James Corden apologises over Weinstein ‘joke’ but people are fuming

The Late Late host apologised after the comments he made at theAmfAR gala on Saturday night.

Corden opened with,

“It’s been weird this week watching Harvey Weinstein in hot water. Ask any of the women who watched him take a bath, it’s weird.”

The reaction from the audience was mixed, and so Corden said;

“I don’t know if whether that groan was because you liked that joke or don’t like that joke. If you don’t like that joke, you should probably leave now.”

After receiving much backlash on Twitter from women like Rose McGowan (who claims Weinstein raped her) who referred to him as a “fucking piglet,” James may have felt it necessary to apologise. Last night her took to Twitter to say,

“To be clear, sexual assault is no laughing matter. I was not trying to make light of Harvey’s inexcusable behaviour, but to shame him…”

but to shame him, the abuser, not his victims. I am truly sorry for anyone offended, that was never my intention. (2/2)

— James Corden (@JKCorden) October 15, 2017

However, this doesn’t seem to have cleared any smoke. Many Twitter users made sure to tell Corden that that wasn’t good enough.

Fucked it now son, back to Barry for a new series of Gavin & Stacey it is.

— Ross Hookings (@rosshookings) October 15, 2017

Mad a british humoured joke and the yanks didn’t like it. I saw what he was doing and laughed. Feel for him a bit.

— Ross Hookings (@rosshookings) October 15, 2017

Also, it is highly likely that the audience contained women who that pig has sexually assaulted. Must have been excruciating for them.

— Fi Frightingale (@feebee79) October 15, 2017

I'm of the opinion that if you need to explain your joke... it wasn't funny. In this case it wasn't just unfunny it was inappropriate

— Shiv (@shivfromthebloc) October 15, 2017

He's shown that he's disconnected from empathy and focused on the laugh & adoration. Excusing what people have done for his own gain. Awful.

— Shiv (@shivfromthebloc) October 15, 2017

.@JKCorden When the audience took offense, I'd have gone with something other than bemused or incredulous.

— John Levenstein (@johnlevenstein) October 15, 2017

It wasn't that you caused offence but that you exploited the misfortune of others to try to be funny - but then you were not at all funny...

— susan kemp (@kemps70) October 15, 2017

Having empathy means even though your friend Weinstein aided your career abuse free, you don’t stand there smug & privileged & trivialise it pic.twitter.com/20htAOypzi

— Amy (@Burtini) October 15, 2017

The thing is you think you're just making fun of Weinstein but you're actually making fun of all the women and the whole situation

— Emily (@emilywade_) October 15, 2017

Would you be making the same jokes if your daughter/sister/mother were the victims? Go back to the drawing board sexual assault isn't funny

— Elise / 195 (@ellisemaree) October 15, 2017

You have only done what men have been doing for years & think it's Funny, now you are trying to back track, because of the heat!!

— kim (@squidgy361) October 15, 2017

I think the wound is too fresh on this subject and shouldn't have been joked about, harmless as your intentions may have been.

— Rebecca Rose ? (@RebeccaLouiise_) October 15, 2017

Wow this is not an apology at all what U need 2b sry for is writing and telling those jokes that were at the expense of the victims.

— Linda Belcher (@sleepytime224) October 16, 2017