How James Corden Destroyed His Reputation 

As a Brit, on behalf of the entire nation can I offer our greatest gratitude to you Americans for taking him off our hands, thank you!

This dude literally seemed to appear out of nowhere. We were told he's famous and we just went along with it.

Fun Fact: In the movie Cats (never seen it) they digitally removed all of the cat's assholes, but amazingly left in the biggest one.

A person that is not nice to waiting staff is not a nice person. When he was exposed by a restaurant in London for his rude behaviour, that was the beginning of the end for him.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat the help. I think Muhammad Ali said - “I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter. Because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.” Says it all about Corden.

The problem with James Corden and similar personalities (like Jimmy Fallen), everything has to revolve around them, they have “yes men” around them allowing their egos to explode and feel like they’re above the “average person”.

An argument with Patrick Stewart is absolutely nuts

On behalf of the Canadians we greatly appreciate and respect you for keeping him contained in America. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

About 13-14 years ago I bumped into him in Tesco at the hight of Gavin & Stacey. He was on the phone ranting at someone while barging into people in his way. I thought he was just having a bad day, turns out it’s just him.

My favorite part of the whole "Cats" situation was that he had the nerve to go on stage at the freaking Oscars presenting the VFX category and blaming the VFX artists for how horrible the movie was. Imagine thousand of people complying to your art direction requests, only to be thrown under the bus one of the very few moments where they are celebrated..

I met this James Corden guy in London a few months ago (he came to my shop). I can comfortably say that he is one of the most unpleasant human beings I have ever had to deal with.

Team Picard for life. I don't care that James read an into for Stewart that someone else wrote, he showed his true colors by being totally uninterested in what Patrick was doing after he got up and Patrick called him out for being a classless boob.

It’s surprising how long people like James Cordon and Ellen Degeneres can act so nice on camera and be so rude off camera for years on years without people coming for them

When James played the needy, manipulative, passive aggressive bully character in Gavin and Stacey, he wasn't showcasing award winning acting skills. He was simply role playing as the person he truly is.

I attended a taping of his Late Late show in 2019. He not only completely ignored the live audience, but gave a very clear non-verbal message that he did not appreciate them being there. The warm-up guy even apologized to us for it. And whenever Corden was off camera, he was clearly in a foul mood and numerous times seen talking angrily to staff members and scowling at others. That experience turned me off big-time and I have watched nothing of him except a couple clips of Car Pool Karaoke since.

Getting bullied is NOT an excuse to treat people like shit. I got bullied as well and i would never treat other people bad because of my past.

James Corden is what happens when the fame gets to your head. There was a study done that identifies 4 main phases a person goes through when becoming famous and it fits James Corden perfectly

I've tried to put my finger on what exactly I've never liked about him, and I think it can be narrowed down to how insincere he comes across in everything he does. Whether playing a role or appearing as himself, he overcompensates what's required to the point of embarrassment, so its almost like parody. For an actor that's fatal, and for a TV personality it makes him very unlikeable. He just seems like he's placating or mocking his audience, because they actually have chosen to watch him. I get the feeling he was caught stealing sweets as a kid, wormed his way out of it with a bit of insincere it wasn’t me guv acting. And while sniggering at the stupidity of the person believing him, thought I could make a career out of this. Add on his reported bullying and the visible signs of this when the mask has slipped, and there's no reason to watch him. I don’t blame people making petitions to keep him out of things, his casting only adds a charisma vacuum.

I think in that reddit post "What celebrities are not as nice as they seem?" there's a story of someone on the same plane as James Corden who was sat next to a woman with a crying child and the reddit user thought it was nice he didn't get annoyed at the crying baby. Corden ignored it until the plane landed, but then when the woman stood up she turned to him and said "Can you at LEAST help me with the luggage?" and the reddit user realized she was his WIFE and that was his kid.

