James Corden has finally acknowledged that he was ungracious and wrong to scold a server at one of New York City’s most celebrated eateries because they got his wife’s omelette order wrong, a move that saw him barred from the restaurant for a time.
James Corden, 44, returned to The Late Late Show and told viewers that he was disrespectful to the server after his wife Julia Carey, 46, found a bit of egg white in her egg yolk omelette at the restaurant Balthazar.
The British comic and talk show host said he was ungracious to the server when he barked at him and made a disparaging comment that he’d cook the egg yolk omelette himself.
James Corden’s rude behaviour saw Balthazar owner Keith McNally bar Corden from the restaurant, only for him to lift the embargo when the comedian called him to apologise.
Days later, James Corden appeared to U-turn on his apology after he snapped at a New York Times reporter who’d questioned him about the omelette incident saying he’d done nothing wrong, but James Corden last night confessed he’d made a mistake by making the rude and unnecessary comment to the server.
He said his remarks had been in the heat of the moment but vowed he would apologise in person to the staff at Balthazar.
Talking on his show last night, James Corden finally said that last week, there were stories about him being barred from a restaurant and that at the time he considered, you know, tweeting about it or Instagramming about it.
He added that he likes to assume a British perspective about things: ‘Keep calm and carry on’ and ‘Never complain, never complain’.
James Corden, looking at his parents Malcolm and Margaret who were in the audience, added: ‘As my dad pointed out to me on Saturday — he said, ‘Son, well, you did complain, so you might need to explain.’ Look, when you make a mistake, you’ve gotta take responsibility. So I thought I would, if it’s okay, share with you what happened.’
James Corden said his wife Julia Carey was given food she was allergic to even after explaining her food allergies.
He explained that in the heat of the moment, he made a scathing terse remark about cooking it himself, and that it was a comment he sincerely regrets, and that he understood the hardships of being a server, and that he worked shifts at restaurants for years, but it’s too late now because now his true colours have been revealed.
It wasn’t a statement, it wasn’t a straightforward apology letter to the restaurant, it had to be done on his show, which tells you all you need to know about his ego, and ungracious would be an understatement, and he’s actually only apologising to save his career.
But I’m assuming that if you’re paying toff money for a basic omelette, you’d expect them to be able to get it right in the first place. However, the server wasn’t the one who cooked the omelette, so why take your frustration out on them?
All James had to do is say that the omelette hadn’t been cooked correctly and could they please replace it with another one instead of ranting and raving?
Perhaps they should have stayed at home to cook their own food. There’s no need for all this disrespect, and common politeness is free, and James when an apology has to be dragged out of you, it isn’t an apology.
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