Seth Rogen talks about the end of his friendship with James Franco.
In an interview with Esquire magazine released Tuesday, the comedian remained relatively motherly about his relationship with his “Freak and Geek” co-stars.
“To be honest, I absorbed too little media and it really wasn’t on my radar,” Rogen told Esquire. The magazine said, “That’s all he wants to say about it,” and “He’s clearly not surprised he gets a question, and after he’s asked about his previous friend, he’s not sure about it about it I’m clearly not satisfied.”
In an interview with Variety released in October, Franco was candid about his dropout with Rogen after a wave of allegations of #MeToo sexual misconduct in the 2010s.
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“I’m not talking to Seth. I love Seth. We spent 20 years together and I think it’s over. And how much he means to me I told him that,” Franco told Variety. Interview.
Rogen and Franco, who met as teenagers in Hollywood, worked on famous projects such as “Freaks and Geeks,” “Disaster Artist,” “Pineapple Express,” and “This is the End.” But in real life, things got complicated.
James Franco in 2021: “I don’t want to answer Seth.”
In 2021, Franco spoke openly about the sexual misconduct allegations and the end of his relationship with Rogen.
The Oscar nominee reflected Rogen’s comments in an interview with host Jess Cagle on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Podcast” in December 2021.
“Of course it was hurt in the context, but I got it. He had to answer for me, “Because I was silent. He was for me.” I don’t want that because I had to answer. That’s why I wanted to talk to you today. I have to answer Seth, my brother (actor Dave Franco) or anything else I don’t want anyone.
“We didn’t fight for 20 years. It wasn’t a single battle. He was my absolute closest work friend and collaborator. Now together,” Franco said in an interview in 2021. , we have no plans to work together.”
Franco previously dmed and controversed a minor girl on Instagram
An event that led to the day of collapse 10 years ago. In 2014, 35-year-old Franco made a headline after asking the 17-year-old girl on Instagram (later apologised).
That year, Franco and Rogen joked about the infamous incident regarding “SNL” during their respective hosting stints.
“I look back at the joke I made in 2014 at Saturday Night Live. I very much regret making that joke,” Rogen said. “To be honest, it was a terrible joke. And I’m looking back at that interview in 2018 and commenting that I’ll continue working with James. The truth is, I haven’t done that and I don’t plan for it now. That’s what it means.”
In June 2021, Franco agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve a sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against him by former acting students. , boasts locations in Los Angeles and New York City.