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James Corden, host of “The Late Late Show,” is leaving the show.
During an appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” he said he was leaving to spend more time with his son. Max.
Recently, Corden was filming “Mammals” and needed to film on a Sunday. Corden said it was a Sunday and his son said, ‘Are you working today?’ and I said, ‘I am.’”
Corden could see the sadness on his son’s face and decided that he needed to rethink his schedule.
He continued, “Max said, ‘I thought, well, it’s Sunday,’ and I said, ‘I know, buddy, but this schedule’s just all over the place.'”
“We just got to get it done because we only have a tiny amount of time before we have to go back and do the show,” and his face just kind of dropped.
Corden said, “I got in the car and called my wife, Jules.”
I said, “I’ve realized that, best case scenario, we have six more summers where Max even remotely wants to be around us. I cannot waste another one.”
Corden added, “So, really, the choice was to go, ‘Well, if I really want to do this other work, that cannot be at the expense of our children, our family,’ and that is really all it comes down to.’”
He continued, “Nothing about leaving the show was to do with not enjoying it.”
“I love it, but the truth is that it became a very easy decision because I always knew it was an adventure.”
“I never ever considered it to be the final destination.”
The British host anticipates that he’ll be emotional on his last day.
“I will be a mess on that last show,” Corden predicted.
“I will cry my eyes out, but I will know at my core that the best thing for me and the best thing for us as a family is to put down some roots in London, and it feels absolutely right in every single way.”
