Seth Rogen addresses James Franco publicizing end of 20-year friendship

Seth Rogen is addressing James Franco publically calling him retired for ending their decades-long friendship.

The 42-year-old “Mufasa” prima — who met Franco, 46, connected 1999’s short-lived bid “Freaks and Geeks” — was seemingly unfazed by his erstwhile person letting the satellite successful connected their existent standing.

“Honestly, I sorb truthful small media that it truly wasn’t connected my radar,” Rogen told Esquire successful an interrogation published Tuesday, but declined to accidental thing other astir the falling out.

Oscar nominee Franco, who started facing allegations of intersexual misconduct successful 2018, told Variety precocious past twelvemonth that helium hadn’t spoken to Rogen successful rather a while.

“I emotion Seth, we had 20 large years together, but I conjecture it’s over,” helium said. “And not for deficiency of trying. I’ve told him however overmuch he’s meant to me.”

During their lengthy tenure on- and offscreen, Franco and Rogen worked unneurotic connected respective drama hits including “Pineapple Express,” “This Is The End” and “The Disaster Artist.”

But a rift seemingly began to signifier successful 2018 aft 5 women — including 4 of his acting students and 1 mentee — told the L.A. Times that Franco had behaved successful a sexually exploitative oregon different inappropriate manner. The study came connected the heels of Franco donning a “Time’s Up” pin astatine the Golden Globes.

In February 2021, Franco settled a lawsuit that claimed helium and his concern partners founded the Studio 4 acting schoolhouse to foster “a pipeline of young, impressionable women who were funneled to Franco and his ‘boys’ with the intent to exploit them financially and sexually.”

When asked however helium felt astir getting canceled successful Hollywood, Franco told Variety: “It is what it is.”

“I’ve honestly moved past it,” helium said. “It was dealt with, and I got to change. So that’s it, it’s over. … I’m conscionable trying to determination on.”