![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/james-corden-refused-humiliating-hollyoaks-scene-and-had-childish-row-with-star/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_EH_CHP_310120James-Corden-Hollyoaks_4732JPG.jpg&description=James Corden said he was 'fat-shamed' on the soap, then years later he clashed with Ricky Whittle after calling the cast 'chicken-in-a-basket fame seekers'James Corden says he 'regrets' being 'ungracious' to waiterJames Corden has been all over our screens for many years - but few people know that he actually started out on Hollyoaks. The Late Late Show host, who is currently at the centre of a row over his treatment of waiting staff at a top New York restaurant, played a school janitor during a brief stint in 1999. But James does not look back on his time in the Channel 4 soap very fondly, claiming he was "fat-shamed" and likening the experience to being in prison and "hell on earth". The Gavin & Stacey star revealed he refused to film one particular scene where his character, Wayne, had bedroom walls decorated with photos of junk food. James Corden once starred in Hollyoaks - but he hated the experience ( Channel 4) "I thought that they were just really being nasty about anyone that's overweight," he told The New Yorke in 2020. "I remember saying to the guy, 'I don't know one person who would take a picture of a hot dog and a burger and stick them on the wall'." Wayne worked at Hollyoaks Community College - and in one hilarious scene came crashing down through the ceiling during a party while chasing after a rat. The character ran a car wash stall, but left the village after one of his employees stole a car and crashed it. In real life, James said he turned down a £70,000 deal to extend his contract because he feared it would limit his career. He said: "I swear to God, if I had done that show I'd have been there for five years, and I'd probably be on Dancing with the Stars right now." Hollyoaks were approached for a comment at the time. James played school caretaker Wayne in one episode ( Channel 4) The comedian has taken a number of swipes at Hollyoaks over the years, once telling the Livrpool Echo that it was a "horrible place to work". "It was hell on earth. I){kind=link}
James Corden said he was ‘fat-shamed’ on the soap, then years later he clashed with Ricky Whittle after calling the cast ‘chicken-in-a-basket fame seekers’
James Corden has been all over our screens for many years – but few people know that he actually started out on Hollyoaks. The Late Late Show host, who is currently at the centre of a row over his treatment of waiting staff at a top New York restaurant, played a school janitor during a brief stint in 1999.
But James does not look back on his time in the Channel 4 soap very fondly, claiming he was “fat-shamed” and likening the experience to being in prison and “hell on earth”. The Gavin & Stacey star revealed he refused to film one particular scene where his character, Wayne, had bedroom walls decorated with photos of junk food.
“I thought that they were just really being nasty about anyone that’s overweight,” he told The New Yorke in 2020.
“I remember saying to the guy, ‘I don’t know one person who would take a picture of a hot dog and a burger and stick them on the wall’.”