--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jimmy Fallon Talk Kim Kardashian and Booty description: Spoiler alert: Kim Kardashian gets discussed canonical: https://time.com/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-18T14:28:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:18.627Z og:title: Here's The Ridiculous Way Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Someone to Say 'Booty' og:description: Spoiler alert: Kim Kardashian gets discussed og:url: https://time.com/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's The Ridiculous Way Benedict Cumberbatch Gets Someone to Say 'Booty' twitter:description: Spoiler alert: Kim Kardashian gets discussed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Benedict Cumberbatch Tries to Get Jimmy Fallon to Say 'Booty' by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 18, 2014 2:28 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Nov 18, 2014 2:28 PM UTC [Did you experience varying stages of grief](http://time.com/3558514/benedict-cumberbatch-engaged-sophie-hunter-fans-twitter/) when the Benedict Cumberbatch announced his November engagement? Well here’s something to temporarily numb the pain: It turns out that he probably would have been really bad at couples game night. When on _Jimmy Fallon_ Monday, the actor was asked to play the “Three Word Game.” The rules are simple: you have to make your opponent say a keyword using only three words. Fallon accomplished the goal with relative ease. Cumberbatch, on the other hand… Here are some of the clues he gave Fallon for the word “booty”: * “You’ve got to shake…” (that’s four words, but whatever) * “Shake the shake…” (if at first you don’t succeed…) * “At the top…” (_clearly_ not ready for this jelly) Finally he got to the right territory, saying “A beautiful big,” inspiring Fallon to say “Kim Kardashian’s butt.” After a couple more attempts, booty was revealed. Who are we really kidding, though. We would still offer to pair up with Cumberbatch for a rousing game of Scrabble or Taboo anytime. ### 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. Rindoff/Charriau/French Select/Getty Images _Read next:_ [_Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Nail 11 Celebrity Impersonations in a Minute_](http://time.com/3584946/benedict-cumberbatch-celebrity-impressions-impersonation/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/"},"headline":"Benedict Cumberbatch Tries to Get Jimmy Fallon to Say 'Booty'","datePublished":"2014-11-18T14:28:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:18.627Z","description":"Spoiler alert: Kim Kardashian gets discussed","url":"https://time.com/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","viral","jimmy fallon","Benedict Cumberbatch","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3591815/benedict-cumberbatch-booty/","name":"Benedict Cumberbatch Tries to Get Jimmy Fallon to Say 'Booty'"}}]}] ```