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James Corden Grovels, Is Forgiven by Keith McNally After Being Banned From Balthazar for Being Abusive
Famed restaurateur and Instagram maven Keith McNally has revoked his ban on James Corden from one of his restaurants after the late-night host apologized over allegations of rude behavior toward staff.
“James Corden just called me and apologized profusely,” McNally confirmed, welcoming him back to the restaurant while claiming all is forgiven.
In an Instagram post on Monday, McNally complimented Corden as a “hugely gifted comedian” before ripping into the Brit as “a tiny Cretin of a man” and “the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago.”
The French restaurant, located in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo neighborhood, is a hotbed of celebrity sightings, with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and actress Sienna Miller among its regular clientele.
“I don’t often 86 a customer, [but] today I 86’d Corden. It did not make me laugh,” McNally wrote in his post, before detailing two unfortunate outbursts by Corden that were written up by the restaurant’s managers.
In one of the reports, an unnamed manager recounted a time in June when Corden allegedly found a hair in his dish and showed it to another manager, identified only as “G.”
“Corden was extremely nasty to G, and said: ‘Get us another round of drinks this second. And also take care of all of our drinks so far. This way I write any nasty reviews in yelp or anything like that,’” the manager wrote.
In another instance dated Oct. 9, Corden allegedly called over a server to complain about his wife’s egg yolk omelet, which was apparently tainted by a bit of egg white. That same day, Corden was in town for The New Yorker Festival, where he had an hour-long chat with writer Rachel Syme.
“The kitchen remade the dish but unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad,” the manager shared, according to McNally. “That’s when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: ‘You can’t do your job! You can’t do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelette myself!’”
Representatives for Corden and McNally did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Beast.
In a follow-up post Monday night on Instagram, McNally said Corden “just called me and apologized profusely.” McNally said that he had “fucked up myself more than most people” and that he strongly believe in second chances.
He joked: “So if James Corden lets me host his Late Late Show for 9 months, I’ll immediately rescind his ban from Balthazar. No, of course not, he said.”
“But… anyone magnanimous enough to apologize to a deadbeat layabout like me (and my staff) doesn’t deserve to be banned from anywhere. Especially Balthazar. So Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Corden.”
He ended with: “All is Forgiven. xx.”
Back in April, Corden announced that he’ll be stepping down as host of The Late Late Show on CBS next year, adding that he’d been thinking of leaving for “a long time.” The actor and comedian, who appeared in 2019’s Cats and last year’s remake of Cinderella starring Camila Cabello, has hosted the late-night show since 2015.
McNally is the owner of several high-profile restaurants in Manhattan, including Pastis, Morandi, and Minetta Tavern. The restaurateur is known for his off-kilter and brutally honest Instagram account, where he occasionally shares anecdotes from his restaurants as well as his occasionally controversial opinions on current events, including his continued support for friend and frequent restaurant guest Woody Allen.
Last year, McNally banned Graydon Carter from his restaurants after the former Vanity Fair editor made a reservation for 12 people at Morandi but didn’t show up, even after extra staff was called in to help with service.
“I’ll tell you one thing,” McNally wrote on Instagram at the time. “That fancy fucker will never be allowed to make a reservation at one of my restaurants again. Never.”
Carter later called McNally’s post “deranged” in an interview with People.
Thousands in Pennsylvania will have student loans forgiven under new Navient settlement
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The pursuit of higher education often ends in high debt.
“We are told over and over throughout our lives that higher education is what we need to do. It’s the gateway out of poverty,” said Kerry Smith, an attorney with the Community Legal Services.
The Philadelphia-based non-profit provides free help to low-income people struggling with student loans.
“This is a systemic problem that we see many individuals in Philadelphia fall victim to,” said Smith.
It’s the reason why the settlement announced Thursday with Wilmington-based lending company Navient is so huge.
Sixty-six thousand Americans will have $1.7 billion in private student loans canceled. That includes more than 2,400 people in Pennsylvania.
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Attorneys general from across the country, including Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, says Navient engaged in predatory lending.
“These were loans that were designed to fail. They didn’t care because they were not in it for the borrower, but instead in it to get a larger piece of the pie for federal student loans,” said Smith. “They were left with very high-cost loans that they had no ability to pay.”
It’s something Philadelphia City Councilmember At-Large Kendra Brooks says impacts everyone, but some groups are impacted more than others.
“We know who’s being affected by it: working-class folks, Black folks, and women,” said Brooks.
