James Corden could be offered the chance to double his salary to stop him quitting ‘The Late Late Show’.
The 42-year-old TV star has hosted the late-night show since 2015 and CBS is said to be “pulling out all the stops” in a bid to get him to extend his deal beyond his current three-year contract, offering James in the region of £14 million.
A source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “By talking about how he might return home, some see this as James playing the game. It suggests to the top honchos he’ll walk if he’s not compensated enough. The feeling is James is worth double [the £7 million] and bosses are reluctantly starting to accept that. The last thing TV brass want is to lose James to a rival.”
The actor previously suggested he might return home to the UK at the end of his current contract, admitting he wants to be closer to family and friends.
Speaking about his homesickness, James shared: “Ending the show will always be a bigger family decision than a professional one. It will be about people at home who we miss very much, who we are homesick for.”
James – who has Max, nine, Carey, six, and Charlotte, three, with his wife Julia – also thinks he ought to put his family before his career.
The award-winning star admitted that his wife and kids have been forced to walk to “the beat of [his] drum” over recent years.
James – who married Julie back in 2012 – said: “This probably feels particularly magnified now during the pandemic, but I have an overwhelming feeling that our family has walked to the beat of my drum for a very long time.”
