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Seth Rogen And James Franco Get Sexy And Topless In Kanye West Parody Video
Kanye West isn't going to be happy about this one. Last week, we were gifted with West and Kim Kardashian's ridiculous and dreamy "Bound 2" music video, which featured the couple embracing on a motorcycle with Kardashian completely topless. The backdrop included galloping white horses and breathtaking landscapes fit for a karaoke video. James Franco and Seth Rogen decided to take it up a notch and recreate the video scene-for-scene.
Apparently, Franco and Rogen had some time on their hands during their filming of The Interview, when they shot their parody video. We give them kudos for their dedication to the craft; Rogen is topless and Franco is wearing an absurd amount of plaid and tie-dye shirts, as he passionately lip-syncs West's lyrics.
Franco has been posting a number of Instagram photos with select scenes from the video, all while declaring his love for Rogen:
Meanwhile, Rogen proudly tweeted a Facebook link of the video to the couple, but has since taken down the Facebook post.
We haven't seen any response from West and Kardashian, but we can only imagine (and hope) that West is pissed. We all remember his Twitter meltdown with Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night show host made a spoof video on the rapper in September.
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