James Corden is nearing the end of his time with the Late Late Show and it seems like the English talk show host is unable to avoid the flood of negative news. Like a lot of news outlets are pointing out, Corden is having his Ellen moment right now.
The latest drama surrounding James Corden: The talk show host was called out by comedian Ricky Gervais for more or less copying his joke on Twitter.
Gervais tweeted this (now-deleted because he felt sorry for it!):
In response to James Corden's this joke (listen to it):
In which James Corden basically does a Ricky Gervais joke word for word pic.twitter.com/8MfkrBo8Y0
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) November 1, 2022
James Corden joke:
The 2018 Ricky Gervais show:
Corden has learned the art of swiftly apologizing since the Balthazar incident. So he tweeted this in response:
Inadvertently told a brilliant Ricky Gervais joke on the show last night, obviously not knowing it came from him. It’s brilliant, because it’s a Ricky Gervais joke. You can watch all Ricky’s excellent specials on Netflix. J x
— The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) November 1, 2022
And like the rest of those calling out Corden (like Keith McNally of Balthazar restaurant), Gervais was also quick to defend the talk show host theorising that it must have been the writers to plagiarise the joke.
No. I reckon one of the writers 'came up with it' for him. I doubt he would knowingly just copy such a famous stand up routine word for word like that.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 1, 2022
But netizens are not having it. They are having a field day dragging Corden through the mud. Another TV host, Greg Scott, claimed that Corden's staff must have been fed up with him and copied the joke to make the talk show host look bad.
I truly believe that Corden must have pissed off one of his writers who then gave him a section of a hugely watched Ricky Gervais stand-up routine - So that Corden himself would get the flack for doing so… https://t.co/MZQGQSt0M3
— Greg Scott (@GregScottTV) November 1, 2022
The reputation: James Corden came into the news when he announced that he was departing from the Late Late Show in 2023. But after that, his reputation also took a departing.
Obsessed with these stories of James Corden being terrible pic.twitter.com/z5hiMY6pqO
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) October 17, 2022
The James Corden fiasco is very telling of the modern celebrity downfall. From the Try Guys's Ned Fulmer cheating scandal to Ellen DeGeneres, viewers expect the celebs to be true to the character they portray on TV, where they rake in viewers by being "themselves".