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VIDEO: James Corden Recalls Spanking Future President Donald Trump on a Broadway Stage

By: Jan. 23, 2018
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When an actor has an opportunity to bring a celebrity onstage, should they take it? Well James Corden did in 2012, during his Tony-winning run in One Man, Two Guvnors. The celebrity in question? Donald Trump.

watch as he explains to Stephen Colbert what went down up on the Music Box stage when he got to spank the future president in front of over 800 people.

James Corden serves as host of the Emmy Award-nominated THE LATE LATE SHOW with James Corden. Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007-2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. Appearing on the UK charity telethon Comic Relief in 2011, Corden created his Carpool Karaoke sketch when he drove around London singing songs with George Michael. In 2016, he hosted the 70th TONY AWARDS and the following year hosted the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2011, he played the lead part in the comedy play ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, which transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and then to Broadway and was also cinecast worldwide via National Theatre Live. For his performance in the Broadway run of the play, Corden won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.




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