James Franco has left fans scratching their heads after finally revealing the mysterious “alien footage” he spent weeks teasing on social media.
On Monday, July 13, the actor shared a video of what he claims are aliens, claiming the footage was “thrown” at him. In a TikTok, Franco, 48, played the alleged security footage on his laptop, showing an alien-like figure lurking outside his home and peering through his windows.
“I saw something and I thought, you know what? I can’t keep it quiet,” he said. “I have to get it out for the very reason that people are trying to stop me.”
Franco ended the video by teasing, “Lots more footage dropping soon! It’s going to be very crazy!!!”
The Spider-Man alum first teased the footage when he returned to social media on June 3 after largely being offline since the sexual abuse allegations in 2018. He prefaced the announcement by insisting that both he and his account were real.
“I can’t say too much right now. But stay tuned and I promise it will all make sense,” he wrote, while also telling followers, “I might seem crazy, like why? What’s going on? What’s the gimmick? No. This is real.”
Over the following weeks, the Oscar-nominated actor posted increasingly frantic videos claiming he was being watched, followed and even hacked. On June 25, he doubled down, saying, “OK, they hacked my account. I got it back. They want me to stop. People think I’m acting crazy. Whatever. I’m not acting crazy. I saw something.”
But when he finally released the footage on July 13 as promised, fans weren’t convinced. In the comments section of his TikTok, some viewers suggested he was promoting a movie, while others joked that the “foreigner” was actually Franco’s former friend Seth Rogen in a mask.
