James Franco gives devastating update on friendship with Seth Rogen

James Franco has fixed a bleak update connected nan authorities of his relationship pinch Seth Rogen, 3 years aft his erstwhile collaborator announced he had distanced himself.

Seth, 42, publically trim disconnected his Pineapple Express costar, 46, aft he was accused and sued by his students complete behaving inappropriately and sexually towards them.

And it seems arsenic though Seth has had zero liking successful rekindling their friendship.

In a caller question and reply up of nan merchandise of his caller film, Hey Joe, James shared: 'I haven't talked to Seth. I emotion Seth, we had 20 awesome years together, but I conjecture it's over.

'And not for deficiency of trying.' 

He added to Variety: 'I've told him really overmuch he's meant to me.'

In January of 2018, 5 women told nan Los Angeles Times that James had been sexually inappropriate aliases exploitative pinch them.

One elaborate really James removed integrative guards from actress' vulvas during a activity segment while simulating oral sex.

Two of nan women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, sued James successful 2019, claimed that he tried to 'create a pipeline of young women who were subjected to his individual and master intersexual exploitation successful nan sanction of education' while they attended his Studio 4 acting school.

At nan time, James denied nan allegations via his attorney.

He yet settled nan suit for $2.2 cardinal successful July 2021.

Initially, erstwhile nan allegations came retired successful 2018, Seth told Vulture that he would proceed to activity pinch James.

But successful May 2021, he publically revised his position, telling Britain's Sunday Times that he would not.

'What I tin opportunity is that I despise maltreatment and harassment and I would ne'er screen aliases conceal nan actions of personification doing it, aliases knowingly put personification successful a business wherever they were astir personification for illustration that,' Seth told nan publication.

He added that it was 'not a coincidence' he hasn't worked pinch Franco successful caller years, arsenic he faced intersexual misconduct accusations successful 2014 and again successful 2018. 

That December, James said it was 'hurtful' that Seth had 'no plans to activity pinch him successful nan future.'

Speaking connected nan SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Podcast, James said: 'Of people it was hurtful, you know, successful context, but I get it, you know, he had to reply for maine origin I was silent.

'He had to reply for me, and I don't want that. 

'And truthful that's why, it's 1 of nan main reasons I wanted to talk to you coming is I just, I don't want Seth aliases my relative aliases anyone to person to reply for maine anymore.'

Over nan people of their friendship, James and Seth had starred successful a number of projects together, including nan NBC Cult classical Freaks and Geeks.

They besides appeared successful films specified arsenic Pineapple Express, This Is nan End, The Disaster Artist, and The Interview.

While James has mostly kept retired of nan spotlight successful caller years, he is gearing up for his Hollywood comeback pinch nan merchandise of his caller movie Hey Joe.

Directed by Claudio Giovannesi, James plays nan lead star, Dean Barry, an American World War II seasoned returns to Naples aft 25 years to get to cognize his son.

The movie premiered astatine nan 19th Rome Film Festival connected October 25, and will person a theatrical merchandise successful Italy connected November 28.