{"id":119106,"date":"2024-10-27T23:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119106"},"modified":"2024-10-27T23:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:06:45","slug":"james-franco-says-his-friendship-with-seth-rogen-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119106","title":{"rendered":"James Franco says his friendship with Seth Rogen is \u2018over\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root\" data-component=\"SupportNSCNative\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-0 jBfdop\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-1 hKRbzg\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-hez36s-2 cKIkhp\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-8 dWUzhG\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-13 doTReP\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-12 iGXncB\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-hez36s-7 hKrnEq\">This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.<\/p>\n<p><b>Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-14 ggPDxB\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-mobile-open\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-15 gibhIT\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-tablet\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Read more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/james-franco-interview-sex-students-b1981104.html\">James Franco<\/a> has reflected on the breakdown of his friendship with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/james-franco-sexual-misconduct-seth-rogen-b1981173.html\">longtime collaborator Seth Rogen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The pair first met while starring in 1999 teen comedy-drama series <em>Freaks and Geeks<\/em> and went on to work together on a string of hit movies, including 2008\u2019s <em>Pineapple Express<\/em>, 2014\u2019s <em>The Interview <\/em>and 2017\u2019s <em>The Disaster Artist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When Franco was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/james-franco-interview-sex-students-b1981104.html\">accused of sexual misconduct<\/a> in January 2018, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/james-franco-sexual-misconduct-seth-rogen-b1981173.html\">Rogen publicly distanced himself.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/global\/james-franco-new-movie-hey-joe-lawsuit-seth-rogen-friendship-1236190559\/\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, Franco said the pair are no longer in touch. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t talked to Seth,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it\u2019s over. And not for lack of trying. I\u2019ve told him how much he\u2019s meant to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, five women \u2013 including four of Franco\u2019s former pupils \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hollywood\/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\">came forward<\/a> with allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior by the 46-year-old. At the time, Franco said the allegations were \u201cnot accurate\u201d but that he did not want to \u201cshut down\u201d people who \u201cdid not have a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-0 kGjKco\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/25\/17\/newFile.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/25\/17\/newFile.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/25\/17\/newFile.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Seth Rogen and James Franco at a screening of \u2018The Disaster Artist\u2019 in 2017\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Seth Rogen and James Franco at a screening of \u2018The Disaster Artist\u2019 in 2017<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Sasha Haagensen\/Getty Images for Fast Company<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of his accusers, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal \u2013 both of whom were taught by Franco at the Playhouse West Studio 4 school he co-founded in 2014 \u2013 went on to seek legal action in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, it was reported that Franco had agreed to pay $2.23m (\u00a31.67m) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/james-franco-settlement-sexual-misconduct-b1875787.html\">to settle the suit<\/a>, which alleged that he and his business partners had \u201cengaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The allegations in the lawsuit had referred to a \u201csex scenes\u201d masterclass taught by Franco, in which he was accused of having \u201cintimidated them into performing gratuitous sex scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the<em> Variety<\/em> interview, Franco said he is \u201cso grateful to be working\u201d after starring in Italian director Claudio Giovannesi\u2019s <em>Hey Joe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did go through a lawsuit, and during that lawsuit I wasn\u2019t working,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut then Covid hit so everybody wasn\u2019t working. So, I don\u2019t know, it was all\u2026 I mean, we were all kind of in it. So it was sort of like, \u2018I don\u2019t know what I am.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-0 ldfJRX\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-8 jukWqT\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-3 rPGsX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Apple_TV_Plus.png\" width=\"112\" height=\"52\" alt=\"Apple TV+ logo\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-4 eXAVqJ\">\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-5 kDgYET\">Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-6 bkKZsY\">New subscribers only. \u00a38.99\/mo. after free trial. 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Plan auto-renews until cancelled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1aus1tj-0 jQSWof sc-118zqaw-2 iFqstR\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/gb\/channel\/tvs.sbd.4000?itsct=independent_tv&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1000l3akK&amp;ct=widgets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try for free<svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 ixMGSo sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-1aus1tj-1 DEqVK\"><use href=\"#baddbaa17d236bd5\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut I did certainly use the time to, I hope, good purpose. And whatever had been going on with me before, I had to change my whole way of life. So I am proud of the kind of work I did during that time. And yeah, I wasn\u2019t working in movies, but I certainly was doing a lot of work to change who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAs painful as it was \u2013 yes, of course rejection is painful, being told you\u2019re bad is painful. But ultimately that\u2019s kind of what I needed to just stop going the way I was going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/james-franco-interview-sex-students-b1981104.html\">Franco said he had been \u201ccompletely blind to power dynamics\u201d as he admitted to having sex with his acting students.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/seth-rogen-james-franco-friendship-interview-b2636453.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. 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