London-born restaurant proprietor Keith McNally declared that he was banning James Corden from Balthazar in SoHo, New York. In a message on his Instagram page, he said:⁠ ⁠ “James Corden is a hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny cretin of a man,” he declared.⁠ ⁠ McNally said he was “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,” he said, using a slang term to signify someone or something being ejected.⁠ ⁠ By way of evidence, of the condemned diner’s offences, he offered two reports from restaurant managers. One said Corden had been dining in there that day and had discovered a hair in his food, which, “although diabolical . . . happens very occasionally in all restaurants”, McNally wrote. “Corden was extremely nasty to [the manager], and said: ‘Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far’ ”, while adding an apparent threat about writing “nasty reviews” online.⁠ ⁠ Corden’s ban appeared to have been overturned a few hours later, after he apparently called McNally to apologise. In an update to his earlier post, the restaurateur wrote: “James Corden just called me and apologised profusely. “Having f***ed up myself more than most people, I strongly believe in second chances.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in our bio for the full story