James Franco revealed his friendship with Seth Rogen may be over after ‘20 great years’
James Franco and Seth Rogen’s friendship is not what it used to be.
“I haven’t talked to Seth,” Franco, 46, told Variety in an interview published Friday, October 25. “I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it’s over. And not for lack of trying. I’ve told him how much he’s meant to me.”
Rogen, 42, and Franco first met on the 1999 teen dramedy Freaks and Geeks before finding success together on the big screen with films like Pineapple Express, This Is the End and The Disaster Artist.
In 2018, however, Franco was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by five women, four of whom were his acting students. Two of those former students filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit in 2019. Franco settled the lawsuit in 2021.
“While Defendants continue to deny the allegations in the Complaint, they acknowledge that Plaintiffs have raised important issues,” both parties said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter at the time, “and all parties strongly believe that now is a critical time to focus on addressing the mistreatment of women in Hollywood.
