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Franco, 39, was asked to comment on the
accusations in an appearance on Stephen Colbert's "The Late
Show" on Tuesday. They surfaced on Twitter minutes after he
accepted a best comedy actor Golden Globe on Sunday for his role
in "The Disaster Artist."
Franco also is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the
role at a Jan. 21 ceremony in Los Angeles.
Three women made comments on Twitter alleging sexual misbehavior
by Franco, who on Sunday was wearing a Time's Up movement pin
supporting victims of sexual harassment in the wider workplace.
Some of the tweets were later deleted.
A New York Times event this week where Franco was due to talk
about "The Disaster Artist," which he also directed and
produced, and was subsequently canceled.
"The things 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. "So, I don’t want to shut them down in any way.
"The way I live my life, I can’t live if there’s restitution to
be made, I will make it. So, if I’ve done something wrong, I
will fix it. I have to," he said without elaborating.
Franco's representatives did not respond to requests for further
comment on Wednesday.
Sunday's Golden Globe ceremony was marked by jokes and powerful
speeches about the sexual misconduct scandal that has roiled
Hollywood and led to dozens of men being fired, forced to stand
down or dropped from creative projects.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Trott)
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