03.11.2022 - 02:53 / perezhilton.com
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and sometimes where there’s smoke, there’s another kind of smoke? OK, the metaphor is breaking down, but what we’re trying to say is… jerks will be jerks??
There’s been a lot of noise lately about whether James Corden was rude to servers. After the owner of NYC’s Balthazar gave him a very public ban, recounting a couple nasty incidents, there was a long back-and-forth of apology, non-apology, and denial. Meanwhile completely unrelated stories were starting to come out — and we got lots of hints from folks who worked on his show that he was an entitled a-hole there, too.
Well, that all might have been just the tip of the iceberg… We expected more stories about diva behavior, but it didn’t even occur to us he could be a joke thief!
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On Tuesday, Ricky Gervais blasted the Late Late Show host after hearing one of his own standup bits being done during his monologue. Corden was talking about Elon Musk taking over Twitter and joked:
It’s a funny takedown of Twitter generally, but we weren’t sure how much it had to do with what Musk is doing. As it turns out, maybe that’s because it was a joke from 2018, long before the billionaire emptied his pockets for the social media app!
Folks noticed right away that it was basically the EXACT same joke Ricky told in his Netflix special Humanity, in which he said:
Yeah… See them spliced together (below):
Even Ricky agreed. He tweeted out a link to the video, writing:
After a couple hours of ribbing, Corden apologized, writing:
The Late Late Show‘s Twitter and YouTube accounts deleted the video btw. The apology is still up:
Eventually Gervais took down his tweet pointing out
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James Corden made headlines last week when it was revealed he'd got himself banned from a restaurant in New York.
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Getting messy. James Corden publicly apologized for his “unnecessary” behavior after restaurateur Keith McNally banned him from his eateries for the second time.
As he suggested he may do, James Corden on Monday’s The Late Late Show addressed the recent controversy over alleged behavior that saw him banned from ritzy NYC eatery Balthazar.
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James Corden following his recent ban from a New York restaurant.On Monday (October 17), Balthazar owner Keith McNally announced that he was banning The Late Late Show host from his restaurant due to his “abusive” behaviour towards staff members.The ban was lifted hours later, after Corden reportedly apologised for his behaviour. “James Corden just called me and apologised profusely,” McNally wrote on Instagram.
When you heard James Corden had been banned from a restaurant in New York, hands up if you assumed it must an All You Can Eat buffet joint?
to Instagram Tuesday night, McNally shared a snap of him with his daughter Alice and her pal dining at his fancy NYC hotspot.“Feeling strange about the James Corden thing,” McNally penned. “On the one hand, he was definitely abusive to my staff, on the other hand, I feel really sorry for him right now.”“Like most cowards I want it both ways.
The owner of a top New York French restaurant has revealed that James Corden is no longer banned from his eatery after claiming the star called him "apologising profusely" for "yelling like crazy" at staff over an omelette.