The Late Late Show: Patton Oswalt shares writing by daughter who takes after late mother Michelle McNamara

Published: 07:39 BST, 14 March 2018 | Updated: 07:39 BST, 14 March 2018

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Patton Oswalt shared his daughter's writing on Tuesday during an appearance on The Late Late Show.

The 49-year-old actor said his eight-year-old daughter Alice has 'just started writing' and was taking after her deceased mother, the bestselling crime author/journalist Michelle McNamara.

'Alice…she's very mature for her age,' Oswalt assured host James Corden, before reading the child's latest piece titled 'Fart Land'.

Proud father: Patton Oswalt shared writing by his eight-year-old daughter on Tuesday during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden

Fart Land is about a fantasy world, to which Oswalt said he would be banished for breaking too much wind.

McNamara died in April 2016 in her sleep at her family's Los Angeles home. Oswalt married Meredith Salenger in November 2017.

Oswalt also had some comments about President Donald Trump's firing of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter.

'Better Twitter than Tinder..but basically our president is like a passive aggressive boyfriend…it's total Mean Girls stuff,' he smiled.

Late wife: The 49-year-old actor, shown with his late wife Michelle McNamara in December 2011, said his daughter Alice was taking after his deceased spouse who was an author

The Emmy-winning comedian currently stars in the NBC sitcom A.P. Bio, alongside Glenn Howerton from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

Corden, 39, flashed up Oswalt's yearbook photo, causing much embarrassment.

'You couldn't airbrush out the mullet? Oh my god,' cringed Oswalt who described his younger self as 'insufferable' and 'a moody hard lovin' rebel' who loved Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel.

Late show: Darren Criss joined host James Corden and fellow guest Patton on the CBS show

Oswalt was joined on the show by fellow guest Darren Criss, 31, who busted out some sexy dance moves for the British talk show host.

Criss, who currently plays the murderous Andrew Cunanan in American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, has become infamous for his near-naked dance scene on the show.

He recreated the scene with a few kinky ad libs directed at Corden.