 In an interview with The Times, talking about dealing with fame, James said: "I think I used to get quite freaked out. I didn't know how to deal with it, and also there was this thing of people going, 'Ah, Smithy!' and – what do you do? They're expecting to meet this really confident lad, or lout, drinking lager, and I'm really not a lad, you know? "I'm a musical theatre performer. I don't drink beer. I like maybe one slimline G&T. I didn't know what people wanted from me. The comedian says he's not like his character Smithy in Gavin and Stacey (Image: BABY COW) "The thing is, no one ever, ever tells you how to deal with this stuff. You have to figure it out along the way, and I used to get so tangled up in whether the people liked the character or me, and..." he said. The interviews comes after James apologised following backlash when he was accused of being rude to restaurant staff. He called his restaurant ban 'the most surreal moment', as well as denying 'screaming at anyone'. James said he is a musical theatre performer (Image: Getty Images) The Late Late Show host found himself in hot water over an argument with the owner of a New York eatery, who claimed he was 'extremely nasty' to staff. After he sent an omelette back, allegedly tellin){kind=link}
James Corden, 44, has spoken out about struggling with fame after receiving backlash recently and says he is far from the confident persona you see on TV
James Corden has said he isn’t a ‘confident lout drinking lad’ and often finds he struggles with fame.
Speaking out in an interview, the TV star, 44, said that those who meet him expect him to be the same as his character Smithy from Gavin and Stacey – but he is nowhere near as extroverted in real life as people think he is.
He instead said he used to ‘get freaked out’ by fame but has now learned how he should deal with it and now just thanks those who come up to him.
James first found fame in Gavin and Stacey and has now gone on to have a hugely successful career, as well as making it in the US.