Corden defers to Bennington widow over segment

The widow of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has thanked James Corden for allowing the family to decide whether an episode of the Carpool Karaoke spin-off series featuring the singer should be aired.

Bennington, who died at 41 last month, was scheduled to appear in an upcoming episode of Carpool Karaoke: The Series, in which Corden drives celebrities around and sings with them.

Corden, an executive producer on the Apple Music spin-off, said Bennington’s family should decide whether it is aired.

“We will approach it in whichever manner his family, or the people that were involved in that episode, however they would like it to be handled. We consider it to be not our decision to make. We will navigate it as delicately as possible and just adhere to whatever wishes they would want to because I don’t think there’s any other way we could deal with it, really,” Corden said.

Bennington’s widow, Talinda Bennington, shared a news report of Corden’s comments, and tweeted: “Thank you.”

Linkin Park had posted a photo after Bennington filmed his episode with actor Ken Jeong, calling it a “fun day”.

source: GULF NEWS