James Corden is welcome to return to New York restaurant

By Marianne Garvey, CNN

James Corden has “apologized profusely” after a New York City restaurant owner called him out for allegedly being a tough customer.

The talk host can once again visit the famed Balthazar restaurant after owner Keith McNally said he received a gracious phone call from Corden.

“James Corden just called me and apologized profusely,” McNally wrote on Instagram Monday. “Having f—ed up myself more than most people, I strongly believe in second chances.”

He went on to joke: “So if James Corden lets me host his Late Late Show for 9 months, I’ll immediately rescind his ban from Balthazar.”

McNally also explained that he understood and had been prone to his own faults in the past, writing, “anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn’t deserve to be banned from anywhere. Especially Balthazar.”

CNN has reached out to Corden’s representative for comment.

Earlier Monday, McNally has shared a post on Instagram to write that he had “86’d” Corden from his restaurant for being “the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.”

“I don’t often 86 a customer, [but] today I 86’d Corden. It did not make me laugh,” he said.

“All is forgiven” McNally later wrote, “So Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Corden, Jimmy Corden.”

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