[Niamh.]

James Cordon is getting some bad press lately

The host said he did not know the joke came from Gervais and did not explain how it came to be in his monologue on Monday


James Corden has responded to criticism that he appeared to copy a joke originally made by Ricky Gervais, saying he delivered it “obviously not knowing it came from him”.

The host of the US Late Late Show gave a monologue during Monday’s episode addressing Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and told a gag that viewers noted was remarkably similar to one from Gervais’s 2018 stand-up show Humanity.

Gervais drew attention to the similarities in a now-deleted Twitter post.

In the joke, Corden says: “When you see Elon Musk talk about Twitter he does this thing where he goes, ‘Well, it’s the town square.’

“But it isn’t. Because if someone puts up a poster in a town square that says ‘guitar lessons available’, you don’t get people in the town going, ‘I don’t want to play the guitar! I want to play the piano, you piece of ****!’”

“Well that sign wasn’t for you, it was for someone else. You don’t have to get mad about all of it!”

Responding to the accusations, Corden tweeted from the Late Late Show account: “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”.

Gervais defended his fellow comedian earlier in the day after a Twitter user asked if Corden asked permission to use the joke.

He replied: “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.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/t...-gervais-joke/

[LeatherTrumpet]

The host said he did not know the joke came from Gervais

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yes or he would not have stolen it

he would have stolen someone elses

Corden is a berk

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The host said he did not know the joke came from Gervais

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yes or he would not have stolen it

he would have stolen someone elses

Corden is a berk

Whoever gives him his script is in trouble, he/she must have been trolling James

[arista]

Sad

[bitontheslide]

it shows how little talent Cordon has

[Liam-]

The social media pile on happening to Corden lately has been wild, I genuinely don’t understand it

[Gusto Brunt]

I've never heard Gervais ever tell a joke. He just insults people.

He's about as funny as 50 pulsating boils on the bum.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Liam-

The social media pile on happening to Corden lately has been wild, I genuinely don’t understand it

social media did not make him be rude to that waiter

[UserSince2005]

it is possible both get their jokes written for them and person who wrote the joke just recycled it?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

it is possible both get their jokes written for them and person who wrote the joke just recycled it?

Ricky is a stand-up performer and writes his own material

Corden is a teleprompt reader and celebrity sycophant so just reads what he is instructed to

[MTVN]

There is nothing new under the sun

[UserSince2005]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Ricky is a stand-up performer and writes his own material

Corden is a teleprompt reader and celebrity sycophant so just reads what he is instructed to

Yeah so he was probably stitched up.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Liam-

The social media pile on happening to Corden lately has been wild, I genuinely don’t understand it

It's all over him being rude to workers at a Restaurant over the Egg White touching the Egg Yolk.

Obviously people should probably let it go soon though, I mean people shouldn't try to make his life harder with a mob of people harassing him.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

It's all over him being rude to workers at a Restaurant over the Egg White touching the Egg Yolk.

And then he said it's because his wife had an allergy but surely if you're allergic to part of an egg you have to stay away from all the egg? It was a weird excuse

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

And then he said it's because his wife had an allergy but surely if you're allergic to part of an egg you have to stay away from all the egg? It was a weird excuse

Oh his excuse was bizarre to put it politely, and he clearly didn't think that he should have to apologise either.

Despite all of that though, I honestly hope people don't get him to lose his job.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Oh his excuse was bizarre to put it politely, and he clearly didn't think that he should have to apologise either.

Despite all of that though, I honestly hope people don't get him to lose his job.

he's always had that reputation for being a bit of a **** in real life and has still managed to get work so I'm sure he'll be fine

[bitontheslide]

i think he has already announced he is leaving that show?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think he has already announced he is leaving that show?

That was before the restaurant thing, wasn't it?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That was before the restaurant thing, wasn't it?

yep, i think so