James Franco was accused of assault by former students he mentored, and suspected of having created a network of young girls to satisfy his desires. The actor spoke for the first time on this subject: he admits having had relations with his proteges …
It is with the Jesse Cagle Podcast that James Franco discussed the serious charges against him. Almost 6 months after the withdrawal of complaints from two alleged victims (against the payment of nearly 2 million euros), the 43-year-old American comedian reveals he suffers from several addictions, including one to sex. He has been treating her since 2016.
“In school the dumbest thing I did was call my masterclass Sex scenes. It wasn’t about sex scenes, intimate scenes, or anything like that. It was a provocative name“, confides James Franco. According to his ex-students, the actor pushed them to undress in front of the camera in full course and asked them to shoot explicit scenes of type”orgy“. They even compared James Franco’s program to a real one.”network“in which women are subjected and exploited.
I’ll admit it, I slept with some college girls.
“It should have been called Contemporary romance or something like that. It was a course where [les étudiants, NDLR] were playing out scenes of romance, scenes of what they went through as young people. Meeting people on apps, breakups, or just a bad date, stuff like that. That was what we were doing in class. It was not sex scenes“, he insists, before confirming certain statements of his ex-students. James Franco has indeed had sexual relations with several of them.
“I’ll admit it, I slept with some college girls. Not everyone in this particular class. But during my teaching I slept with students and it was wrong, admits James Franco. But like I said, that’s not what I started teaching in school for, and I wasn’t the one who selected the students who entered this course. So it wasn’t a devilish plan I had come up with. But yes, I had consensual intercourse with a student and I shouldn’t have. “
James Franco is a sex addict. “It is a powerful drug. And I’ve been addicted to it for over twenty years, declares the hero of the film The interview that kills (with Seth Rogen, released in 2015). I could never remain faithful. So I cheated. I cheated on everyone before Isabel [Pakzad, son ex-compagne, NDLR]”.
The actor seems determined to cure this addiction.