The Late Late Show host James Corden was banned from a restaurant in New York for his misconduct. Balthazar restaurant owner Keith McNally said that the comedian-host mistreated the staff when he visited the restaurant. He stated that while Corden is a “hugely gifted comedian”, he was also a “tiny cretin of a man.” In an Instagram post, he said that Corden was the “most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers” since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.
Keith McNally, the restaurant owner said on Tuesday that The Late Late Show host, James Corden issued an apology to him after he was banned from his restaurant for being “most abusive”. “James Corden just called and apologized profusely,” McNally wrote alongside a photo of Corden on Instagram. McNally also wrote that “I strongly believe in second chances.”
Corden also misbehaved at McNally’s previous restaurant, Cafe Luxembourg, as per reports.
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Who is Keith McNally?
Keith McNally is a New York restaurateur. He has been active in the New York City restaurant scene since the 1980s. McNally has been referred to as “The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown”, by The New York Times.
Keith McNally was born in a working-class family in Bethnal Green, London. He is the son of Joyce and Jack McNally. He has a brother, Brian McNally, who is also a restaurateur in New York. McNally’s first wife, Lynn Wagenknecht, is also a restaurateur. McNally and Wagenknecht’s daughter Isabelle McNally is an actress.
McNally was a member of the original London cast of Alan Bennett’s play Forty Years On in 1968 and played the part of Maciliwaine. He has faced controversy on Twitter and in print for his support on Instagram of Woody Allen in the aftermath of the documentary series Allen Vs Farrow and his equally supportive posts about Ghislaine Maxwell of Jeffrey Epstein.
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McNally has opened several restaurants including Augustine, Balthazar, Cafe Luxembourg, Cherche Midi, Lucky Strike, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Neil’s Odeon, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller’s. Frank Bruni, The New York Times writer, awarded three stars to Minetta Tavern in 2009.
