Actor James Franco has denied sexual misconduct allegations made against him on social media after his Golden Globes win on Sunday night, describing them as "not accurate".
The director and star of The Disaster Artist was a guest on The Late Show on US television on Tuesday night, where host Stephen Colbert asked Franco about the allegations and the Time's Up badge that he wore at the Golden Globes in support of the campaign against sexual abuse and harassment.
"You got criticised for wearing that," said Colbert. "Do you know why, and do you have a response, anything you want to say about that criticism?"
"First, I want to say I wore it because I do support it [Time's Up]," Franco replied. "Look, I was so excited to win but being in that room that night was incredible. It was powerful and there were incredible voices and I support it. I support change."
"There were some things on Twitter. I haven't read them. I've heard about them," he continued, before moving on to a series of vague, now-deleted tweets from actor Ally Sheedy in which he was referenced.
"First of all, I have no idea what I did to Ally Sheedy. I directed her in a play off Broadway," he said. "I had nothing but a great time with her. I have total respect for her. I have no idea why she was upset. She took the tweet down. I don't know. I can't speak for her. I don't know."
"The others…In my life, I pride myself on taking responsibility for things that I've done. I have to do that to maintain my wellbeing. I do it whenever I know that there's something wrong that needs to be changed. I make it a point to do it.
"The things that I heard 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. So I don't want to shut them down in any way, and I think it's a good thing and I support it."
"[Is there] Some way to have this discussion that isn't in social media?" Colbert asked."Is there some way to have this conversation that piggybacks on what's happening in social media. Because when accusations happen - because for so long accusations were not believed - when accusations happen… In your case, you say, 'This is not an accurate thing for me'.
"Do you have any idea what the answer might be to come to some sense of what the truth is, so there can be some sort of reconciliation between people who clearly have different views of things? It's a big question, but I don't know how to leave or further this discussion."
"The way I live my life, I can't live if there's restitution to be made," replied Franco. "I will make it. So If I've done something wrong, I will fix it. I have to. I mean, I think that's how that works. I don't know what else to do.
"As far as the bigger issues [of] how we do it, I really don't have the answers. I think the point of this whole thing is that we listen. There were incredible people talking that night, they had a lot to say. And I'm here to listen and learn and change my perspective where it's off. I'm completely willing and want to."
