![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/james-corden-responds-to-accusation-he-copied-ricky-gervais-joke-on-talk-show/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_2022-11-01-21.jpg&description=James Corden has addressed the accusation that he 'copied' a joke that was previously made by comedian Ricky Gervais during a segment of his CBS talk show The Late Late Show earlier this weekJames Corden appears to copy Ricky Gervais joke from 2018James Corden has addressed recent criticism that he appeared to have 'copied' a joke from Ricky Gervais. The talk show host, 44, made the gag while addressing Elon Musk 's takeover of social media platform Twitter during CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden on Monday. As reported earlier, during the recent episode, Corden reacted to the platform being compared to a town square, with the presenter dismissing such on his late night show. Corden commented: "It isn't. Because if someone puts up a poster in a town square that says 'guitar lessons available', like you don't get people in the town go 'I don't wanna play the guitar! I wanna play the piano you piece of s***!'" He concluded: "[But] that sign wasn't for you, it was for somebody else. You don't have to get mad about all of it." James Corden has addressed attention he attracted over a segment on the Late Late Show recently (Credit: CBS) Do you enjoy reading about celebrities? Sign up for all the best celeb news from the Mirror here . The comment attracted attention on social media, with some people stating that it was similar to a joke made by Gervais, 61, in his Netflix stand-up special Humanity in 2018. Addressing the response on Tuesday, Corden tweeted: "Inadvertently told a brilliant Ricky Gervais joke on the show last night, obviously not knowing it came from him." He continued in the tweet, which was posted through his show's account: "It's brilliant, because it's a Ricky Gervais joke. You can watch all [his] excellent specials on Netflix. J x" It related to a joke made by Ricky Gervais in his Netflix stand-up special Humanity, which was released in 2018 (Credit: Netflix) Gervais reportedly pointed out similarity between Corden's remark and his own joke in a){kind=link}
James Corden has addressed the accusation that he ‘copied’ a joke that was previously made by comedian Ricky Gervais during a segment of his CBS talk show The Late Late Show earlier this week
James Corden has addressed recent criticism that he appeared to have ‘copied’ a joke from Ricky Gervais.
The talk show host, 44, made the gag while addressing Elon Musk ‘s takeover of social media platform Twitter during CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden on Monday.
As reported earlier, during the recent episode, Corden reacted to the platform being compared to a town square, with the presenter dismissing such on his late night show.
Corden commented: “It isn’t. Because if someone puts up a poster in a town square that says ‘guitar lessons available’, like you don’t get people in the town go ‘I don’t wanna play the guitar! I wanna play the piano you piece of s***!'”