James Franco has received a lot of criticism for comments he made about his bitter friendship with Seth Rogen.
Seth, 42, publicly called out his Pineapple Express co-star, 46, after he was accused of sexual misconduct.
Franco said Variety In a new interview, ‘I haven’t spoken to Seth. I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it’s over. And not for lack of trying. I’ve told him how much he means to me.
After his statements, a person fired shots at Even if he wasn’t a rapist, NO ONE owes you friendship.’
Someone else accused the filmmaker of “trying to make Seth look like the villain in this.”
James Franco has received a lot of criticism for comments he made about his bitter friendship with Seth Rogen.
Seth, 42, publicly called out his Pineapple Express co-star, 46, after he was accused of sexual misconduct; photographed in 2014
After James told Variety that he had tried to talk to Seth, one person wrote online: “NO ONE owes you friendship.”
Someone else accused the filmmaker of “trying to make Seth look like the villain in this.”
The person clearly added: “Fuck James Franco.” Another internet user asked, “Why are we giving James Franco a platform to begin with?”
In January 2018, five women told the Los Angeles Times that James had been sexually inappropriate or abusive toward them. One details how James removed plastic guards from actresses’ vulvas during a sex scene while simulating oral sex.
Two of the women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, sued James in 2019, alleging that he attempted to “create a pipeline of young women who were subjected to his personal and professional sexual exploitation in the name of education” while they attended his school. Studio 4 performance.
At the time, James denied the allegations through his attorney. He finally settled the lawsuit for $2.2 million in July 2021.
Initially, when the allegations came to light in 2018, Seth told Vulture that he would continue working with James. In May 2021, he changed his position and told Britain’s Sunday Times that he would not do so.
“What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and would never cover up or hide the actions of someone who does it, nor would I put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that,” Seth told the publication.
He added that it is “not a coincidence” that he has not worked with Franco in recent years, as he faced accusations of sexual misconduct in 2014 and again in 2018.
James first addressed the allegations on a SiriusXM podcast in December 2021.
Another internet user asked, “Why are we giving James Franco a platform to begin with?”
The former friends collaborated on several films together early on; Pictured is a scene from Pineapple Express from 2008.
Speaking on The Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham in 2021, he admitted that he “slept with students and that was wrong” and said he “could never be faithful to anyone” before meeting his now-girlfriend Izabel Pakzad; pictured on October 18
Speaking on The Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham, he admitted he “slept with students, and that was wrong,” and said he “could never be faithful to anyone” before meeting his now-girlfriend Izabel Pakzad.
The star attributed his past infidelities and inappropriate behavior to sex addiction, which he turned to after giving up alcohol as a teenager.
“It’s a very powerful drug,” he explained. “I was hooked for 20 more years. The insidious thing about this is that I stayed sober from alcohol that entire time.
And I went to meetings all that time. I even tried to sponsor other people. So in my head I thought, ‘Oh, I’m sober.’ I’m living a spiritual life,’ whereas on the other hand, now I’m acting in all these other ways and I can’t see it.’
James said he has been recovering from sex addiction since 2016 and has “been working hard” to change.