Petition calls for James Corden to dump his "Spill Your Guts" segment because it's "culturally offensive" to Asians

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A petition demanding that The Late Late Show either drop or revamp its long-running "Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts" segment, which launched in 2016, has received more than 12,000 signatures. "James Corden's The Late Late show features a segment called 'Spill Your Guts,' where guests either have to answer difficult questions he gives them, or eat the foods that are presented to them," writes Kim Saira, who started the petition after calling out the show in a TikTok video that went viral. "The foods that are presented are meant to be 'gross,' as they are supposed to encourage the guest to answer his questions instead. However, many of the foods that he presents to his guests are actually from different Asian cultures. He's presented foods such as balut, century old eggs, and chicken feet, and which are often regularly eaten by Asian people. During these segments, he's openly called these foods 'really disgusting,' and 'horrific.' In the wake of the constant Asian hate crimes that have continuously been occurring, not only is this segment incredibly culturally offensive and insensitive, but it also encourages anti-Asian racism. So many Asian Americans are consistently bullied and mocked for their native foods, and this segment amplifies and encourages it." The Late Late Show has yet to respond to the petition.