James Cordenis addressing his restaurant behavior.
TheLateLate Showhost, 44, broke his silence on Balthazar ownerKeith McNally’s remarksduring an interview withThe New York Timesto promote his upcoming Prime Video seriesMammals.
McNally, 71, called Corden “the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago” as he banned Corden from the eatery on Monday. In a follow-up post hours later, he said thatCorden had “apologized profusely"and the ban was lifted.
“I haven’t done anything wrong, on any level. So why would I ever cancel this [interview]? I was there. I get it,” the late-night talk show host said in the interview published Thursday of his drama with McNally, adding, “I feel so Zen about the whole thing. Because I think it’s so silly.”
“I just think it’s beneath all of us. It’s beneath you. It’s certainly beneath your publication.”
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Watching the situation, the comedian remarked to the NYT’s journalist: “Can you imagine now, if we just blasted her on Twitter? Would that be fair?”
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In McNally’s original pointed message on social media Monday, McNally said he didn’t “86 a customer, to today I 86’d Corden. It did not make me laugh.”
The restaurant owner went on to share what he says was the “funny man’s treatment of my staff” two times Corden came into his establishment and claimed Corden had similar behavior at McNally’s previous restaurant, Cafe Luxembourg.
The first account, McNally said, dates back to June, when Corden was seated at table 61 and found a hair in his food.
“Although this is diabolical, it happens Very occasionally in all restaurants,” McNally wrote.
James Corden.Emma McIntyre/Getty
In another incident that allegedly occurred earlier this month, McNally accused Corden of complaining about his wife’s food.
McNally alleged, “That’s when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: ‘You can’t do your job! You can’t do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!’ "
He said the server was “very apologetic and brought G. over to the table. He returned the dish, and after that, everything was fine. He gave them promo Champagne glasses to smooth things out. G. said that Corden was pleasant to him but nasty to the server.' M.K. was very shaken, but professional that she is, continued to finish her shift.' "
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The next day, McNally said he was"feeling strange"after calling out Corden on social media, banning and then unbanning him from his famed NYC restaurant.
“On the one hand, he was definitelyabusive to my staff,on the other hand, I feel really sorry for him right now,” he wrote in an Instagram photo of himself with his daughter, Alice, and her best friend, Margot Paisner, at Balthazar.
He continued, writing “like most cowards I want it both ways,” before concluding “F— it, I’m going to get drunk.”
source: people.com
