James Franco blasted for whining Seth Rogen friendship is ‘over’ after sexual assault allegations
James Franco has received a lot of criticism for comments he made about his soured friendship with Seth Rogen.
Seth, 42, publicly cut off his Pineapple Express costar, 46, after being accused of sexual misconduct.
Franco said Variety in a new interview: ‘I haven’t spoken to Seth. I love Seth, we had twenty wonderful years together, but I think it’s over. And not for lack of trying. I told him how much he means to me.â
After his statements, one person shot at Even if he wasn’t a rapist, NO ONE owes you friendship.â
Someone else accused the filmmaker of “trying to make Seth seem like the bad guy in this movie.”
James Franco has received a lot of criticism for comments he made about his soured friendship with Seth Rogen
Seth, 42, publicly cut off his Pineapple Express costar, 46, after being accused of sexual misconduct; in the photo in 2014
After James told Variety he tried to talk to Seth, someone online wrote: ‘NO ONE owes you friendship’
Someone else accused the filmmaker of “trying to make Seth look like the bad guy”
The person added bluntly: ‘f**k james franco.’ Another netizen wondered, âWhy are we even giving James Franco a platform?â
In January 2018, five women told the Los Angeles Times that James had been sexually inappropriate or exploitative toward them. One describes how James removed plastic protectors 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, claiming he was trying to “create a pipeline of young women subjected to his personal and professional sexual exploitation in the name of education” while they were attended school. Studio 4 drama school.
James denied the allegations through his attorney at the time. He ultimately settled the lawsuit in July 2021 for $2.2 million.
When the allegations surfaced in 2018, Seth initially 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.
âWhat I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and would never cover up or conceal the actions of anyone who does this, or knowingly put someone in a situation where he or she is around such a person would be,â Seth told the publication.
He added that it was “no coincidence” that he has not worked with Franco in recent years, as he faced allegations of sexual misconduct in 2014 and again in 2018.
James first addressed the allegations on a SiriusXM podcast in December 2021.
Another netizen wondered, âWhy are we even giving James Franco a platform?â
The former friends worked together on several films in the early years; depicted in a scene from 2008’s Pineapple Express
Speaking to Julia Cunningham on The Jess Cagle Podcast in 2021, he admitted that he had “slept with students, and it was wrong,” and said he “could never be faithful to anyone” before meeting his current girlfriend Izabel Pakzad ; photo October 18
Speaking on The Jess Cagle Podcast with Julia Cunningham, he admitted that he “slept with students, and that was wrong,” and said he “could never be faithful to anyone” before meeting his current girlfriend Izabel Pakzad.
The star blames his past infidelity and inappropriate behavior on sex addiction, which he turned to after quitting alcohol as a teenager.
âIt’s such a powerful drug,â he explained. ‘I’ll be addicted to it for another twenty years. The insidious thing about this is that I have remained sober from alcohol all this time.’
âAnd I was going to meetings all the time. I’ve even tried to sponsor other people. So in my head I was like, ‘Oh, I’m sober. I’m living a spiritual life, while now I’m behaving in all these other ways, and I couldn’t see it.â
James said he has been in recovery from his sex addiction since 2016 and has “done a lot of work” to change.