James Corden's Balthazar Blues: Saga Continues With NYTimes Breakfast

NEW YORK CITY — That didn't take long. A tentative truce between James Corden and Balthazar restaurateur Keith McNally appears to have lasted just as long as it took the New York Times to take the "Late Late Show" host to breakfast.

McNally — who temporarily banned the "tiny cretin" from the Soho mainstay over his alleged rudeness to Balthazar staff — took to Instagram again Friday to blast the comedian for denying the egg-yolk omelet drama in an interview with the gray lady.

"STORM IN A RESTAURANT TEACUP," wrote McNally. "Was he joking? Or was he denying being abusive to my servers? Whatever Corden meant, his implication was clear: he didn’t do it."

The quote that irked McNally appears in the Times' story about a breakfast shared between the reporter and Corden, who bemoaned the state of public shaming on social media, at Mark Restaurant by Jean-Georges on the Upper East Side.

“I haven’t done anything wrong, on any level,” Corden told the Times. “So why would I ever cancel this?"

On Friday, McNally doubled down on support of his staff, reminding his followers that Corden yelled at them over hair in his food and a bit of egg white in his wife's yolk-only omelet.

"I wish James Corden would live up to his Almighty initials and come clean," McNally wrote.

"Although I didn’t witness the incident, lots of my restaurant’s floor staff did. They had nothing to gain by lying."

McNally — who said earlier this week "all is forgiven" after Corden apologized privately — demanded the comedian make a public apology, and even offered to sweeten the deal.

"He should at least admit he did wrong," McNally wrote. "If he goes one step further and apologizes to the 2 servers he insulted, I’ll let him eat for free at Balthazar for the next 10 years."

McNally's followers applauded his support of hardworking restaurant staff but took issue with his offer and the characterization of Corden as a "supremely talented actor."

"He is NOT supremely talented; please don’t elevate him because he has money," wrote @kaumudee. "I would not let him eat free ever, he has enough money to pay for his fancy food!"

"He was in Cats," added @nikmid. "That’s not forgivable."