--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch Flirts with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show description: Jon Stewart flirts with Benedict Cumberbatch on "The Daily Show." canonical: https://time.com/3594529/benedict-cumberbatch-jon-stewart-daily-show/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-19T15:07:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:18.238Z og:title: Benedict Cumberbatch Flirts with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show og:description: And he's smart, to boot og:url: https://time.com/3594529/benedict-cumberbatch-jon-stewart-daily-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7eab71905e00730c/6987698e35ba6f7b05c056a3/jon-stewart-cumberbatch.png?branch=production&width=807&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 807 og:image:height: 454 og:image:alt: jon-stewart-cumberbatch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Benedict Cumberbatch Flirts with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show twitter:description: And he's smart, to boot twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7eab71905e00730c/6987698e35ba6f7b05c056a3/jon-stewart-cumberbatch.png?branch=production&width=807&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Stewart Admits He Wants to Rip Off Benedict Cumberbatch’s Clothes > Sponsored content. 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And while the bulk of the conversation focused on Cumberbatch’s experience playing the role, Stewart found it difficult not to add his voice to the chorus proclaiming the actor [totally swoon-worthy](http://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/). While Stewart does tell Cumberbatch he’d like to rip his clothes off, he admits that his motive is to profit off the fortune they could fetch on eBay. He warns the actor that the fate of humankind might be in his hands. “If you were to go on the Internet and oil up your backside and bear it in a Kardashian-like pose,” he cautions, “this planet could end.” Perking up at the observation that the actor is as smart as he is handsome, Stewart sighs, “I guess it would be the wrong time to ask you to marry me.” Cumberbatch, who announced his [engagement](http://time.com/3558121/benedict-cumberbatch-announces-engagement/) to actor Sophie Hunter two weeks ago, looks at his watch. “You’re a bit late.” ### Meet Benedict Cumberbatch's Fiancée Sophie Hunter  Hunter poses in a photo shoot for Savoy Magazine on July 1, 2004. James Bareham—Corbis  Hunter (left) had a small role as Maria Osborne in the 2004 film Vanity Fair Focus Films  She played the character Tiffany Glass in the pilot for the TV series Mumbai Calling in 2007 ITV/REX USA  Hunter and Cumberbatch met on the set of the 2009 film Burlesque Fairytales Double Barrel Productions  Sophie Hunter was the associate director on Broadway's Enron. Here she attends the Enron press night in London on Jan. 26, 2010. Dan Wooller—Rex USA  Hunter (top left), played a witch alongside Sir Patrick Stewart's Macbeth in PBS' Great Performances: Macbeth in 2010. Thirteen Productions LLC  Hunter and Cumberbatch started seeing each other sometime after Cumberbatch's split from designer Anna Jones in 2012\. Here Hunter attends The Collective Dinner in London on May 15, 2014. Rex USA  The very private couple was recently spotted together at the French Open on June 8, 2014 in Paris, France. 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