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"James Franco, P.I. The Spring Breakers actor visited Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, March 25 and got to the bottom of a legend that his Spring Breakers director and good friend, Harmony Korine, was banned from the Late Show after being kicked out in October 1999.\r\n&amp;quot;The legend is that he pushed Meryl Streep backstage,&amp;quot; Franco, 34, said. &amp;quot;I mean, if you push Meryl Streep backstage you get kicked off.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Is that what he told you happened?&amp;quot; David Letterman, 65, asked.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;He did tell me that. But he said that he was a little out of it,&amp;quot; Franco said. &amp;quot;Harmony is a very sane guy now. He&amp;apos;s a great artist, he&amp;apos;s a great person to work with. I think he had a period where he was going a little off the rails, so maybe he was on something that night . . . but we&amp;apos;re talking about 10 years ago.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Is he coming back on, have you talked to him?&amp;quot; Letterman asked.\r\n&amp;quot;I heard he was banned from the show!&amp;quot; Franco said. &amp;quot;You should bring him back on!&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Celebrity feuds -- whose side are you on?\r\nWhat really happened?\r\n&amp;quot;I went upstairs to greet Meryl Streep and say, &amp;apos;Welcome to the show,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Letterman recalls. &amp;quot;She was not in there, and I looked around and I found your friend Harmony going through her purse.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Come on,&amp;quot; Franco said in disbelief.\r\n&amp;quot;True story!&amp;quot; Letterman said. &amp;quot;So I said, &amp;apos;OK, that&amp;apos;s it. Put her things back in her bag and then get out of here&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhen asked about his alleged banning in a recent interview with Huffington Post Live, Korine, 40, confessed, &amp;quot;I was pretty out of it back then, so I guess anything is possible. Honestly, I have no recollection.&amp;quot;\r\nBut Letterman said he&amp;apos;d be &amp;quot;more than happy&amp;quot; to have Korine back on his show now, and the director told Huffington Post he&amp;apos;d &amp;quot;do it in a second if they ask me back.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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