Spider Man actor James Franco admits sleeping with students, says he had sex addiction

James Franco said he developed a sex addiction after he became sober from an alcohol addiction he developed at a young age.

Los Angeles: Oscar-nominated actor James Franco has acknowledged sleeping with students of an acting school he previously ran, saying he struggled with a sex addiction and has been working to improve his behavior in recent years.

In excerpts from The Jess Cagle Podcast made public on Wednesday, Franco, 43, said that while teaching, he "did sleep with students, and that was wrong." He said he did not start the school to lure women for sexual purposes.

"I suppose at the time, my thinking was if it’s consensual, okay," he added in the SiriusXM podcast. "At the time I was not clearheaded."