James Corden Has Been Banned From An NYC Restaurant For “Abusive” Behaviour
In a fiery Instagram post he was called a "cretin of a man".
Famous NYC restauranteur Keith McNally has hit a wall; declaring once and for all that he’s had enough of James Corden. We get it, Keith!
McNally, who owns a bunch of swanky NYC restaurants, took to Instagram this morning to declare that while he thinks Corden is a “hugely gifted comedian” he’s a “tiny cretin of a man.”
He added that Corden is the “most abusive customer” he has ever seen at his popular restaurant Balthazar in the 25 years it has been open.
“I don’t often 86 a customer, [but] today I 86’d Corden,” he wrote. Apparently, that’s American English slang for throwing someone out. Who knew!
He then laid out two alleged examples of inappropriate behaviour from the talk show host. ‘In June, James Corden was here on table 61,” he writes. He adds that after eating a main, he complained about finding a hair in his meal to the manager on duty at the time, who McNally said was very apologetic.
I've never met James Corden, but I worked in restaurants for years, and if you get 86'd from a place, that means you're the absolute worst https://t.co/YWj4C69qH8
— 🧛♀️☠️ The Terror Of Dublin’s Elitist Cabal 🎃👻 (@taradublinrocks) October 17, 2022
The account added that Cordon went on to be “extremely nasty” to the manager and said: “Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far,” adding that he threatened to trash the restaurant online if his demands weren’t met.
The second report reads that Corden complained of a minor issue with an egg yolk order (who just orders an egg yolk?) which was re-made and supposedly served with the wrong side, at which point the actor flew off the handle to the waiter, yelling: “You can’t do your job! You can’t do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!” Honestly, maybe he should. McNally notes that he left his staff shaken.
His full Instagram post is below.
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This isn’t the first time Corden has had a bad wrap — he reportedly annoys both sides of the Atlantic to such an extent that in June a petition pushing for him to stay in the US after announcing his plans to relocate to the UK in mid-2023 gathered steam. At this point, he may just have to yeet off to a third location.