--- description: After James Franco wore a "Time's Up" pin to the 2018 Golden Globes, some called him out for allegedly not respecting women in the past. title: Why People Are Calling Out James Franco After the Golden Globes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8140aeea6fdee140/6988f761e76ad21c39630895/golden-globes-2018-franco-wisseau.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why People Are Calling Out James Franco After the Golden Globes  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2018 6:20 PM CUT  In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, James Franco, with Tommy Wiseau and Dave Franco, accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for “The Disaster Artist” during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, James Franco, with Tommy Wiseau and Dave Franco, accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for “The Disaster Artist” during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaNBC/Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2018 6:20 PM CUT James Franco [accepted](http://time.com/5088433/golden-globes-2018-winners/ "undefined") the Golden Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy on Sunday night with a [“Time’s Up” pin](http://time.com/5091793/golden-globes-times-up-pin-red-carpet-men/ "undefined"), which signifies support for the fight against sexual misconduct in Hollywood, on his [black suit](http://time.com/5087585/golden-globes-2018-black-dresses-red-carpet/ "undefined"). But some 2018 Golden Globes viewers were upset to see Franco wearing the pin, saying they don’t believe _The Disaster Artist_ actor has treated women with respect in the past. _The Breakfast Club_ star Ally Sheedy [tweeted](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/ally-sheedy-james-franco-christian-slater-tweet-me-too "undefined") — and later deleted — comments about Franco and Christian Slater with the hashtag [#MeToo](http://time.com/tag/metoo/ "undefined"), which women and men began using in October to [share their own experiences](http://time.com/4983500/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-campaign-metoo-social-media-campaign/ "undefined") with sexual harassment and assault. Sheedy did not include a specific allegation against Franco, and a spokesperson for Sheedy did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. “Ok wait. Bye. Christian Slater and James Franco at a table on @goldenglobes #MeToo,” Sheedy wrote in one now-deleted tweet. “James Franco just won. Please never ever ask me why I left the film/TV business,” Sheedy wrote in another. Representatives for Franco and Slater did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. Franco [directed](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/theater/ally-sheedy-still-gravitates-to-dark-characters.html "undefined") Sheedy in a 2014 play, _The Long Shrift_. Other Golden Globes viewers took to Twitter to criticize Franco for his alleged treatment of women in the past, including[ two](https://twitter.com/VioletPaley/status/950252181965410304?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vulture.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fjames-franco-called-out-on-twitter-after-golden-globes-win.html "undefined") [women](https://twitter.com/sarahtk/status/950165990213496832?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") who made specific accusations against the actor. Some of the tweets focused on a 2014 incident in which Franco [allegedly hit on a 17-year-old girl](http://people.com/celebrity/james-franco-allegedly-hits-on-underage-girl-on-instagram/ "undefined") on Instagram. > [](https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/950188098855538688) > [](https://twitter.com/katystoll/status/950396490555379712) > [](https://twitter.com/doree/status/950188119248130048) > [](https://twitter.com/miel/status/950189233179783168) > [](https://twitter.com/FilmFatale%5FNYC/status/950398966998421504) According to Gawker, the 17-year-old in the 2014 incident [met Franco](http://gawker.com/james-franco-tried-to-hook-up-with-a-17-year-old-on-ins-1557491436 "undefined") outside his Broadway show, _Of Mice and Men_. Franco and the teen later connected on Instagram, and she told him she was “nearly 18.” He allegedly later asked her where she was staying in New York and asked: “Should I rent a room?” In an interview on _Live! With Kelly and Michael_ in April 2014, Franco [addressed](http://ew.com/article/2014/04/04/james-franco-instagram-teenager/ "undefined") the incident. “I’m embarrassed, and I guess I’m just a model of how social media is tricky,” Franco said. “It’s a way people meet each other today, but what I’ve learned is you don’t know who’s on the other end. I used bad judgement and I learned my lesson.” In an [interview with Howard Stern](https://soundcloud.com/howardstern/jamesfrancoinstagram "undefined") later that month, Franco said that he wasn’t intentionally pursuing teenage girls. “Seventeen is legal in New York, but that being said, it’s still pretty damn young,” he said. “They make it out like I’m pursuing young women. I’m not going to high schools looking for dates.” Franco wore a “Time’s Up” pin at Sunday night’s awards ceremony, but — like [a lot of men](http://time.com/5091776/golden-globes-red-carpet-sexual-harassment/ "undefined") — didn’t explicitly address Hollywood’s culture of [sexual harassment](http://time.com/tag/sexual-harassment/ "undefined") or the broader initiative to fight the [industry’s inequality](http://time.com/5083566/reese-witherspoon-shonda-rhimes-anti-harassment-group/ "undefined") in his acceptance speech or on the red carpet. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/"},"headline":"Why People Are Calling Out James Franco After the Golden Globes","datePublished":"2018-01-08T18:20:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:47:31.259Z","description":"'When is the time up on James Franco'","url":"https://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/","keywords":["awards","golden globes","Hollywood","james franco","sexual harassment","goldenglobes2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8140aeea6fdee140/6988f761e76ad21c39630895/golden-globes-2018-franco-wisseau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8140aeea6fdee140/6988f761e76ad21c39630895/golden-globes-2018-franco-wisseau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"golden-globes-2018-franco-wisseau","caption":"golden-globes-2018-franco-wisseau","creditText":"NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/","name":"Why People Are Calling Out James Franco After the Golden Globes"}}]}] ```