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Mary Me · September 12, 2013 4:39 pm

What exactly did that neighbour do?

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besleybean · September 12, 2013 4:39 pm

Tee Hee.
EDIT: sorry, we cross posted.
The neighbour tweeted all of Beneditc's movements in and out of his flat and about him changing a shirt etc!

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SusiGo · September 12, 2013 4:42 pm

Mary Me wrote:
What exactly did that neighbour do?

As far as I know she tweeted his movements within his flat in real time, changing clothes, etc. Someone told Benedict and he requested a friend who is on Twitter to tell her to stop this.

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 4:48 pm

Okay, that's not quite nice but she didn't take photos of him. If there's such a popular person living next to your house you can get a little too excited - I wouldn't expect from her to move far away as an excuse. Just to stop that.

Swanpride wrote:
It is NOT normal to tweet every step your neighbor does or to call yourself a "bitch". I would be disturbed too, in his place.

The Bitch Thing again. People are free to call themselves what they like in my opinion. That's not insane.
Somewhere I've read that bitch is also the term for a female otter.

Mattlocked · September 12, 2013 5:04 pm

"That's not quite nice", hm. No photos, BUT just imagine you do something in your own flat / house and you can read it live in the internet. I find that spooky and frightening. It's almost like a burglary IMO. Someone watches every move you make AT HOME - AND spreads it in the www! Sorry, but even without pictures: no way!!

The bitch - it is a way to call yourself by changing only one letter of his name. I think that's simply how the whole thing started. I don't think that anyone really thinks as a bitch of oneself.
Still I would not even call myself one, even in connection with "Cumber".

SusiGo · September 12, 2013 5:06 pm

He has mentioned it more than once in interviews. Therefore I think it must have affected him to lose his privacy in such a way. IMO it is not alright to report what someone does INSIDE his/her own flat.

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 5:08 pm

.... and you're still free to call yourself whatever you like. Even if Benedict feels uncomfortable with it, that's your own business.

Mattlocked · September 12, 2013 5:09 pm

That's surely right. And they do.

besleybean · September 12, 2013 5:12 pm

Well I personally think we should respect the actor's wishes, but yeah, nothing to go to the International law courts about!

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 5:13 pm

I just really hate when interviewers confront Benedict with that term. That's not right.

besleybean · September 12, 2013 5:16 pm

On the contrary, I'm only glad that he gets the opportunity to keep restating his view point: don't use it.

Mattlocked · September 12, 2013 5:20 pm

Ok, but it's the same as the otter-pic-thing. One day it's enough. Get's boring.

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 5:21 pm

I still like the otter thing.

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besleybean · September 12, 2013 5:22 pm

I'm sure you can guess what I think!
Tee Hee.

Mattlocked · September 12, 2013 5:23 pm

In internet maybe. But not when they confront him with the pics (OR the cumberbitches) during interviews again and again. And again....

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 5:26 pm

Yeah, they should just stop bothering him with these things. It lets us fangirls appear in a bad light.

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besleybean · September 12, 2013 5:36 pm

I can only presume she's aware that the next stop would be police.

Mary Me · September 12, 2013 5:40 pm

Of course that was completely and utterly wrong but people are called 'insane' too quick these days.
e.g. Have a dark sense of humour? You should go to a therapist. (I have heard and seen that one)
Because that neighbour lady has done something wrong doesn't mean she suffers from something like a mental illness. You can behave the wrong way when you're confronted with something you ain't used to (living next to a famous person). As long as she has learned from it and respects his privacy there's nothing to go nuts about now.

besleybean · September 12, 2013 5:46 pm

I agree entirely.

Mattlocked · September 12, 2013 5:57 pm

It was probably all about feeling important and getting more followers on twitter. *rollseyes*