

Jeff Ross showed up dressed as Franco’s Spring Breakers character with a gold tooth grill and dreadlocks, according to USA Today. Aziz Ansari, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Nick Kroll, Natasha Leggero, Jeff Ross, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, and roast master Seth Rogen were all on hand to make jokes at Franco’s expense, with most of them busting his balls over poorly-received Oscar-hosting performance with Anne Hathaway, his poetry and paintings, and the fact that he occasionally plays gay characters. Franco’s ill-fated effort as a co-host of the Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway? Find out on Labor Day.Although it won’t be airing until Monday, September 2nd, Comedy Central held its Roast of James Franco last night in Los Angeles. Oh well… I suppose we’ll just have to make do.” In different media, he’d be the perfect person to roast. Kent Alterman, Comedy Central’s president of content development and original programming, said in a statement: “If only James Franco was a more successful, multi-hyphenated, incessant creative risk taker Franco would be recorded in Los Angeles in August and make its debut Sept. The network then followed up with a news release that said its roast of Mr. Franco really would follow in the footsteps of previous roast honorees like Roseanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, David They wanted me toĬomedy Central let that linger in cyberspace for a few hours, as Internet denizens wondered whether Mr. Franco appeared to say in the video: “Hey, yo, what’s up? I’m going to get roasted on Comedy Central. In his trademark laconic, half-mumbled style, Mr.

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Franco, who has starred in comedies like “This Is the End” and “Pineapple Express” as well as serious films like “127 Hours,” “Howl” and “Milk,”Īnd will have his first book of poetry published by Graywolf Press next year, let Series would be James Franco, the actor, writer, director and student of life. But Comedy Central brought that possibility one step closer to coming true, confirming on Wednesday morning that the next featured guest in its roast It is not necessarily customary at the end of a star-studded celebrity roast for its honoree to take the podium after a long night of being lovingly insulted by his friends and colleagues, and retaliate by recitingĪllen Ginsberg’s “Howl” in its entirety. James Franco, announcing in an Instagram video that he will be the honored guest at a Comedy Central roast.
