After the infamous clash between Corden and Sir Patrick Stewart at the 2010 Glamour Awards, which made neither star look remotely dignified, the media started to turn on Corden — a 2011 Guardian profile said of his public image, “The consensus seems to be that the actor, comedy writer, co-creator of hit sitcom ‘Gavin and Stacey,’ presenter of sports gameshow ‘A League of Their Own,’ is arrogant and loud, his humour laddish and dated, that he has an unappealing, thespy air of entitlement. Also, most essentially, he’s attention-seeking.”
Internet commenters have long reported incidents of alleged Corden misbehavior. In 2019, Corden did a Reddit AMA alongside his friend and producer Ben Winston to promote his increasingly popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment. The team managed to answer only three questions before the thread was hijacked by hordes of malcontent redditors who had apparently been waiting with bated breath for a chance to tell their story of run-ins with Corden.
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The accusations ranged from stories of Corden mistreating production staff, to (now very believable) tales of him heartlessly degrading waiters, and to the very specific allegation that Corden attended a meeting of the Writers Guild of America with his executive producers and no members of his writing staff, only to advocate for lower wages for his writers “with the supposed justification being that it was so he could afford to hire writing assistants.” The last story originates from a since-deleted tweet from Jack Allison, a former late night writer, whose assertions Corden publicly rebuffed.
With Corden set to leave The Late Late Show in 2023, we’re probably not going to get the best gossip until after the exit. However, a mogul like Keith McNally wouldn’t publicly demean an A-list patron unless they were the absolute worst restaurant guest imaginable. So when we do get to the good stuff, we expect it to be prime, savory, and deliciously juicy.
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