It’s interesting that his behavior off camera played a hand in his downfall because I don’t know anyone who can even tolerate his behavior ON camera

I always remember watching a panto in Oxford Circus last year and James corden was there, it only took 3 mins for someone to shout “knob” at him lol

When Patrick Stewart gives you advice for your professional career, the correct response is always "Yes Sir, thank you Sir"

I can’t believe people thought he actually drove the vehicle during karaoke ?!? You could just imagine the insurance liability with those celebrities in the car. No production company is taking that on !!

The one story I've heard about him that sticks to me the the most is this one person that saw him on a plane seated next to a woman and a crying baby. Corden simply put on some headphones and ignored them. Come time to get off the plane, the woman is struggling to hold the baby and get her stuff. Finally she snaps and says to Corden "At the very least you can hold your own child for a moment." The woman and child he was ignoring the whole flight was his wife and kid.

Patrick stewart can never be wrong in my eyes, i love professor X

I worked in Tv and film production for a short time about 4 years ago and although i never meet James Corden any mention of he's name brought forth such venom and anger from the people who had. I think he had to leave the UK as nobody wanted to work with him again.

I find that in the UK, a lot of people liked him at first because we imprinted his character Smithy from Gavin and Stacey onto him IRL, which was further fueled by his comic relief skit playing the character. It was not long after that everyone saw he was the complete opposite from Smithy.

A friend of mine was involved in a charity event that Cordon was brought into host. She said he was not at all the person you see on TV. Very arrogant, demanding and difficult to deal with. I was really surprised when I heard this, but looks like it may be true.

When people in the UK found out he got the Late, Late gig-people actually said, “You can keep him.” Now we know why.

Saw a comment a while ago that goes something like this: "Be nice to the people you see on your way up, because you will see them again on your way down."

I think faking the carpool karaoke was fine to me, because singing with loud music, having a conversation, is dangerous.

That Patrick Stewart moment just screams of Patrick having had a gutful of James in the past.

I worked with James for 9 months on a TV show in the UK and I'm honestly so happy that the general public can see just how awful he is. If he thinks someone is above him on the social ladder (big celeb), he's the most brown-nosing, sycophantic, person there is. But to anyone he considers below him, he treats them like pure dirt. Normally on a TV studio set, the presenters will get to know the crew and become friends with them over the course of a a series. Not James. He'd refer to camera operators by numbers instead of their names, would bark orders at runners, and just generally be a horrible person to everyone he came across. In my career, I was lucky enough to meet many A-list movie and music stars, and most of them were actually very nice and friendly people to talk to. Not James. I worked in TV for 8 years, with many people who worked alongside Corden, and practically no one had a good word to say about him, even his bosses.

I knew someone who used to work on sets. He was supposedly very rude to all staff when he would even bother acknowledging them as if they were beneath him. I remember him saying this years before all the allegations of him being a tosser came out. Side note, same person worked on sets with Benedict Cumberbatch and also with Martin Freeman and they were both supposed to be lovely and would make time for all the crew.

Folded arms are a total sign of disinterest

I can understand why James Corden wants to spend more time with his family. I cannot understand why his family would want to spend more time with him.

I met James on set once and while everyone else was eating from the buffet, he was eating an audience members baby. Just fully chomping it while it cried. Everyone felt uncomfortable. Afterwards, he punched my grandmother in the face after she asked him for an autograph. Just appalling really.

I just love channels like this. It’s so heartwarming, that there are people out there not frightened to expose terrible human beings while forgetting about their own faults. If this is what you think is just then you are as sick as whatever you’re trying to prove.

Won't go into too much detail as I wouldn't want this to backfire, but I know someone who went to James Corden's apartment in London to fix something and met James and his wife. He said he was the nastiest, rudest person he had had ever met on the job. He also said James' wife was just as nasty and rude as he was. This wasn't that long ago and I'm being vague so not to get the person I knows business in trouble.

