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James Franco Doesn’t Understand Why Ally Sheedy Is Mad at Him
After several women, including actress Ally Sheedy, called out James Franco during the Golden Globes on Jan. 7, the Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy winner responded to the sexual harassment claims in a tense interview with Stephen Colbert.
“Things that I heard were on Twitter are not accurate, but I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice,” he said, adding, “If there is restitution to be made I will make it. If I have done something wrong, I will fix it. I have to.”
He then addressed Ally’s tweets directly, which were deleted shortly after she posted them. She originally wrote, “Why is a man hosting? Why is James Franco allowed in? Said too much. Nite love ya.” She later said, “Ok wait. Bye. Christian Slater and James Franco at a table on @goldenglobes #MeToo,” before adding, “James Franco just won. Please never ever ask me why I left the film/tv business.” The 39-year-old had previously directed her in a 2014 off-Broadway production of The Long Shrift.
“I have no idea what I did to Ally Sheedy … I had nothing but a great time with her,” James said on The Late Show. “I have total respect for her. I have no idea why she was upset. She took the tweet down … I can’t speak for her.”
One person who didn’t delete her tweet is actress Violet Paley. She wrote on Sunday, “Cute #TIMESUP pin James Franco. Remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis & that other time you told my friend to come to your hotel when she was 17? After you had already been caught doing that to a different 17 year old?”
Cute #TIMESUP pin James Franco. Remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis & that other time you told my friend to come to your hotel when she was 17? After you had already been caught doing that to a different 17 year old?
— Violet Paley (@VioletPaley) January 8, 2018
Two days later, she added, “A couple weeks ago, James offered me & a few other girls an overdue, annoyed, convenient phone ‘apology’. I don’t accept, but maybe some other people’s lives would be made easier if he donated all of his earnings from ‘The Disaster Artist’ to @RAINN01.” RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization.
Filmmaker and actress Sarah Tither-Kaplan also made her feelings about the Oscar nominee known. “Hey James Franco, nice #timesup pin at the #GoldenGlobes, remember a few weeks ago when you told me the full nudity you had me do in two of your movies for $100/day wasn’t exploitative because I signed a contract to do it? Times up on that!” she tweeted. Time’s up, indeed.
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