--- title: James Franco on Stephen Colbert: 'I Have No Idea What I Did' description: James Franco denied allegations of sexual misconduct made after the 2018 Golden Globes in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert canonical: https://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-10T14:37:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T23:01:33.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: James Franco Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Colbert Interview og:description: 'The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate' og:url: https://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01867211a46be3b8/6988b753a988ca4c166bac5d/gettyimages-463113870.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actor James Franco in the red carpet for the presentation of og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: James Franco Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Colbert Interview twitter:description: 'The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01867211a46be3b8/6988b753a988ca4c166bac5d/gettyimages-463113870.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Have No Idea What I Did.' 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Actor James Franco in the red carpet for the presentation of 'I Am Michael' at the 65th Berlinale.Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:01 PM UTCPublished: Jan 10, 2018 2:37 PM UTC James Franco denied [sexual misconduct](http://time.com/tag/sexual-harassment/) allegations in an interview with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night on _The Late Show._ Franco told Colbert the allegations posted on Twitter were “not accurate.” Franco wore a [“Time’s Up” pin](http://time.com/5091793/golden-globes-times-up-pin-red-carpet-men/), which demonstrates support for the fight against sexual misconduct in Hollywood, to Sunday night’s Golden Globes, prompting actor Violet Paley and filmmaker Sarah Tither-Kaplan to come forward on Twitter with allegations of sexual misconduct against Franco. Others [criticized Franco’s past behavior with women](http://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/) on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/VioletPaley/status/950252181965410304) > [](https://twitter.com/sarahtk/status/950165990213496832) “The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate, but I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn’t have a voice for so long,” Franco told Colbert. “I don’t want to shut them down in any way.” _The Breakfast Club_‘s Ally Sheedy, whom Franco [directed](http://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/review-james-franco-the-long-shrift-1201261820/) in a 2014 play, _The Long Shrift_, also [tweeted comments](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/ally-sheedy-james-franco-christian-slater-tweet-me-too) about Franco on Sunday night. She wrote: “James Franco just won. Please never ever ask me why I left the film/TV business.” The tweets were later deleted, and Sheedy has not commented further. A spokesperson for Sheedy did not respond to a request for comment from TIME. “I have no idea what I did to Ally Sheedy,” Franco told Colbert on Tuesday. “I had nothing but a great time with her. I have total respect for her. I have no idea why she was upset.” Franco told Colbert that he [supports the Time’s Up movement](http://time.com/5083566/reese-witherspoon-shonda-rhimes-anti-harassment-group/) and its push for gender equality. When Colbert asked if there was a way to come “to some sort of reconciliation between people who clearly have different views of things,” Franco did not explicitly address the women who made allegations against him. “If there’s restitution to be made, I will make it. If I have done something wrong, I will fix it,” he said. “As far as the bigger issues… I’m here to listen and learn and change my perspective where it’s off.” On Tuesday night, the New York _Times_ [canceled](http://time.com/5096550/nyt-james-franco-event-canceled/) an event scheduled for Wednesday with Franco and his brother, Dave Franco, to discuss their film, _The Disaster Artist_. The _Times_ said in a statement that it was canceling the event “given the controversy surrounding recent allegations.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/"},"headline":"'I Have No Idea What I Did.' 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