James Corden was all smiles as he enjoyed a date night with wife Julia Carey at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Tuesday night. 

The couple looked in good spirits as they coordinated in black outfits paired with blue denim jeans.  

The presenter, 46, cut a casual figure in a black T-shirt and matching cardigan which he teamed with denim jeans and white trainers. 

His wife Julia, who he tied the knot with in 2012, followed shortly behind wearing skinny jeans with a black T-shirt and leather jacket. 

James looked pleased to be back in the States as he exited the ocean front restaurant wearing a chunky black pair of glᴀsses. 

The Gavin & Stacey star, who moved home to the UK following an eight year stint in the US hosting The Late Late Show, looked pleased to be back in Los Angeles. 

James Corden was all smiles as he enjoyed a date night with wife Julia Carey at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Tuesday night

The couple looked in good spirits as they coordinated in black outfits paired with blue denim jeans

The couple’s date night comes days after James stunned audiences at the Breakthrough Prize in LA by making a lurid Sєxual gag concerning Dame Judi Dench, 90, and a leading US medical adviser.

The Gavin & Stacey creator said: ‘Tonight is the one night that Hollywood and science come together, other than of course, that one magical evening where Dr. Fauci had a one night stand with Dame Judi Dench.’

Cameras panned to Olivia Wilde, who once dated Harry Styles, and she raised her eyebrows while the joke was not met warmly by the rest of the audience with many not laughing.

The crowd was made up of figures from science, mathematics, and fundamental physics, along with Hollywood A-listers such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Lizzo, and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot.

Dame Judi was not present at the awards on Saturday night which are held in a space aircraft hanger and recognises winners for their scientific achievements with leading futures from the entertainment, sports, technology and business.

It comes less than seven years after James made a controversial joke about the disgraced movie magnate, Harvey Weinstein, in the same month multiple allegations of Sєxual ᴀssault from women in Hollywood came out against him.

Addressing an audience at amfAR, the former chat show host said: ‘It’s been weird this week watching Harvey Weinstein in H๏τ water. Ask any of the women who watched him take a bath, it’s weird.’

The comment was met with audible groans from the audience which included the likes of Tom Hanks, Kate Hudson and Fergie.

The Gavin & Stacey star, who moved home to the UK following an eight year stint in the US hosting The Late Late Show, looked pleased to be back in Los Angeles

It comes after James stunned audiences at the Breakthrough Prize in Los Angeles by making a lurid Sєxual gag concerning Dame Judi Dench, 90, and a leading US medical adviser

Corden said: ‘Tonight is the one night that Hollywood and science come together, other than of course, that one magical evening where Dr. Fauci had a one night stand with Dame Judi Dench’

James continued: ‘I don’t know if that groan was because you liked that joke or don’t like that joke.

‘If you don’t like that joke, you should probably leave now.’

The father-of-three, who moved back to the UK from the US last year, ended the series of jokes by saying: ‘Harvey Weinstein wanted to come tonight, although he’ll settle for whatever potted plant is closest.’

Shortly after the clip was published several Twitter users vented their anger at the fact James had made the remarks.

Actor Rose McGowan, one of the women who claims Harvey Weinstein raped her, was one of the first to react.

After mounting pressure, Corden was forced to apologise for his offensive joke.