Los Angeles – Actor and director James Franco (43) openly unpacked in a radio interview about his sex addiction and wrongdoing towards women!
The transmitter “SiriusXM” published excerpts from the conversation on Wednesday, which should be broadcast in full on Thursday. In it, the Hollywood star commented on the allegations made by several women who had accused him of sexual harassment in a newspaper interview four years ago.
He has since worked on himself and has changed, said Franco. At the age of 17 he got a previous alcohol addiction under control, but after that he was addicted to fame and sex. The actor admitted that he constantly cheated on women and hurt many people. It was wrong to have sex with female students in his now closed drama school.
“I was completely blind to abuse of power, but also completely blind to the feelings of women,” he admitted and confirmed that he had slept with students from his drama school, but thought it was “cool” because the sex was “consensual” and the women supposedly were all adults.
Two former drama students, Sarah Tither-Kaplan (photo) and Toni Gaal, sued Franco in 2019 for, among other things, discrimination, sexual assault and intimidation. According to “People.com”, he is said to have paid millions in compensation to the women this year.
Franco has appeared in films such as “Milk”, “Spider-Man”, “The Interview” and “The Disaster Artist”. His role in the survival film “127 Hours” earned him an Oscar nomination for best leading actor in 2011.