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Rob Brydon has defended him gavin and stacey co-star james cordenStating that people need to “give the man a break”.
While actor and writer Corden has enjoyed successes including BAFTA-winning gavin and staceyAn eight-year stint as a US late-night show host and a 2012 Tony win for the play One man, two governorsThe 47-year-old man often has to face criticism.
In 2017, he reacted angrily after Making Jokes About Harvey Weinstein While hosting the amfAR Gala – an HIV/AIDS fundraiser – as #MeToo was unfolding and three years later, He was accused of portraying “disgusting and offensive” gay stereotypes In the Netflix drama.
In 2022, He was banned from a top New York restaurant On his alleged behavior with employees, who Later he apologized, before being Accused of stealing a joke from Ricky Gervais,
In A new interview with many times, Brydon was asked how, twenty years ago, he took the then-newly-famous Corden aside to discuss his rude behavior.
Braydon replied: “Yeah, I remember that, but come on. A lot of shit gets thrown at James. Give that guy a break.”
Addressing Corden’s recent success by stepping on board in the revival production of ArtBrydon continued: “Look, he’s the highlight of Broadway again. I think we should celebrate him.”
Corden previously told his side of the story, admitting on Radio 4 Desert Island Discs He became “spoiled and cruel” after winning Bafta gavin and stacey in 2012.
He explained: “Rob took me to lunch and said, ‘What are you doing going out all the time to get photographed with all these people? This is not the you I know. But this is the you I have to defend to people.'”
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braydon told earlier Independent,[Corden] Was on a rollercoaster. This guy from High Wycombe, and he’s suddenly enjoying his success, and he’s lost his way for a while.
“He was burning the candle at both ends, and getting irritable and irritable. He was in the washing machine and being banged around. I felt for him.”
Corden calls time on his US talk show in 2023 and secretly returns to writing gavin and stacey With Ruth Jones. The pair reunited to write the sitcom’s final episode, which Aired to record-breaking audiences on Christmas Day last year,