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Don't call me sexy, Benedict pleads

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January 24, 2025

BENEDICT Cumberbatch claims anyone calling him a sex symbol is hitting a bum note as he poses with a piano.

- By Alexandra Bullard

Don't call me sexy, Benedict pleads

The British actor, 48, also hates the word "celebrity", saying: "It's so derogatory and just lumps anyone famous together."

But he's been hearing the terms since rocketing to fame in BBC1's Sherlock in 2010.

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