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Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

James Corden admits he was 'ungracious' to restaurant staff: 'It was wrong'

James Corden is telling his side of the story after getting banned — and then unbanned — from New York restaurant Balthazar.

On Monday's episode of "The Late Late Show," the TV host admitted he was "rude" and "ungracious" to the waitstaff at Balthazar, which prompted the restaurant owner, Keith McNally, to publicly bash him and temporarily ban him from the establishment.

"I considered tweeting about it or Instagramming about it, but whenever these sort of moments come my way, I like to adopt quite a British attitude of 'Keep Calm and Carry on,'" Corden said at the top of Monday's show.

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