James Franco Won’t ‘Refute’ Sexual-Misconduct Allegations to Seth Meyers

After the uncomfortable grilling he received from Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night’s Late Show, no one would have been surprised if James Franco had canceled his planned appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers the next evening.

But there he was on Wednesday at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, ready again to address the allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him following a big win at the Golden Globes for his portrayal of Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist.

Franco struggled to respond to the mostly non-specific accusations against him during his interview with Colbert, saying he has “no idea” what he did to actress Ally Sheedy, who deleted her tweets about him, and calling other Twitter allegations against him “not accurate.”

Unlike Colbert, Meyers wasted no time bringing up the elephant in the studio. But instead of pushing the story further, he asked nearly identical questions to Colbert—and got almost identical answers. And while he tried cautiously to get Franco to discuss specific actions that he might regret, the actor would only speak in the general and offered no apologies for his alleged behavior.

“I want to talk about The Disaster Artist, which I loved and want to get to the Golden Globes,” Meyers began. “But, one of the things that happened at the Golden Globes—and obviously, this happened in the last couple of days before we had you booked on the show and I’m glad you're still here—you were wearing a Time’s Up button like a lot of guys at the show and some women during your time on stage said that was hypocritical. They went to Twitter and said that it was hypocritical based on their experiences that they have had with you. They made some allegations. I wonder if you have read those tweets, and if so, how you respond to them?”

“Yes, I was sent a couple of the tweets, so yeah, I did read them,” Franco replied. “I haven’t responded. I think—well the ones I read were not accurate, but one of the things that I’ve learned is that this is a conversation that obviously needs to be had. There are people, women and others, who have not been a part of this conversation and I truly believe and why I was wearing the pin is that they need to be a part of this conversation and so I support that.”

Referring to the vague allegation from Ally Sheedy specifically, Meyers acknowledged the denial that Franco issued on Colbert’s show and asked if he has reached out to her to try to find out what she is upset about. “Are you not curious as to why she would do that if you had, from your perspective, a good relationship with her?”

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