James Corden reveals his obsession with hitting his daily steps target and his aim to cut down on drinking as he says he wants ‘to try to be healthier’

James Corden has opened up about the ways he tries to be ‘healthier’ in his daily life, by counting his steps and cutting down on booze.

The presenter, 45, and his wife Julia Carey, 47, share three children together: Max, 12, Carey, nine, and Charlotte, six.

Appearing on the On Purpose podcast, James revealed to author Jay Shetty that he was obsessed with hitting his daily step goal.

He admitted: ‘Sometimes, when the kids are asleep, I look and I’m on 8,000 and I think, ‘Honey, I’m just leaving.’ And I literally walk up and down the road.”

He also confessed that he has come to believe that getting enough sleep is an “extraordinary gift.”

James added: “I’m probably more aware of it now because I have a 12-year-old who seems to think sleep is some kind of punishment.”

The actor also said he tried to stop drinking so much, citing his disgust at the after-effects the next day.

He said: ‘I rarely drink at home. But when I go out, I like the feeling of having three and a half drinks down… I feel it in my knees.

‘I’m going to try to stop that. I was talking to (a friend) and I was like, “How did you manage to quit this?” He said: “I started asking how much of tomorrow do I want to borrow?”.

‘It’s like going to an ATM and saying, “I’m going to make a three-hour withdrawal from tomorrow that I’ll be useless.” I just want to try to be healthier.”

James recently moved back to London with Julia and their children after quitting his job as host of The Late Late Show in May 2023 after eight years.

Explaining his decision to Extra, he said: “My kids are getting older, their grandparents are getting older, and it just felt like maybe the right time for us as a family to be freer in our decisions.”

When speaking to Drew Barrymore about his departure, James admitted: “Look, it’s in no way easy to walk away from something that’s like, I mean, I’ll never work in a better environment than the one I work now.

“Nothing about leaving the show had to do with not enjoying it. I love it. But the truth is that it became a very easy decision because I always knew it was an adventure and I never looked at it as the final destination.

“But I will know in my core that the best thing for me and the best thing for us as a family is to put down some roots in London, and that feels absolutely right in every way.”

Last week marked the debut of James’ new radio show, landing his first job in the US since leaving The Late Late Show.

He is the host of a SiriusXM interview show titled This Life of Mine with James Corden, which started on February 1.

The show takes full advantage of James’ long list of famous friends and has in-depth conversations with him ‘the biggest stars in the world’.

The weekly show offers a look at all the big moments that shaped its guests’ lives, as well as their little-known stories.

The first famous faces to appear include big names such as Kim Kardashian, David Beckham, Jeremy Renner, Martin Scorsese, Julianne Moore, Tom Ford, Odell Beckham Jr. and Billy Porter.

Ahead of the show’s premiere, James said, “I’m thrilled to be joining SiriusXM. Scott and the whole team have made me feel so welcome as I start this new chapter.

“It’s a dream to have a space where you can have deep conversations with the people whose work and talent I greatly admire.”

A source told MailOnline that despite his new radio show, he has no plans to move back to the US, and will be recording in ‘various locations’.