That includes her family. Brooks took out student loans for herself and two of her daughters.
“I think I’m down to $65,000 left for student loans,” she said of the amount she has left to pay for her own education. “This has followed me for 14 years.”
Smith says the average age of a person who seeks her organization’s assistance for student loans is 55 years old. Often, they are people who are saddled with debt from their college educations or their children or grandchildren’s schooling.
The settlement also includes $95 million in restitution payments for people who had federal student loans. About 13,000 people in Pennsylvania will receive checks for $260 each.
Navient never let them know they qualified for income-based programs that could have made payments as low as $0 a month. Instead, the company enrolled people into forbearance.
“Forbearance is when they are not making any payments, but what happens is the interest keeps accruing on that debt. That student loan debt is just growing and growing,” said Smith.
She adds that the effect ripples far beyond individual loans.
“This is really a civil rights issue,” Smith said. “Student loan debt is increasing an already-wide racial wealth gap.”
That’s why advocates like Brooks want the next step to be federal Student loan forgiveness.
“This will continue to be a problem until we see some real relief,” said Brooks.
Anyone whose debt is being canceled will receive a notice of that in July.
Federal borrowers who are eligible for restitution will get notices of those in the spring.
Smith reiterates that even for those not receiving loan cancellations, there is still help.
There is a federal pause on student loan repayments until May.
Smith suggests using that time to contact lenders and request adjustments to payment plans.
She also advises people to seek help from nonprofit organizations, who specialize in guiding people through the payback process for student loans.
Find more information on student loans from Community Legal Services click HERE.
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Here’s what to do if your student loans are forgiven
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It’s a question millions of Americans would love the chance to ask: What should I do after my student loans are canceled?
The Biden administration has already given more than 450,000 borrowers reason to think about that, after forgiving the debt for certain disabled borrowers and others who attended fraudulent colleges.
More than 40 million people, of course, are still saddled with the loans, but there are signs that more relief could be on the way.
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will be making a number of changes to broaden the reach of the public service loan forgiveness program, which excuses the debt of those who’ve worked for the government or non-profits for a decade.
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And President Joe Biden has said he supports erasing at least $10,000 for all borrowers, while top Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., continue to pressure the president to wipe out $50,000 for all. Those proposals would leave between a third and more than 80% of borrowers debt-free.
Getting your student loans forgiven will likely be a turning point in your financial life.
The typical bill is around $400 a month, and research finds the payments make it harder for borrowers to start businesses, save for retirement and purchase a house.
“This is a great opportunity to go back and examine your cash flow so you can figure out where to deploy the money you were previously spending on your loan payments,” said Douglas Boneparth, certified financial planner and president of Bone Fide Wealth in New York.
First steps
Once a borrower’s loans are forgiven, they should ask their lender for a copy of their promissory note stamped “paid in full,” said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit.
“This can take a few months,” Mayotte said. “I would save this, as well as the forgiveness approval letter, in their ‘never throw away’ files.”
It could take up to 60 days for your credit report to reflect the drop in debt, Mayotte said. (The three credit bureaus provide a free report once a year.)
“If it doesn’t after that period, the borrower should file a credit dispute or contact the loan servicer,” she said.
Financial moves
Experts recommend that people have enough cash in an emergency savings account to cover between three months to a year of their usual expenses should other income sources dry up.
“If you’re low on cash and could use a greater cushion, this is the first place I would consider putting my money,” Boneparth said.
To watch your savings grow faster, store your money in a high-yield savings account. Experts point out that it’s worth shopping around with different banks to find the best offer: The average online savings account rate is around 0.45%, while it’s just 0.14% with traditional brick-and-mortar banks and credit unions, according to DepositAccounts.com.
(You’ll just want to make sure any account you put your savings in is FDIC-insured, meaning up to $250,000 of your deposit is protected from loss.)
If you’re comfortable with the level of your emergency savings, Boneparth recommends redirecting the cash from your student loans to your retirement funds.
If your company offers a 401(k) match at work, try to salt away enough to get the full benefit. In addition, or if you’re self-employed or without a workplace retirement plan, you can save up to a certain amount each year in individual retirement accounts.
“If those are maxed out, start an automatic monthly investment plan to a brokerage account,” Boneparth said.
If you have any credit card debt, experts also advise using the freed up cash to pay it down quicker.
Above all, try to avoid running up another tab, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
“Enjoy the sense of freedom that comes with being debt-free,” he said.