--- title: Kanye West: Cancels on James Corden Carpool Karaoke Show description: Kanye West send James Corden roses for canceling on Carpool Karaoke. canonical: https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-02T14:44:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:59.650Z og:title: Kanye West Keeps Canceling on Carpool Karaoke og:description: He sent roses to say "I'm sorry" as Kanye does og:url: https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a789fb34f6e6369/69889c8a3c1639197045e17d/james-corden-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3456 og:image:height: 1944 og:image:alt: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Show and Tea og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kanye West Keeps Canceling on Carpool Karaoke twitter:description: He sent roses to say "I'm sorry" as Kanye does twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a789fb34f6e6369/69889c8a3c1639197045e17d/james-corden-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kanye West Sent James Corden Roses for Canceling on _Carpool Karaoke_ Again > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 2, 2016 2:44 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: TV personality James Corden (L) and recording artist Kanye West attend CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Show and Tea at Chateau Marmont on October 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: TV personality James Corden (L) and recording artist Kanye West attend CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Show and Tea at Chateau Marmont on October 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Jeff Vespa—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 2, 2016 2:44 PM UTC James Corden may never get a chance to sing “Bound 2” with Kanye West, because the rap superstar keeps cancelling appearances on [Carpool Karaoke](http://time.com/4415791/michelle-obama-carpool-karaoke-james-corden-late-late-show/?iid=sr-link5). According to an interview with Corden in [British _GQ_](http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/james-corden-gq-september-issue), West has agreed to appear on the popular segment of the _Late Late Show_ twice, but has cancelled each time. “Kanye has been booked twice now and both times something came up,” Corden said. West was apparently quite apologetic for the cancellations, sending Corden three dozen roses “arranged in the shape of a cube” as a floral apology. “What could be more [Kanye](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/04/kanye-west-taylor-swift-flowers) than that?” Corden said in the interview. He’s optimistic that Yeezy will eventually take the passenger seat soon, though. “He’ll do it eventually. He wants to do it,” he said. \[H/T [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden-beyonce-roses-to-apologise-late-late-show-a7168031.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/"},"headline":"Kanye West Sent James Corden Roses for Canceling on Carpool Karaoke Again","datePublished":"2016-08-02T14:44:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:59.650Z","description":"Roses, so Kanye","url":"https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","Kanye West","james corden","carpool karaoke"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a789fb34f6e6369/69889c8a3c1639197045e17d/james-corden-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a789fb34f6e6369/69889c8a3c1639197045e17d/james-corden-kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Show and Tea","caption":"CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Show and Tea","creditText":"Jeff Vespa—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4435018/kanye-west-carpool-karaoke-james-corden/","name":"Kanye West Sent James Corden Roses for Canceling on Carpool Karaoke Again"}}]}] ```