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‘Likability is a jail’: The big problem with James Corden’s restaurant row

By Jason Zinoman
New York Times·
7 mins to read

OPINION:

Not since Humpty Dumpty has an egg made such a mess.

Monday night, one week and countless news cycles after he was scolded for obnoxiously complaining about an omelette order at the Manhattan restaurant Balthazar, James Corden went on his talk show to do the kind of damage control once reserved for offensive remarks or acts of adultery.

You knew it was serious because instead of telling jokes, he started by twice showing shots of his elderly parents in

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