Seth Rogen prefers not to speak about his past friendship with James Franco . Four months after Franco, 46, told Variety at the Rome Film Festival that he believed their friendship had run its course, Rogen, 42, shared his take on Franco's comments in a new cover story interview with Esquire .

Seth Rogen is addressing James Franco publicly calling him out for ending their decades-long friendship. The 42-year-old “Mufasa” star — who met Franco, 46, on 1999’s short-lived series “Freaks and Geeks” — was seemingly unfazed by his former friend letting the world in on their current standing.

“No. I haven’t talked to Seth. I love Seth, we had 20 great years together, but I guess it’s over,” Franco told Variety last year. “And not for lack of trying. I’ve told him how much he’s meant to me.”