--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch Engaged to Sophie Hunter: Fans React on Twitter description: It's mostly depression and anger right now canonical: https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-05T16:00:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:23.348Z og:title: Fans of Engaged Benedict Cumberbatch Experience the Five Stages of Grief on Twitter og:description: Mostly depression and anger, but yes, there's even some acceptance og:url: https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4e5f2a360bf9e/698762e98e060144fb457ed4/ap22723301265.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Graham Norton Show - London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fans of Engaged Benedict Cumberbatch Experience the Five Stages of Grief on Twitter twitter:description: Mostly depression and anger, but yes, there's even some acceptance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4e5f2a360bf9e/698762e98e060144fb457ed4/ap22723301265.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fans of Newly Engaged Benedict Cumberbatch Experience the Five Stages of Grief on Twitter by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 5, 2014 4:00 PM UTC  Graham Norton Show - London. Benedict Cumberbatch during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Picture date: Thursday October 23, 2014\. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire URN:21270396 Graham Norton Show - London. Benedict Cumberbatch during filming of the Graham Norton Show at the London Studios, London, to be aired on BBC One on Friday evening. Picture date: Thursday October 23, 2014\. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire URN:21270396Yui Mok—PA Wire/Press Association Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 5, 2014 4:00 PM UTC Benedict Cumberbatch is officially off the market now that he has [announced his engagement](http://time.com/3558121/benedict-cumberbatch-announces-engagement/) to actor and director Sophie Hunter. Understandably, all the sad [Cumberbabes](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/cumberbabes) out there, convinced they had a shot with him, are incredibly grief-stricken. In fact, many of them are now experiencing the [five stages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross%5Fmodel) of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, yes, even acceptance. Naturally, it’s all playing out on Twitter. **Denial:** > [](https://twitter.com/music%5Ftrends001/status/530006276479021057) > [](https://twitter.com/MariaRebeccs27/status/529912698062905344) **Anger:** > [](https://twitter.com/von161/status/530012374422413312) **Bargaining:** > [](https://twitter.com/RetnaHanani/status/529966739430191104) **Depression:** > [](https://twitter.com/eleanorssophia/status/529981675653300227) > [](https://twitter.com/Steph%5FLittlee/status/529975971584425984) > [](https://twitter.com/Katgsoares/status/530000691423891456) > [](https://twitter.com/GGGMONEYYY/status/530011596102197249) **Acceptance:** > [](https://twitter.com/vainmuffin/status/529927472125468673) And then there’s this person, who basically experienced _all_ the stages in one tweet, culminating with acceptance in the form of a begrudging congratulations: > [](https://twitter.com/J%5FMurka/status/529932368677969920) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/"},"headline":"Fans of Newly Engaged Benedict Cumberbatch Experience the Five Stages of Grief on Twitter","datePublished":"2014-11-05T16:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:23.348Z","description":"It's mostly depression and anger right now","url":"https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Benedict Cumberbatch","Tweets","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4e5f2a360bf9e/698762e98e060144fb457ed4/ap22723301265.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4e5f2a360bf9e/698762e98e060144fb457ed4/ap22723301265.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Graham Norton Show - London","caption":"Graham Norton Show - London","creditText":"Yui Mok—PA Wire/Press Association Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/","name":"Fans of Newly Engaged Benedict Cumberbatch Experience the Five Stages of Grief on Twitter"}}]}] ```