James Corden is telling his side of the story after getting banned 鈥� and then unbanned 鈥� from New York restaurant Balthazar.

On Monday鈥檚 episode of 鈥淭he Late Late Show,鈥� the TV host admitted he was 鈥渞ude鈥� and 鈥渦ngracious鈥� to the waitstaff at Balthazar, which prompted the restaurant owner, Keith McNally, to publicly bash him and temporarily ban him from the establishment.

鈥淚 considered tweeting about it or Instagramming about it, but whenever these sort of moments come my way, I like to adopt quite a British attitude of 鈥楰eep Calm and Carry on,鈥欌�� Corden said at the top of Monday鈥檚 show.

鈥淭hings are going to get written about me. 鈥楴ever Complain, Never Explain鈥� is very much my motto. But as my dad pointed out to me on Saturday, he said, 鈥楽on, well, you did complain, so you might need to explain.鈥欌��

The actor and comedian proceeded to recap his latest Balthazar visit in detail. While laying out the situation and owning up to his mistakes, Corden struck a more remorseful tone than he did last week when he deemed the Balthazar saga 鈥渟illy鈥� and insisted that he hadn鈥檛 鈥渄one anything wrong, on any level鈥� in an interview with the New York Times.

Upon arriving at one of his 鈥渁bsolute favorite restaurants鈥� for breakfast a couple weeks ago, Corden鈥檚 wife 鈥渆xplained that she has a serious food allergy,鈥� he recalled.

The first time his wife was allegedly served the food she was allergic to, the table calmly sent the dish back and 鈥渁ll was good,鈥� Corden said. However, after it allegedly happened twice more, the late-night personality 鈥渕ade a sarcastic, rude comment鈥� about cooking the meal himself 鈥渋n the heat of the moment,鈥� he conceded.

鈥淟ook, when you make a mistake you鈥檝e got to take responsibility, so I thought I would share with you what happened,鈥� Corden told the audience.

鈥淚t is a comment I deeply regret. I understand the difficulties of being a server. I worked shifts at restaurants for years. I have such respect and I value anyone that does such a job. And the team at that restaurant are so great 鈥� that鈥檚 why I love it there. The restaurant manager and the server, they were lovely.鈥�

After Corden made the snide remark, the waitstaff 鈥渂rought out four glasses of Champagne as an apology,鈥� which he and his party insisted wasn鈥檛 鈥渘ecessary.鈥� They鈥檇 鈥渉ad a great time.鈥�

Corden explained that because he didn鈥檛 鈥渟hout,鈥� 鈥渟cream,鈥� 鈥渃all anyone names,鈥� 鈥渦se derogatory language鈥� or get out of his seat, he didn鈥檛 feel as if he had 鈥渄one anything wrong.鈥�

鈥淏ut the truth is I have,鈥� he continued. 鈥淚 made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.鈥�

But McNally has accused Corden of more than just reacting disrespectfully to a food allergy mishap. The 鈥淐ats鈥� star also allegedly demanded free drinks and threatened to write a nasty Yelp review after he found a hair in his food, in addition to allegedly going ballistic after an egg-yolk omelet was served with fries instead of a side salad. On 鈥淭he Late Late Show,鈥� Corden briefly mentioned the hair but did not address anything else.

Roughly a week after the incident, restaurateur McNally called Corden out on Instagram for his behavior and banished him from the eatery. He characterized the entertainer as a 鈥渢iny cretin of a man,鈥� as well as the 鈥渕ost abusive customer鈥� Balthazar has ever had.

鈥淲hen I read this post, immediately I got hold of [McNally鈥檚] phone number, I called him straight away and I told him how upset I was 鈥� that anybody was hurt by anything that I had done, and anything that I had said,鈥� Corden said on 鈥淭he Late Late Show.鈥�

鈥淲e had a good talk. He appreciated the call. I was so happy that we got to clear the air and I felt like we had dealt with it privately. But at this point, the story was out there and 鈥� people were upset.鈥�

Corden said he 鈥渢otally鈥� understands and accepts the backlash that ensued on social media.

鈥淚 also hate 鈥� that I鈥檝e ever upset anybody, ever,鈥� he added. 鈥淚t was never my intention. It just wasn鈥檛.鈥�

Following their phone conversation, McNally returned to Instagram to announce he had accepted Corden鈥檚 apology, forgiven him and lifted his punishment 鈥� citing a belief 鈥渋n second chances.鈥�

鈥淚 love that restaurant. I love the staff there,鈥� Corden continued on 鈥淭he Late Late Show.鈥� 鈥淚 hope I鈥檓 allowed in again one day, so when I鈥檓 back in New York, I can go there and apologize in person, which is something I will absolutely do.鈥�

鈥擟hristi Carras, Los Angeles Times