Just a week ago, I took my C1 english level listening exam. The last video was this guy in his show apologizing about an incident in a restaurant that went viral. Apparently he was already banned from the restaurant because of an incident in 2014. That's how I learned this dude even existed.

Let's never forget, he advocated in favour of reduced pay for writing staff at a WGA (Writers Guild of America) meeting. Pillar of the community that is.

Man, I would hate to ever have Patrick Stewert telling me off like that... He sounds like a kindly grandfather who's not mad, just disappointed. But this just reaffirms my personal belief that power/money reveals who people are

Ive heard stories thay even before he was famous he use to bully people in school. So for the people saying that fame can change you and he doesnt know to handle it... yes hes human, but the fame didnt change him, it only made him an even bigger bully and asshole with some huge ego.

Now one of my all time favorite you tube videos. Will bookmark and rewatch many times

What made me give him the side eye was when he got called out for the Caitlyn Jenner joke and started getting backlash online, he claimed it didn’t bother him. And instead of sticking to that claim and moving on, he kept bringing the topic back up and trying to defend himself. 🤦‍♀️ Also, the way he and Rebel Wilson just threw the animators under the bus for the Cat movie was just low. It’s not their fault your movie sucked, it wasn’t their idea to turn you all into animorphs stuck in mid transformation.

While Jimmy Fallon has flaws and isn’t a perfect talk show host by any means, the reason why I respect him so much more is because he seems like he’s a genuinely good guy who cares about the comfort of his audience and staff. I hear nothing but Positive takes about him when it comes to moments Behind the Scenes. That’s why even if he does come off as a bit annoying with his Fake Laughs and all that, when your known for creating a non-toxic work environment, making sure everyone around feels safe and comes off as an actual good hearted person, you’re a winner in my books. *Edited September 2023 Well I guess my comment here didn’t age well. LOL

I speak for most people in the UK - we don't want him back, the US can keep him.

Ur content is so good never stop making videos pls

James Corden has major "betrayed humanity in the Matrix in exchange for fame and fortune" energy

How he destroyed his reputation isn't a mystery...how he got a reputation atall in the first place, that's the true wonder of this world

Can't believe he picked a fight with Professor X 😅

Basically Patrick realised he was being a nob whilst not being on camera and called him out on it.

Imagine having Craig Ferguson as the charming person who made the most authentic late night show in the industry with almost zero scripted conversations and then having this guy.

“I’m leaving to spend more time with my family” is a euphemism for “I got fired but they were nice enough to let me resign”

I take pride in despising him long before everyone else did.

I recently listened to his episode on the Smartless podcast and when he was asked about his celebrity interviews he said: "I just love working with talented and passionate people". Usually a statement not worth mentioning, but in regards to his behavior around non-famous people it totally checks out! He considers non-celebrities untalented people and therefore not worth his time...

Seeing him going against Patrick Stewart like that was sickening.

The thing about Patrick Stewart, as far as I could tell, was he seemed to view everyone there as equals. He didn't see himself or James as more important and seemed to just be saying "You gave me that really nice welcome. Now give everyone else that respect too."

James Jordan just plays the exact same character in everything he’s in. He just plays himself

WOW! I really thought I was in a minority of hating him, mostly because I distance from social media for the most part. This is refreshing to know. Thank you.

Story time: I knew a British comedy writer who has worked on some bigger projects. One time a car was sent to pick him up in London for some showbiz thing. He was chatting up his driver and asked him, "So have you ever driven anyone famous?" and the driver kind of laughed nervously and said yes, and the writer could see he was kind of uncomfortable. He pressed a little more and the driver said the famous person they picked up wasn't great. The writer just had a hunch and flat-out asked him, "...was it James Corden?" and the driver nodded yes. Apparently the driver said one time he was sent to pick up James Corden, and James asked the driver to stop and get some sandwiches on the way to where they were going. The driver agreed but mentioned that he just had his car cleaned and requested James be careful. James said okay, and was quiet for the rest of the ride after getting the food. After dropping him off, the driver went to the back where James had been sitting and saw the entire interior absolutely smeared with mayonnaise, bread and gunk smashed into the seats and ground into the carpet with his shoes. It probably took this man a few hours and significant money to clean. All because the driver asked James to please eat carefully. What a petty little man who lives to bully others because he was once bullied. POS deserves to be shunned

He was on Doctor Who, playing an average guy who becomes the hero of his story due to the love for his son. Really charming episode. After that, I've only seen him be horrible.

