Seth Rogen breaks his silence after former pal James Franco calls their friendship over

Seth Rogen has made it wide that helium isn't paying overmuch attraction to comments made by his erstwhile person and collaborator, James Franco.

The Long Shot actor, 42, publically chopped disconnected his Pineapple Express co-star, 46, aft James was accused and sued by his students over behaving inappropriately and sexually towards them.

Years aft Seth publicly announced helium had distanced himself from the disgraced star, James went connected to corroborate that the friendship was officially 'over.'

Now Seth has admitted helium wasn't adjacent alert of his erstwhile friend's comment, telling Esquire successful a caller interview: 'Honestly, I sorb truthful small media that it truly wasn't connected my radar.' 

The Esquire writer past noted: 'That is each helium wants to accidental astir that.' 

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

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

Speaking again astir the rift successful October past year, James told Variety: 'I haven't talked to Seth. I emotion Seth, we had 20 large years together, but I conjecture it's over. 

'And not for deficiency of trying. I've told him however overmuch he's meant to me.'

In January of 2018, 5 women told the Los Angeles Times that James had been sexually inappropriate oregon exploitative with them.

One elaborate however James removed integrative guards from actress' vulvas during a enactment country portion simulating oral sex.

Two of the women, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, sued James successful 2019, claimed that helium tried to 'create a pipeline of young women who were subjected to his idiosyncratic and nonrecreational intersexual exploitation successful the sanction of education' portion they attended his Studio 4 acting school.

At the time, James denied the allegations via his attorney. He yet settled the suit for $2.2 cardinal successful July 2021.

Initially, erstwhile the allegations came retired successful 2018, Seth told Vulture that helium would proceed to enactment with James.

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

'What I tin accidental is that I despise maltreatment and harassment and I would ne'er screen oregon conceal the actions of idiosyncratic doing it, oregon knowingly enactment idiosyncratic successful a concern wherever they were astir idiosyncratic similar that,' Seth told the publication.

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

That December, James said it was 'hurtful' that Seth had 'no plans to enactment with him successful the future.'

Speaking connected the SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Podcast, James said: 'Of people it was hurtful, you know, successful context, but I get it, you know, helium had to reply for maine origin I was silent. He had to reply for me, and I don't privation that. 

'And truthful that's why, it's 1 of the main reasons I wanted to speech to you contiguous is I just, I don't privation Seth oregon my member oregon anyone to person to reply for maine anymore.'

The prima blamed his past infidelities and inappropriate behaviour connected enactment addiction, which helium turned to aft quitting intoxicant arsenic a teen. 

James insisted helium has been successful enactment addiction betterment since 2016 and has 'been doing a batch of work' to change.