Seth Rogen addresses James Franco’s claim their friendship is ‘over’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seth Rogen has addressed James Franco’s revelation that his friendship with his former co-star is “over”. I’ve told him how much he’s meant to me.” Rogen, who will next appear in Apple TV+ series The Studio, has now been asked about this comment and, despite “not being happy” with the question, he told Esquire: “Honestly, I absorb so little media that it really wasn’t on my radar.” In an interview with The Times in 2021, Rogen said of the multiple allegations against Franco: “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. In June 2021, it was reported that Franco had agreed to pay $2.23m to settle the suit, which alleged that he and his business partners had “engaged 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.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Seth Rogen and James Franco stopped being friends after allegations about Franco surfaced The allegations in the lawsuit had referred to a “sex scenes” masterclass taught by Franco, in which he was accused of having “intimidated them into performing gratuitous sex scenes.” Elsewhere in the Variety interview, Franco said he is “so grateful to be working” after starring in Italian director Claudio Giovannesi’s Hey Joe.