People really really seem to just be waiting around with pitchforks ready to skewer people with any little bit of info. How many people in these comments have ever been called a jerk?

I'm surprise that I never knew this james corden guy from the internet before and SunnyV2 video man :]

The bad press he is getting in America is NOTHING compared to how the British media is snarking on him. Now that he has quit his show, I really hope we never hear from him again

The “not actually driving car” during his carpool singing karaoke Is very much justified Every celebrity is insured and their insurance won’t allow them to do anything that could risk their lives. Specially being in a car with a driver who’s distracted by cameras and singing I’m actually glad they use a tow! It means everyone involved is safe!

That award wasn’t an ego boost, he was always the way he is now, he just chose to bring it out once he became famous.

I used to work at a swimming pool where he filmed A League of Their Own. He was so entitled, every door had to be opened for him, didn’t look at any of the staff helping out. The other lads Freddie Flintoff etc were sound.

The literal size of the balls you would need to try to argue with patrick stewart, on stage, is phenomenal. Absolutely crazy that anyone even attempted it.

Being publicly chastised in person by Patrick Stewart is literally the most mortifying thing I can imagine. Like unless James corden is his mortal enemy that was a bit cruel.

"Please don't come back to the UK." I wish Piers Morgan had stayed in the USA too.

Tom Cruise threw him out of a plane..Shame he gave him a working parachute...

A lot of us didn’t like him even before he destroyed his reputation.

I had the great misfortune of meeting him with my nephew. I was pretty indifferent to him but my nephew really liked him. I asked him if my nephew could have a picture and he just looked at me like I was trash and walked past. My nephew was devastated- we had waited hours to see him and he couldn’t even acknowledge a child.

I remember one time he'd been doing a show, he was showing a picture of something, can't remember, when suddenly the cameras on him suddenly cut out and went to the shot overlooking mainly the audience. Corden. Lost. His. SHIT. His happy-go-lucky persona completely disappeared and he was berating the crew for the cameras losing power, audience is laughing, and furious he ran to the remaining camera like a bull and showed the picture then basically yelled for them to go to commercial with what I seem to recall had an expletive. I don't claim this to be a perfect recreation of what happened but I was well and truly disgusted by his behavior and had wondered for years if anyone had noticed.

I feel sorry for James that this is the way he would learn these lessons. As a spectacle to others. But I also believe the wisdom he accrues as a result of this will be greater than that of a normal man if he can honestly admit to himself what he got wrong. I feel even more sorry for Patrick Stewart.

I was on a movie set with James Corden and he was a massive diva. Didn’t want anyone to talk to him and always seemed like he felt like he was better than everyone. Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman we’re also on that set and they were nice to everyone and all smiles. I wasn’t expecting James to be such a rude guy after seeing his tv persona

I no longer judge people by the colour of the skin, I instead judge them based on whether they find James Cordon funny or not Edit: Lets relax in the comments, I’m joking! I still judge people based on skin colour.

He's forgetting where he comes from , fame nd money has got to him . The power of greed 😂😂

Ironic I got a James corden ad before this video😭😭😭

James Corden is the true definition of Toxicity.

Correction - He wasn't the "main character" in Cats. There are no "main characters" in Cats because it's just a bunch of cats singing about themselves in a race to win the chance to be reborn. His character just shows up for one number and then isn't heard from after the fact in the stage play.

