Seth Rogen is weighing in on his friendship with James Franco after his former buddy revealed their relationship had ended.
In a brand new interview, Apple TV+’s The Studio star stated he doesn’t pay a lot consideration to social media buzz round him.
“Truthfully, I take up so little media that it actually wasn’t on my radar,” Rogen informed Esquire about Franco’s feedback on their friendship.
In accordance with the publication, Rogen was “not shocked to get that query, and he’s clearly not completely happy about it.” The journal additionally famous his response was “all he needs to say about that.”
Rogen and Franco received their begin within the enterprise by starring on the NBC collection Freaks and Geeks. They might go on to star in movies like Knocked Up, Pineapple Specific, This Is The Finish, The Interview, Sausage Occasion and The Catastrophe Artist.
Nonetheless, issues took a flip when, in 2018, a number of girls accused Franco of inappropriate sexual behaviour. Extra accusations would turn into public, together with one which he finally settled, the place the actor was accused of intimidating college students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual conditions.
In an interview with Selection in 2024, Franco stated he and Rogen had been not buddies.
“No. I haven’t talked to Seth. I really like Seth, we had 20 nice years collectively, however I suppose it’s over,” Franco informed the publication. “And never for lack of making an attempt. I’ve informed him how a lot he’s meant to me.”
Rogen had initially supported his buddy, however he distanced himself from Franco as extra accusations got here up. In 2021, Rogen informed The Occasions, “I additionally look again to that interview in 2018 the place I remark that I’d preserve working with James, and the reality is that I’ve not and I don’t plan to proper now.”
Though on the time Rogen didn’t say his relationship with Franco had ended, Rogen did say “it isn’t a coincidence” that their friendship modified amid the accusations.
“I don’t know if I can outline that proper now throughout this interview. I can say it, um, , it has modified many issues in our relationship and our dynamic,” Rogen stated about his relationship with Franco.
