEED that interview released IMMEDIATELY after ben did a charity event?
all of the press sophie has got in the past year has absolutely not required that it come on the heels of attention for Ben, so why not wait a week or two?
Only someone who is jealous and resentful of the attention ben gets would have this specific caveat in place. its completely unnecessary. they could easily mention ben in her copy to make sure it gets trending. i mean they went so far as to put "wife of benedict cumberbatch” to get people interested in her, right? add a hashtag, i promise you, all the same people reading about his charity will see her thing also
under what circumstances is this request appropriate
“Thank you honey, I appreciate the support! Just one small thing, I need you to make sure that I get the same amount of media mentions you do, even if I don’t have any active projects, and I must get media attention anytime you do, ok? thanks love!"
I dunno about you all, but thats…creepy. its creepy. it just simmers w jealousy and resentment.
can you imagine being married to someone who resents your success so much that they make demands like this? because why else would she even think to add this in? why would a tit for tat arrangement even cross her mind?
its got to be so unnerving living w someone who is so simmering w jealousy and resentment over your success that they go so far as to, rather than receive bens help w grace and love, make sure there are rules so that ben doesn’t get a single stitch of attention w out her getting some also
im not w other skeptics who diagnose people over the net, but i will say, this is creepy creepy creepy. it really, to me, makes sophie out to be terribly unbalanced imo. only an extremely fragile and jealous person would ask to have it set up like this
poor ben. he has worked so hard to get so far. the wonderful career he seemed to be building is not exactly on fire, and now his team has to extend its resources making sure his wife gets just the exact same amount of publicity he does, and it must be ready to go w/in a few days.
I can’t imagine living w someone so unbalanced and creepy and clawing that they would even think to have this sort of agreement in place
Ill just leave you w this, since my gf reads Annas blog (hey there girlie ;-) . She just got a wicked wicked promotion at work. Not only is it a really big jump, but its history making given who she is. she is telling everyone who will listen (rightfully so) all about it. family, friends, co workers, the deli guy she sees all the time (reasons).
under no circumstances would i tell her that while she is rightfully boasting and enjoying her moment after a lot of hard work, that she had to mention and talk about something im working on.
it would also never, ever cross my mind to quickly follow up her story and joy w my own story just to make sure i was also getting praise and attention
why? because i love my partner, and im proud of her work, and i love it when she gets positive attention. i love it. im not jealous of it, and i don’t have any desire to ride her coat tails and sponge off her.
sophie, on the other hand, cannot seem to stomach ben getting praise or attention. otherwise, why have this sort of arrangement?
J I hope ben mentions this in an interview and desperately tries to make it out like this was his idea T anon
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I have to say I disagree with you JT.
I don’t think it’s jealousy or resentment that drives the re-re-re-re-re-re-introductions of Madame Fetchless within a couple of days of Ben getting press of his own.
I believe it’s nothing more than making sure Weirdo’s pieces in the (progressively growing in obscurity) media outlets will get maximum exposure. If people are interested in a piece of news surrounding Ben, it only makes sense to attach his wife’s re-introductions to that piece of news within a brief timeframe, so that people will be tricked into reading the articles re-introducing her to the world as well.
Anyway, I digress.
CONGRATULATIONS on the big promotion JT’s girlfriend!!!