Actor Seth Rogen, who starred alongside James Franco in numerous movies including ‘The Interview’, ‘Sausage Party’, ‘The Disaster Artist’, and ‘Pineapple Express’, says he has no immediate plans to work with the latter, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.

In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, the 39-year-old revealed that his personal and professional relationship with Franco had been affected by the accusations made against the latter in 2014 and again in 2018.

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“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 said when asked about actress Charlyne Yi’s claim that Franco was a “sexual predator” and that Rogen was an “enabler”.

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In 2014, Franco, then 35, made headlines after he propositioned a 17-year-old girl on Instagram and apologized . Allegations of sexual misconduct were made against Franco once again in 2018 when several students at his former acting school accused him of intimidating them into sexual situations. The allegations, 

which Franco has denied, turned into a lawsuit, and was settled in February.

Further talking about the sexual misconduct allegations, Rogen also regretted over his infamous 2014 Saturday Night Live joke, which trivialised the then-recent revelation Franco had propositioned a 17-year-old on Instagram.

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During the controversial 2014 Saturday Night Live appearance, Rogen read from a journal for his opening monologue, telling the audience: “To make myself feel better I decided to prank James Franco. I posed as a girl on Instagram, told him I was way young. He seemed unfazed. I have a date to meet him at the Ace Hotel.”

Franco later joined in the laughs on stage.

Recalling the controversial joke, Rogen told the Sunday Times: “I do look back at a joke I made on Saturday Night Live in 2014 and I very much regret making that joke.

“It was a terrible joke, honestly. And I also look back to that interview in 2018 where I comment that I would keep working with James, and the truth is that I have not and I do not plan to right now,” he said.