Alright dough boy.

What a POS

His excuse is that “thousands of people (yell at waiters) every day”

yes james, and those thousands of people all have something in common.. they’re assholes

He may think he's doing comedy but it actually feeds into what the restaurant was saying about him. Which is not a good thing

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Can Mayor McSwagger ban this guy from the city or something?

Go back to England Twatface. I never watched your show anyways.

Go back to England, I hear they need a prime minister. You’d fit in nicely with the last two

Wow, you're doubling down on being a jerk; good luck, Jimmy.

It's funny because he also apologized, because he does care and doesn't want to banned.

I'm refusing to look up what show he is on out of spite so that I can continue to not know who he is despite the recent spate of posts about him. :)

How does this guy still have a show. I thought we were all about canceling people. Here’s a clear cut example.

Is Balthazar worth going to these days or is it a place that coasts on its fame? Never been.

Silver lining here is that Corden (who is a legendary jack ass) has now given them not only one but two major media bumps.

I’m glad he’s banned being rude or disrespectful to food service workers is genuinely the lowest of the low and he’s clearly not sorry. I hope other restaurants go ahead and ban him for fun lmao

Entitled and snobish. Nuff said. This guy is a clown and shows his true "celebrity status" personality.

foo foo, go away...

He's still chucking that "someone is smokin' weed" at this press conference. Sometimes I really wonder what other cities think of the class of NYC Mayors and leadership.

Talentless chonker

Watching this dudes reputation take a nose-dive has been incredibly amusing I must say

I think he quit the show before the scandal

It's somewhere between Barcadia and Espace. You're gonna wanna have the peanut butter soup with smoked duck and mashed squash. New York Matinee called it "a playful but mysterious little dish." You'll love it. And then the red snapper with violets and pine nuts. I think that'll follow nicely.

He has every right to be a complete, fucking entitled doucebag if he wants to. It should be beneath Balthazar to let him dine there.

Guess money trumps a moral compass once again …

This interview was so bad, McNally welcomed him back and posted something positive about him! Just stay at home dude and lay low until you do your show on Monday.

Hopefully the owner of the restaurant backtracks and bans him again. What was the point of “giving him a second chance” when clearly he has no problem pissing on that second chance?

Jesus, I don't fucking care.

Keith McNally, the restaurateur behind Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, Pastis and multiple others, fucking sucks.

Shitty to his staff, Ghislaine Maxwel apologist, hangs out with Woody Allen, says racist, misogynistic shit and defends it as free speech. If you need proof just take a look at his entire Instagram. He doesn't even hide it.

I really wanted to go to Minetta Tavern and have that burger when I moved to the city but I'll never give him a cent now. I know it sounds like a strong statement, and his restaurants are quite popular, so 'who cares', but... His staff deserves better. The NY restaurant scene deserves better.

Edit: Also let me make clear that I fully despise James Corden. Sleazeball.

What are you quoting

Good question. I put the quote into Google and it only pulls up this reddit page.

Tell me you want your food spat in without telling me you want your food spat in.

I think they’re paraphrasing the NYT article where Corden said, “Happens every day. It's happening in 55,000 restaurants as we speak. It's always about eggs."

This quote was in reference to a restaurant patron who was displeased with their eggs within earshot of Corden and the NYT journalist during his interview.

Can we collectively cancel this douche?

Tbh I never liked this dude. His comedy is trash and so is his attitude.

What a douche.

So his reported apology was phoney? What's wrong with these celebrities?

The only thing beneath James Corden is whatever unlucky surface he's standing on that will eventually start sagging

I hope that guy bans him again for being a dick about it

I wasn't surprised at all to hear that Corden was acting like a twat, considering every single "Asshole celeb encounters" Reddit thread for the past half decade included stories about him.

Didn't he call them to apologize profusely?

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> Shitty to his staff

> If you need proof just take a look at his entire Instagram. He doesn't even hide it.

Maybe you should read his Instagram. There are numerous postings of employees who are called out as having worked for him for 15, 20 and even 25+ years. Frequently, these posts are supplemented by comments from customers who praise the staffers.

Since out of towners do read this sub from time to time they should know that every word in your post is fiction.

> Is Balthazar worth going to these days . . .?

I would say so having been a customer since the opening. Other good McNally restaurants are Minetta Tavern (French food) and Morandi (Italian) also Pastis (co-owned with Stephen Starr, French bistro).

Such a silly man,🤡Eating out is a common experience worldwide. Wherever he goes his reputation will precede him. Humility when you can't see🤢 what's happening in the kitchen, is wisdom at it's best.

you're a fiction

Wow, I have never thought to yell at someone over… eggs…. Do people just regret paying a lot of money to get eggs at a restaurant?

He’s totally acting like a baby trump in training. Instead of letting something go, he just keeps saying he’s the victim, or it’s not important.

Big deal. Customers like this are not uncommon in NY.

this was elaborate and hilarious

That’s what the owner of the restaurant claimed, however that guy himself is ineed a scumbag.

It’s a shame because Reggie Watts and the house band are a treasure.

His apology was fake.....he doesn't want bad publicity

He had a whole fight with the BTS fans and had a crap "apology" on TV when BTS called him out on it

He can do no wrong and he is always right and everything is just a joke so it can't possibly be offensive. He is a gross individual

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😭 don't fight me I am friendly and not insanely obsessed with them I see them as kind normal humans.

hides in fear since most of society hates bts fans

Let me be clear in saying that I don’t think anyone who owns multiple restaurants in NYC has the capacity to be a good person. I definitely did see the Woody Alan apologist post which was icky.

He did also send an employee of 17 years $500 and a week paid vacation to Chechnya. Hopefully the guy has gotten a lot more personal time off in 17 years but that doesn’t seem like a terrible thing. Maybe its just a publicity post but idk many resturaunt owners doing that.

> I don’t think anyone who owns multiple restaurants in NYC has the capacity to be a good person.

By all accounts he treats his employees well and he's been successful.

I wouldn’t go quite THAT far lol. Certainly his behavior is consistent with privileged people who feel entitled. He’s a ultra Karen, pure and simple (apologies to anyone actually named Karen)

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Oh boo who, let me play a sad song for you on the world's smallest violin

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This guy is a certified pile of garbage. If he is like that in public imagine what he’s like out of the spotlight.

James Corden is a talentless unfunny stupid fat fucking piece of shit. How the fuck is he even considered a celebrity or TV personality is beyond me. Does anyone actually believe this walking meme is funny?

does anyone actually believe Corden was the rudest person that McNally or his staff have ever encountered? seems designed to drum up support for his establishment

Have you ever made a reservation at Balthazar? Unless they know you you're looking at a table 2 weeks out. He doesn't need publicity.

no I've not. what does that have to do with the fact that this is good publicity?

a lot of things don't need publicity but that doesn't mean that publicity isn't positive

My point is that he doesn't have to manufacture drama to fill his restaurant.. It's already full.

Is it so hard to believe that this 'celebrity' might be a douchebag?

Fuck that dude. Never found him funny. I actually find him incredibly annoying

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