James Corden welcomed his two older children to a special night of sports this week.
The late-night host, 44, took his son Max, 11, and daughter Carey, 8, to the Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday to watch the Los Angeles Lakers face off against the Los Angeles Clippers. Did.
Sitting courtside for the NBA game, Corden and his kids were all smiles in photos of their night out. Corden’s two children were seen dancing while the comedian looked and smiled.
Another cute shot shows Corden with his arms around his daughter, pointing at his two children and explaining something.
Corden’s night out with his kids comes just weeks after he shared that his kids influenced his decision to retire. The Late Late Show 8 years later.
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“See it’s never easy to walk away from something that is… I mean, I’ll never work in a better environment than the one I’m in now,” Corden shared The Drew Barrymore Show Early this month. “Leaving the show had nothing to do with not enjoying it. I love it, but the truth is, I always knew it was an adventure and that was the end It was a very easy decision because I never thought it would be earth.”
Corden has since revealed that his choice has to do with the three children he shares with wife Julia Carey: son Max, daughter Carey, and five-year-old Charlotte.
of Cat The star recalled an emotional moment last year when he told Max he had to go to work for the weekend because of the Amazon Prime series. mammalian.
“I was shooting on Sunday and I came downstairs. Around 6 a.m. my son, who was 10 at the time, was sitting on the steps and said, ‘Are you working today?’ I said, ‘I do,'” Corden recalls. “And he said, ‘Well, I thought it was Sunday,'” I said. Before I have to go back and do the show,” his face dropped a bit.
The British star has also figured out that time is running out in other ways.
“I got in the car, called my wife, Jules, and said, ‘In the best-case scenario, we have six more summers, and Max wants to be by our side, even if he’s far away,’ I can’t waste another time.'” He said.
He added that he felt he shouldn’t have “sacrificed” his children if he wanted to do other work.
“That’s really all there is to it,” he said. “That last show is going to mess me up, I’m going to tear up I feel absolutely right on all counts.”