Seth doesn’t want to work with James Franco after sexual misconduct allegations
Hollywood star Seth Rogen has spoken out about his professional relationship with frequent co-star and collaborator James Franco, saying that he has no plans to work with him following allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior.
According to Variety, during an interview with a news outlet Rogen addressed the allegations, as well as his 2014 Saturday Night Live opening monologue, where he joked about a 17-year-old girl’s allegation that Franco had direct messaged her on Instagram to meet up. Rogen said during the monologue, “I decided to prank James Franco. I posed as a girl on Instagram told him I was way young. He seemed unfazed. I have a date to meet him at the Ace Hotel.”
He spoke about it during the interview and said, “What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that.”
He further added, “However, I do look back at a joke I made on Saturday Night Live in 2014 and I very much regret making that joke. It was a terrible joke to crack, honestly.”
Allegations of sexual misconduct were made against Franco once again in 2018 when several students at his former acting school accused him of intimidating them into sexual situations. The allegations, which Franco has denied, turned into a lawsuit, which was settled in February. Despite the allegations, Rogen had earlier said in past interviews that he would continue to work with Franco, but in his recent comments Rogen says, that has now changed.