James Corden admits making ‘rude ungracious comment’ at New York restaurant while addressing drama on Late Late Show-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro

James Corden has addressed his temporary restaurant ban on The Late Late Show (Picture: CBS)

James Corden has admitted he made a ‘rude comment’ at a New York restaurant although stressed it was ‘never my intention’ to upset staff.

The actor and comedian, who was briefly banned from Balthazar in Manhattan last week, addressed the incident during the latest episode of his talk show The Late Late Show, saying that he had been ‘walking around thinking that I haven’t done anything wrong’.

Corden was later barred from the establishment after its owner Keith McNally claimed he had been ‘extremely nasty’ to his employees on two separate occasions.

Mr McNally’s social media post prompted a strong backlash on social media, with Ryanair banning him from its airline.

On Monday’s episode of his CBS show, Corden said his comments had been ‘in the heat of the moment’ but vowed he would ‘apologise in person’ to the staff at Balthazar.

Addressing Mr McNally’s claims, he said: ‘Because I didn’t shout or scream, I didn’t get up out of my seat, I didn’t call anyone names or use derogatory language, I’ve been walking around thinking that I haven’t done anything wrong.

Balthazar owner Keith McNally barred Corden after he had been ‘extremely nasty’ to his staff (Picture: Keith McNally/Instagram)

The restaurant owner later over-turned the ban after Corden called him to apologise (Picture: Instagram)

‘But the truth is I have made a rude, rude comment. And it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment, it was ungracious to the server.’

Corden said that after seeing Mr McNally’s post he had ‘immediately’ contacted him to ‘tell him how upset I was’.

‘(I told him) how upset I was that anybody was hurt by anything that I had done and anything that I had said and we had a good talk,’ he said.

Corden hopes he can go back to dine at Balthazar in New York (Picture: Getty)

‘He appreciated the call. I was happy that we got to clear the air. And I felt like we dealt with it privately… but by this point, the story was out there and more people were upset.’

After showing a series of scathing tweets to his audience, he continued: ‘I get it. I totally understand. I understand everybody getting upset and I accept everybody’s opinion.

‘I also hate, as I said to the owner that day, that I’ve ever upset anybody ever.

‘It was never my intention. It just wasn’t. I love that restaurant. I love the staff there.

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‘I hope I’m allowed in again one day so when I’m back in New York I can go there and apologise in person, which is something I will absolutely do.’

Mr McNally lifted his ban after receiving Corden’s apology, also announcing the news on social media.

Corden previously told the New York Times that he did ‘nothing wrong’ and was feeling ‘zen’ about the interview.

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