After James Corden leaves "The Late Late Show" in mid-2023, he's headed back to London.
"I feel excited and scared, which is probably the right place to be because you're jumping to the unknown," the talk show host told CBS's "The Morning Show." "It's such a wonderful job it's the best eight years of my life and it's given me more than I ever dreamt it could be."
"Our intention is to go out in the manner that we came in. We have some really big things planned. I'll say it now, I'll be a mess on that last show, I won't be able to hold it together," he added. "But the reason to leave is we're a long way from home in Los Angeles, and there's people at home [in the United Kingdom] that are getting older and we want our kids to know them and be around them. I think anyone who's got kids knows that feeling of wanting to put down roots in a place where your family are gonna be."
The "Cats" star shares children Max, 11, Carey, 8, and Charlotte, 4, with wife Julia.
James, who's off-air antics have made headlines of late, is also starring in new series "Mammals," which he also executive produced.
"Look, it's terrifying, who walks away from such a thing?," she said of "The Late Late Show," which he's helmed since 2015. "But at the same time shooting a show like Mammals made me think maybe there's other things that I'm capable of."
Earlier this year, James said he was quitting the show so that he wouldn't miss his children's formative years.
"We had to cancel last year's summer holiday [because of work clashes] and when I told Max, he looked so sad, and I had this sudden revelation of the maths," James told The Times. "We've only got six more summers with the kids, before they start wanting to go off with their mates, six if we're lucky. I knew I just couldn't do that again. So that's why I quit."