Los Angeles: Oscar-nominated actor James Franco has admitted he previously slept with his acting school students, said he struggled with a sex addiction and that his behavior has improved in recent years. working on making.
In excerpts from the Jess Cagle podcast made public on Wednesday, Franco, 43, said that while teaching, he “slept with the students, and that was wrong.” He said that he did not start the school to woo women for sexual purposes.
“I think at the time, my thinking was whether it was consent, right,” he added on the SiriusXM podcast. “I wasn’t clear at the time.”
The comment was the first extended commentary on the allegations Franco made nearly four years ago when the Los Angeles Times reported that five women accused Franco of conduct they deemed inappropriate.
Later, in October 2019, two women filed a civil suit against the “Pineapple Express” star, accusing her of exploiting aspiring actors and shooting explicit sex scenes to young women at her now-defunct school. accused of giving accused. Was accused.
Franco said that after recovering from his addiction at an early age, he became addicted to sex. “It’s such a powerful drug,” he said. “I became addicted to it for 20 more years. The insidious aspect of this is that I stayed away from alcohol during that time.”
Franco co-hosted the Oscars in 2011 and was nominated at the 2012 Awards for his performance in “127 Hours.”
According to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the actor agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a 2019 civil lawsuit this year.
In a podcast interview, Franco also said that he’s been recovering from sex addiction since 2016 and is “working a lot” and “changing who I was” after the allegations against him.
“I didn’t want to hurt people,” he said.
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