Seth Rogen isn’t interested in discussing his old pal James Franco.
The “Freaks and Geeks” alum, 42, avoided answering a question about his former frequent collaborator in his Tuesday Esquire profile, several months after Franco revealed they had ended their friendship after 20 years.
“Honestly, I absorb so little media that it really wasn’t on my radar,” Rogen said when asked what he thought of Franco’s October 2024 admission.
In his original interview, Franco — who collaborated with Rogen on several films throughout their career, including “Pineapple Express” and “This is the End” — hinted that the end of their relationship wasn’t his doing.
“I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it’s over, and not for lack of trying,” Franco said at the time.
Rogen’s relationship with Franco appeared to be fizzling out in 2021 when the producer-actor shared he had no plans to continue working with Franco after the “Spring Breakers” star was hit with a sexual misconduct lawsuit.
“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,” Rogen told the Sunday Times.
Rogen’s remarks came months after Franco settled the suit in February 2021.
Franco was faced with the sexual misconduct allegations in 2019 after several female students of his now-defunct film school accused him of sexual exploitation.
In their complaint, the women claimed Franco engaged in “widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students.”
Their lawsuit alleged Franco stepped outside of Hollywood’s boundaries of what would be considered acceptable on set behavior by encouraging his students to perform in increasingly explicit sex scenes on camera in an “orgy type setting.”
In light of the accusations, Franco went on a 4-year hiatus from Hollywood before making a return in Bille August’s 2022 post-World War II drama “Me, You.”
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