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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Meredith Clark

James Corden clarifies his wife is ‘allergic to egg white’ as he reflects on Balthazar drama

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James Corden has clarified that his alleged behaviour at New York City restaurant Balthazar was due to his wife’s food allergy.

Earlier this month, the Late Late Show host was temporarily banned from the popular French restaurant after owner Keith McNally called Corden a “tiny cretin of a man” for his alleged “abusive” behaviour towards staff on two occasions. The most recent incident allegedly occurred this month when Corden and his wife Julia Carey ordered an egg-yolk omelette at the restaurant, but received a dish having “egg white mixed with the egg yolk”.

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