James Corden's Haters Want Him Re-Banned From 'Balthazar' Restaurant After Being Banned And Unbanned For 'Abusive' Behavior
Actor and comedian James Corden, known for his appearance in Cats and protesting on the streets of New York in a rat suit, was recently banned then unbanned from New York City restaurant Balthazar after being called a "cretin" and the "most abusive customer" in the restaurant's 25-year history by its owner, Keith McNally.
On Monday night, McNally posted an image of Corden's face to Instagram alongside a wall of text calling Corden out for allegedly acting abusively to the wait staff at Balthazar. The post includes two manager reports regarding Corden.
The first report claims that Corden found a hair in his food back in June, resulting in him acting "nasty" to the manager, demanding, “Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far. This way I [won't] write any nasty reviews in Yelp or anything like that."
The second report alleges that Corden yelled at a waiter after he brought Corden's wife an egg white omelet with a little yolk mixed in. The waiter remade the dish but served the comedian's wife home fries rather than a salad, causing him to purportedly scream, "You can't do your job!"
The post gained over 31,000 likes in just a day and the story quickly spread online where people were eager to meme on the largely hated online Corden.
Obsessed with these stories of James Corden being terrible pic.twitter.com/z5hiMY6pqO
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) October 17, 2022
James Corden is banned from Ba Sing Se.
— Ba Sing Se (@BaSingSeUpdate) October 17, 2022
James Corden BANNED from Ryanair pic.twitter.com/JcmSgNA2fO
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) October 18, 2022
i was an intern for james corden and as soon as he closed his office door he would drop the british accent then take off his fat suit and also his real name is jack the ripper
— Girl with no problems (@hotpriestt) October 18, 2022
Considering the way James Corden treated people in the Broadway house I managed years ago, I’m actually surprised he hasn’t been banned from more than Balthazar’s.
Absolutely wretched, wretched, miserable, little man. Let the downfall commence.— Kenneth Robert Marlod’dib (@KRobertMarlo) October 17, 2022
About seven hours after McNally's first post, he then posted another low-res image of Corden to Instagram. The post text describes how Corden called McNally and apologized "profusely."
In the post, McNally said he strongly believes in second chances, writing, "anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn’t deserve to be banned from anywhere. Especially Balthazar."
While the post gained over 11,000 likes in under a day, some of Corden's most staunch haters aren't too happy about his unbanning.
One commenter with over 600 likes wrote, "Noooo need to backtrack. He should be apologizing directly to your staff." Another said, "Funny how he was apologetic after every news outlet picked up this story …"
McNally may be willing to give second chances, but the rest of the internet seems to be done giving Corden chances and now they have just a little more fuel to hate him with in the future.
This James Corden / Balthazar incident is a fascinating example of how the internet is unforgiving.
The restaurant welcomed him back, but Instagram comments are now MAD at that he’s been unbanned.
The story 🧵: pic.twitter.com/NDx9EROfmr— Jack Appleby ☕️ (@jappleby) October 18, 2022
James Corden gets unbanned from Balthazar after being rude to the staff on multiple occasions… by apologizing to the celebrity owner.
Sort of sums up celebrity. https://t.co/DsLL02gcon— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) October 18, 2022
Balthazar banned James corden and I thought: this is exactly what I wanted. A RESTAURANT I RESPECT to tell me which celebrities are cancelled. I felt good. I felt at peace. Balthazar unbanned James corden. I feel frustrated. I feel confused. I feel hungry.
— Hannah Stewart (@HannuhStewart) October 18, 2022
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