James Corden has admitted that he has to "make peace" with the fact his career may have already reached its peak.
The talk show host - who plays a 'complex' chef in his next acting role - is preparing to bid farewell to his life in the USA after he announced he was quitting The Late Late Show earlier this year.
Now, after a recent backlash over his alleged behaviour towards restaurant staff in America has thrust him further into the spotlight he has given an interview talking about what's next for him.
James, 44, confessed that he feels the only way from here is down as his career "must" have peaked with his stint presenting the iconic US chat show - and his role on the show that made him a household name, Gavin & Stacey - and that he will have to be ok with it.
He said to The Times : “I’ve had to make peace with the fact that Gavin & Stacey, One Man, Two Guv’nors, History Boys, Late Late Show, McCartney – that might just be the high point of it all.”
The dad-of-three also revealed that he doesn't know what he will do next and that he may take a step back out of the limelight as his only projects in the pipeline do not feature him on-screen.
He said: “I genuinely do not know what I’m going to do next. I have something I’m writing – two things I’m writing – but I’m not in them. Who knows if they’ll get made?”
James came under fire in recent weeks when British New York restauranteur Keith McNally - who owns lavish NY eatery Balthazar - lashed out at him in a scathing Instagram post.
The businessman accused James of poor conduct towards his staff and branded him "a tiny cretin of a man."
Keith shared details of two alleged incidents where James had supposedly berated his staff for making mistakes.
He wrote: "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 then banned him from his premises adding: "I don't often 86 a customer, to today I 86'd Corden. It did not make me laugh."
Keith accused James of demanding free drinks when he found a hair in his food so he didn't leave a bad review on yelp, and claimed that on a second occasion James had shouted at staff after his wife was served an egg yolk omelette that had egg whites in - something which James later confirmed she is allergic to.
The comedian initially denied any wrongdoing, however, James has since apologised for his behaviour on The Late Late Show, leading to Keith lifting his ban.
He posted: "LAST WORD... Last Night on his TV show, James Corden very graciously apologized for his outburst at Balthazar. It takes a real man to do this. In the past, I've behaved much worse than Corden, but wasn't man enough to apologize.
"For this reason, I'm going to lift the ban on Corden and impose one on myself instead. I'm going to ban myself from Balthazar for 2 weeks. People who live in Glass Houses..."
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