James Corden Says He ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ After he was briefly banned from a New York restaurant for ‘misbehaving’ with staff.
Keith McNally, owner of French brasserie Balthazar, announced on Instagram Monday that he has banned the TV host from his establishment, calling James Corden a “little idiot” and “the most abusive customer to my servers at Balthazar since Restaurant 25 opened.” years ago”. He said he was the host and gave examples The Late Late Show Shouted nonsense at the waiters.
Hours later, Keith McNally revealed that the comedian called him to apologize “profusely” and so he lifted the ban from returning to the restaurant.
In an interview with The New York TimesJames Corden responded to the comments he received after the ban.
“I have not done anything wrong at any level. So why should I cancel this interview? I was there. I understand. I feel so zen about this whole story. Because I think it’s so stupid. I think it’s beneath all of us. It is beneath you. This is definitely unworthy of your publication,” he said.
Although he thinks it’s “really silly stuff,” the British comedian says he can relate. The Late Late Show with James Corden next week “I think I’ll probably have to talk about it on Monday’s show. My feeling, often, is never to explain, never to complain. But I probably have to talk about it,” he noted.
The host said the backlash was a tiny fraction of the general population, and he compared the media’s proliferation of negative social media posts to a school principal giving a microphone to bullies at school.
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