James Franco and Anne Hathaway might have made up after their widely panned 2011 Oscars hosting gig, but we wonder if they’ll remain on good terms after the actor went on Howard Stern’s radio show to parse out the Hathahaters.
“I’m happy to revisit this, but you’re going to have to take the lead,” Franco said on Sirius XM. “If you’re going to talk about it, you’re going to have to give your opinions . . . She does not want me talking about this, but okay.”
Stern went on to explain why so-called “Hathahaters” dislike the Oscar-winning “Les Miserables” actress.
“Everyone sort of hates Anne Hathaway, and I’ve explained that I do too and I don’t know even know why sometimes,” Stern started. “She’s just so affected [and] actress-y that even when she wins an award she’s out of breath, and then she has the standard joke that sounds like it’s [been] written [for her]. And it all seems so scripted and acted.
He added, “She comes off like the goody two-shoes actress and it’s just fun to sort of hate her. Hate is a strong word…but [I] dislike her, even though she is a great actress. Is that accurate?”
Franco agreed. “I’m not an expert on — I guess they’re called ‘Hathahaters’ — but I think that’s what maybe triggers it.”
“Are you still friendly with her?” Stern asked.
“We haven’t talked in a while,” the “Spring Breakers” star admitted before adding, “Anne and I made up, by the way. Let’s just get that on the record.”
“It was a really hard time after the Oscars,” Franco said. “She wasn’t mad at me, I don’t think…she didn’t say she was mad at me for what happened…The critics were so nasty.”
The two appeared to be feuding after their much-criticized hosting roles. Franco went on Letterman in March 2011 and compared his perky cohost to a Looney Tunes character. “Anne Hathway is so energetic, I think the Tasmanian Devil would look stoned standing next to Anne Hathaway.”
In response, Hathaway told Harper’s Bazaar, “I let James know that a whirling dervish is a more flattering comparison than a Tasmanian devil…I called him, and we e-mailed a bit.”