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"James Franco has confirmed that he turned down Lindsay Lohan&amp;#039;s romantic advances. The Spring Breakers actor opened up about his relationship with the troubled star during an interview on Howard Stern&amp;#039;s SiriusXM radio show, Us Weekly reports.  Asked about the encounter, Franco said: &amp;quot;Oh gosh. Poor Lindsay. I haven&amp;#039;t talked to her in a while... We were friends.&amp;quot; The actor, who explained that he was staying at the famous Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood while his house was remodelled, revealed that Lohan had been living there for a couple of years when they met. When Stern pushed him on whether he turned her down, Franco replied: &amp;quot;I mean, I don&amp;#039;t want to brag about it. I don&amp;#039;t know how that got out.  &amp;quot;[She] was having issues even then, so you feel weird. Honestly, she was a friend. I&amp;#039;ve met a lot of people that are troubled and sometimes you don&amp;#039;t want to do that.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, asked about his current relationship status, Franco revealed that he is &amp;quot;dating&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;would like a long-term relationship&amp;quot;. Franco recently opened up about speculation that he is gay, saying: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not something that bothers me in the slightest.&amp;quot; Watch a trailer for Spring Breakers below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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