The Late Late Show: James Corden tears up as he recalls conversation with son Max, 11, that prompted talk show exit

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Monday, Corden appeared on Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show, where the former child star asked him when he knew it was the right time to “walk away”. But the truth is it became a very easy decision because I always knew it was an adventure and I never ever considered it to be the final destination.” Corden, 44, then explained that he was leaving the show in order to settle in London and spend more time with his family, recalling an interaction with his 11-year-old son Max that changed his perspective. We’ve just got to get it done because we only have a tiny amount of time before we have to go back and do the show’ and his face just kind of dropped.” Corden grew emotional as he discussed the decision “I got in the car and I called my wife Jules and I said, ‘I’ve realised, best case scenario we have six more summers where Max even remotely wants to be around us and I cannot waste another one.’” The Gavin and Stacey star explained that “really the choice was to go, ‘Well if I really want to do this other work, that cannot be at the expense of our children, our family’”. “I will cry my eyes out, but I will know at my core that the best thing for me and the best thing for us as a family is to put down some roots in London, and it feels absolutely right in every single way.” Along with Max, Corden shares two more children with wife Julia: Carey, eight, and Charlotte, five.