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NYC restaurant owner claims James Corden is the ‘most abusive’ customer he’s ever had
Page Six ^ | By Nicki Cox and Mara Siegler October 17, 2022 | 5:39pm

Posted on 10/18/2022 5:07:12 AM PDT by Red Badger

The owner of New York City restaurant Balthazar claimed James Corden is the “most abusive” customer he’s had since the hotspot opened its doors 25 years ago.

“James Corden is a Hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny Cretin of a man. And the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago,” Keith McNally, 71, claimed in a scathing Instagram post Monday.

McNally — who is known as “The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown” — said he had to “86” (kick out or ban) the actor from his establishments before sharing “two examples of the funny man’s treatment” of his staff at the iconic French brasserie and another one of his restaurants, Cafe Luxembourg.

The restaurateur first claimed Corden demanded freebies and threatened the NYC hotspot with a bad review after finding a hair in his food in June.

“After eating his main course, Corden showed the hair to Balthazar manager G. who was very apologetic,” he wrote alongside a snap of the comedian. “Corden was extremely nasty to G, and said: ‘Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far. This way I write any nasty reviews in yelp or anything like that.'”

In another incident that happened Oct.9, McNally claimed the comedian lashed out at his staff after his wife’s eggs were not prepared to her liking during brunch.

“Mr. Corden’s wife ordered an egg yolk omelette with gruyere cheese and salad. A few minutes after they received the food, James called their server, M. K. and told her there was a little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk. M. K. informed the floor manager, G. The kitchen remade the dish but unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: corden; jamescorden; keithmcnally
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To: Red Badger

Corden has a wife?


61 posted on 10/18/2022 7:24:23 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: alexander_busek

Please don’t post useless inane posts to me. Let me do as I please.

“10/16/2022, 2:54:59 PM · 54 of 149
alexander_busek to dragonblustar
LinkedIn is nothing more then a narcissistic mutual wank off service. It and Facebook should be dissolved.
If people want to “wank off,” as you claim, who are we to interfere?

Let them do as they please!

Regards,”


62 posted on 10/18/2022 7:35:36 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: glorgau

I noticed that too.


63 posted on 10/18/2022 7:46:22 AM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: Red Badger

Owner poses in front of the iconic pic of Sophia Loren giving the stink-eye to Jayne Mansfield, lol.


64 posted on 10/18/2022 7:58:21 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: RummyChick
If people want to “wank off,” as you claim, who are we to interfere?

I was obviously referring to people on LinkedIn and Facebook - we here at Free Republic should be indifferent to their plight / not care about their pointless postings.

But we here at Free Republic should adhere to higher standards.

Regards,

65 posted on 10/18/2022 8:10:21 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Red Badger

How any person treats waitstaff is the way they would treat you if they thought they could.

Criticizing poor service is one thing but humiliation and abuse?
That’s your cue to avoid all contact with this person if possible.

Plus, it shows an extreme lack intelligence.
Do you really think it wise to antagonize people who prepare your food?
Do you think they all just take it and ask for more?
If you had to guess, how much snot would you imagine the abuser has consumed over the years?


66 posted on 10/18/2022 8:18:17 AM PDT by servo1969
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It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours for the host of The Late Late
Show With James Corden, who was banned from the New York City
brasserie amid allegations that the “tiny cretin of a man” had
been “abusive” to the servers. A day later, the ban has been
lifted after owner Keith McNally said the TV host “apologized
profusely.”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-corden-balthazar-restaurant-ban-apology-keith-mcnally-141640963.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJuKATHxBUgGfjMZA59b2GkurqdwlAvZbATMqHQjUc3GZkW_gzr6ahLz5TxlZZeiu4eqKTHb-bwJetHT4fc1x0sCkJdjFEti_qjBeTEazwsQelEEnW9gyOj_PdgdUW_AhsgqR5vPB27EHkOajrasgfFtRgxzbPM6EI3oTsX3War3


67 posted on 10/18/2022 9:10:20 AM PDT by deport
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To: rlmorel

Same here.
I think he is more popular from seeing him on the commercials advertising for his show that actually watching that show..


68 posted on 10/18/2022 9:25:11 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

When I saw his face, I thought he was from that stupid movie “Sausage Party”, which wasn’t what I thought it was. I was unfamiliar with that term, but now I know.


69 posted on 10/18/2022 9:43:30 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Red Badger

Cordon is a stupid CLOWN.

VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT.


70 posted on 10/18/2022 10:41:43 AM PDT by Pearfect
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To: alexander_busek

All the begging that goes on for people to “go out” and go nightclubbing and to restaurants so on, sort of argues against comedy being in demand but since I’m not a consumer I’m not going to argue. I note a lot of places going out of business. Maybe that’s not a supply-and-demand issue, but then again comedy is not a necessity of life, like food or fuel.

Zelensky and Putin are cut from the same cloth. They’re both dirty gangsters who colluded with the Biden family.

Do you think Zelensky made his millions by doing stand-up comedy? Money laundering is not capitalism.


71 posted on 10/18/2022 11:01:07 AM PDT by Scarlett156
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To: Red Badger

James Corden is leaving the show and moving back to england next summer YEAH!


72 posted on 10/18/2022 7:25:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

Nobody will notice...........................


73 posted on 10/19/2022 5:20:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: V_TWIN

“So gifted I’ve never heard of him”

I had to look him up...never saw any of his stuff. From what I’ve read, sounds like an entitled, egotistical Brit.


74 posted on 10/19/2022 5:52:45 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: USAF1985

Just one more low IQ late night mouthpiece for the liberals thats een told he’s all that......and he ain’t.

libs ......angry and unhappy....very sad actually.


75 posted on 10/19/2022 6:41:04 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SamAdams76

Very smart. Never eat with someone who doesn’t treat the staff with respect or even complains too much...when they throw a grenade at the table you might get hit with the shrapnel. It’s like these people are so entitled they can’t imagine someone messing with the food they are about to consume, or that staff might not have unimpeachable professional ethics. I would hazard very few ever worked in a restaurant.

Freegards


76 posted on 10/19/2022 6:50:47 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed
I've worked in restaurants and as a result, I've learned to always treat the waitstaff with respect.

It's also important to realize that the waitstaff are not responsible for a restaurant being understaffed, overpriced or serving substandard food. So taking it out on them serves no useful purpose but to make the most hard working people in the place even more miserable.

77 posted on 10/19/2022 7:10:44 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,304,136 active user on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76

Very well said. I think you can tell a lot about someone who treats servers/staff like crap, it’s a power thing.

Freegards


78 posted on 10/19/2022 7:39:54 AM PDT by Ransomed
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