Paul Rust Says James Franco Flipped Out On Set After Poor 2011 Oscars Reviews: He Was In A Bad Mood [Video]

James Franco didn’t take the rocky reviews of his Oscars hosting gig too well — according to actor and comedian Paul Rust, that is, who said he saw Franco lose it on set days after his infamous awards night back in 2011.

Rust said on a Dec. 27 podcast episode of his With Gourley and Rust show that he “saw James Franco flip out once,” per Variety.

Rust said that the alleged incident took place in 2011 during promotion for Franco’s film Your Highness, not long after Franco co-hosted the 83rd Academy Awards alongside Anne Hathaway. (Unfortunately for the pair, their hosting work was widely panned, with The Hollywood Reporter brutally writing, “In what could go down as one of the worst Oscar telecasts in history, a bad and risky idea proved out in spectacularly unwatchable fashion.”)

Rust said Franco was tapped to do promo for Your Highnesswith CollegeHumor, “and the idea was …