Sherlock Holmes to road rager: Inside Benedict Cumberbatch’s 10-minute spat with cyclist | Hollywood News
4 min readMay 11, 2026 10:49 AM IST Benedict Cumberbatch has gotten himself involved in an embarrassing spat with a cyclist in London. As per a video captured by an onlooker, Cumberbatch got into a rather heated 10-minute row with the cyclist, who claimed the actor ran the red light thrice. The cyclist even labelled Cumberbatch “deluded” and claimed that he was lying, only for Cumberbatch to allege that he was “verbally abused”. What happened exactly? The incident took place this past Tuesday at 5:30 pm in London. As per the onlooker who captured the video, Cumberbatch, riding a cargo bike, ran a red light in hot pursuit of a fellow cyclist. He then got down his bike and walked across the road to confront the masked cyclist. They got into a furious exchange when the cyclist was heard shouting, “You’re deluded. You’re lying. I was behind you the entire time.” Cumberbatch claimed that the cyclist “verbally abused” him while he was minding his own business. The cyclist, who thinks of himself as some sort …








