James Corden hosting ‘The Late Late Show’ in August 2022.Photo:Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty
Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty
James Cordenhasn’t exactly had the most warm welcome home since leaving Los Angeles.
Corden, 45, admitted to hostJimmy Kimmelthat it’s been an “adjustment” in the year since his departure.
“You don’t understand how institutionalized you are. It’s extraordinary. But it’s like, you’re institutionalized in a world where you get a standing ovation at the end of every day. And that is — what I’ve realized — is it’s really bad for you,” he told Kimmel of the transition.
As for how he’s been received since his return to his native U.K., Corden joked that while “people are very nice,” they don’t believe he simply chose to leave the show on his own terms.
“No one believes that I wasn’t fired. I’ll be in a pub or something and people will be like, oh yeah…. They’ll be like, ‘So why’d you come back?’ and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, ‘cause Max has finished 6th grade and we really wanted him to have a relationship with his grandparents,’” he recalled. “And people will honestly be like, ‘You don’t have to give me that bulls—. It’s fine, mate. If you got fired, you got fired.’”
James Corden (R) and his kids Max Corden (L) and Carey Corden attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena on January 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Allen Berezovsky/Getty
Corden said that he thinks that’s the response he gets because “nobody thinks you would ever leave what is — let’s be honest — a cushy existence.”
James Corden on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on April 2, 2024.Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube
Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube
Corden has long been vocal about howhis decision to leave theLate Late Showhosting gig was out of a desire to reunite his family.
Afterrevealing the news that his 2023 season would be his last, Corden toldExtrathat his kids —daughters Charlotte, 6, Carey, 9, and son Max, 11, who he shares with wifeJulia Carey— “are getting older” and so are their grandparents, “and it perhaps just felt like the right time for us as a family to be freer in our decisions.”
Since his departure, Corden has started a new venture,a radio show on SiriusXM titledThis Life of Mine with James Corden.
“I am thrilled to be joining SiriusXM,” he said in November 2023 when the news was announced. “Scott and the whole team have made me feel so welcome as I start this new chapter. It’s a dream to have a space to engage in deep conversations with the people whose work and talent I greatly admire.”
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The show has seen guests ranging fromDavid BeckhamandDr. DretoJulianne Mooreand the Kardashians — including a particularly emotional interview withKris Jenner, who teared up after hearing her daughterKim, 43,gush about why her mom is her favorite person.
“She takes care of us, we take care of her, she’s just the greatest mom on the planet,” Kim told Corden in theclipthat was then shown to Jenner, 68, who responded, “Kim is the best, there’s nobody better.”
source: people.com