What saved his show was including his staff in the opening segment.

He became the person he would make fun of in his show

James Corden is what happens when a D list actor finds a genie and wishes to be famous.

I worked with a guy who did a sideline of work as a James Corden double - he is literally the spitting image of the man and weirdly also called James. He’s done a lot of work on adverts where Cordon will do a couple of closeups and he basically appears in the rest - all of what you said about his arrogance and rudeness is spot on from what he told me Corden was like. He would turn up to shoots, barely interact with anyone - didn’t want to be talked to unless necessary and then would be gone ASAP. The strange thing is - this kind of behaviour doesn’t make him an outlier. There are other celebs that are similar, but I think the disappointment that he isn’t the jolly fat guy you think he is somehow makes it worse. I used to be an super “hate Corden” guy, but as I’ve got older I realised he’s just a human who’s a bit of a cunt but there’s far worse people out there

very interesting. thanks for the video about James. I diddnt know!

He had no reputation to begin with..😂😂😂

You don't go after Sir Patrick Stewart. The man is a legend.

The only thing worse than a public figure oblivious to his criticism, is a public figure who’s aware of his distaste and leans into it

I was playing 'Time Crisis 2' in Hollywood Bowl, Cardiff Bay years ago. There was a random bloke playing and I jumped on player 2, turns out it was James Corden. He died pretty quick and walked off without saying a word. My ex was like 'Wow that wad James Corden.' My only take away was that he sucked at Time Crisis.

I never even knew he acted like this. I have always enjoyed watching clips from his show on RU-vid, but I didn't know he was like that.

What aggravates a lot of people, I think, is the way his career was forced on people. It wasn't like audiences thought, "Hey, this guy's really good, and we like him. " It was more the studios saying to the audience, "Hey! This guy is really good! And you are going to like him!" and then started shoving him into our faces until we just couldn't stand the sight of him anymore. Then you get to really see the nasty, repugnant side of his personality. His entitlement, his immaturity, his arrogance. But the killer for me was his response to the Mark Kermode review of the (F#ng god-awful) Peter Rabbit movie, where Corden thought the best way to make himself seem tough and cool, was to have his Mummy and Daddy write a letter saying what a wonderful boy their precious little James was.

Before he was known anywhere outside of the UK... A good mate of mine went to a live recording of some show this JC was in. Apparently he berated all the staff and shouted at various people who were just doing their jobs and looking after him. I knew this was coming. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person!

I’m Irish and not overly in ‘love’ with the British, but sometimes you restore my faith. Your humour and self deprecation (working class) is wonderful!

Could not stand the guy, never saw in him what others did.......His demise on the grounds of "double standards", if that is what it is, sort of helps me to understand what I never could before.

It is kind of amazing to me that so many people believed he was actually driving the car around distracted by over the top singing and carrying a car full of musicians worth millions. They don't actually drive and film in most tv or movies. Why would this be any different?

Never forget this anecdote: Half an hour into a New York to London flight, passengers in business class noticed a woman with a crying baby being brought through the curtains by a flight attendant. They looked on in mild horror as they saw the attendant direct her into an empty seat next to... James Corden. Expecting a huge celebrity hissy fit to kick off. Corden's cabin- mates were impressed to see that he didn't say a word or make any sort of complaint. He simply put on a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, pulled an eyemask over his eyes, and turned away from her to sleep. Pretty decent of him, right? When the plane landed though, passengers were surprised to see Corden remain seated as the woman with the baby struggled to open the overhead locker. And even more surprised when she turned to Corden and said "For fuck's sake can you at least hold the baby while I get the bags down?" The woman was his wife. The baby was his baby.

Dont usually see anything about Peter rabbit movies doing well, when people talk about james cordon, but i still do wonder what he was like on set, why they would cast him and make a sequel, considering now hollywood cut ties with actors with bad press

I have to say, James Corden is not responsible for Cats being an absolute fever dream of a movie.