James Franco feels his long-standing friendship with Seth Rogen has reached its conclusion.

In a 2018 Los Angeles Times article, James Franco, the actor and filmmaker, revealed that he and Rogen, 42, are no longer in contact.

“I haven’t spoken to Seth. Franco expressed his admiration for Seth, a frequent collaborator on films like Freaks and Geeks, Pineapple Express, This Is The End, and The Disaster Artist.

“I’ve told him how much he means to me,” Franco said.

In 2019, two of Franco’s former acting pupils filed a sexual misconduct complaint, putting an end to his career. Franco resolved the claim in 2021, and papers acquired by people reveal that he agreed to pay $2.235 million.

“While defendants continue to deny the allegations in the complaint, they acknowledge that plaintiffs have raised important issues, and all parties strongly believe that now is a critical time to focus on addressing the mistreatment of women in Hollywood,” the two sides stated in a joint release in 2021.

That same year, Rogen stated in an interview that he had no future intentions to collaborate with Franco.

“I’m quite pleased to be working. I was involved in a case, and I was unable to work throughout that time. However, when COVID struck, everyone was out of work. I’m not sure; it was all. I mean, we were all kind of involved. ” So it was kind of like, ‘I don’t know what I am,'” Franco told Variety in his absence from Hollywood.

“But I surely put the time to good use, I think. Whatever was going on with me previously required a complete overhaul of my way of life. So I am proud of the type of job I accomplished at the time. And, while I wasn’t working in movies, I was definitely trying hard to transform who I was.

Later in the article, he continued, “Receiving criticism is a painful experience.” “But ultimately, that’s exactly what I needed to stop going the way I was.”

As Franco resumes his film career—Vintage reports that he has at least three more movies in the works—the actor reflected on how he “didn’t really have a personal life” in the past, referring to a workaholic mindset before the lawsuit. He told me that although he had friends, his personal life was always inextricably linked to his work. “So, yeah, I devote a lot of time to my personal life.” I’ve been with Izabel Pakzad, an actor and filmmaker, for seven and a half years now. I had never achieved this level of intimacy before. “I was too scared to have real intimacy with anyone.”