James Franco continues his claims of an alien being in his home, recently showing security footage that allegedly captured the space creature despite public skepticism
20:27 ET, 13 Jul 2026Updated 21:27 ET, 13 Jul 2026
James Franco has been claiming an alien was in his home(Image: TikTok)
James Franco recently revealed an alleged run-in with the alien he’s claimed visited his home in multiple previous social media videos.
Over the past few weeks, the 48-year-old Spider-Man film trilogy alum has been sharing videos in which he alleges he was being followed after the visitation. James hasn’t shown any evidence of the encounter with his fans up until now, explaining in his new video, “You wanted it. Here it is. I deliver.”
His black-and-white footage captured an alleged creature going through the bushes, peeking into his home, and coming from a garage in his backyard. This came after James gave a heart-wrenching update on his Hollywood best friend.
Footage of the purported “alien” seemed to be in the same vein as Hollywood’s portrayal of space visitors, down to the large, rounded head and bulging eyes. James’ revelation didn’t seem to convince suspicious fans.
Jersey Shore alum commented, “Stop,” while another added, “Are we all forgetting HE IS A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR???????”
A third shared, “OK now be real with us. Is this for a movie or is this legit footage?'” Meanwhile, a fourth shared, “Alright, it’s time to unfollow.”
James’ TikTok account has only followed two other accounts on the platform: the official page for his upcoming movie Love Meets in the Sunshine and the movie’s director, Christian Guiton.
James showed footage of the ‘alien’ in bizarre security footage(Image: jamesfranco2319/TikTok)
Christian has denied the speculation that James’ TikToks were to promote his film.
“It’s not a science fiction movie,” Christian said on TikTok. “It’s not a conspiracy movie. If I was promoting Sunshine, this is not how we would do it.”
Last month, Christian sparked concern after he began claiming that an alien was in the house in the clips he shared once he first joined TikTok in June.
James began his alien claims on TikTok last month(Image: jamesfranco2319/TikTok)
“That’s my garage,” he said in a video while pointing to the space outside. “That’s normally where I paint. I was going out there, it was night. I was going to do night painting, and I went inside, and before I even turned the light on, I heard something. I thought it was an animal or something like that. And it wasn’t, it wasn’t a raccoon… I saw eyes, I saw glowing eyes, and a hand.”
He continued, “I don’t know how many fingers, but hand, and speaking. I don’t know, something, coming out of… And that was it. I ran, I have not gone back in there, but I’m going to go…. I’m going to show you.”
At the time, he had promised his followers that he’d show them what he saw, but he didn’t.
“Hey guys, this is James Franco. Me, really James Franco. I’m here at my house. I’m not promoting anything, okay? I’m making this account because,’ he said before lowering his voice to a whisper. ‘Some serious, some serious s–t is going on, okay?” he shared in the video.
James continued, “Look here,’ he said, before writing down his TikTok handle on a piece of paper. ‘It’s real, okay? I’m real. It’s not AI, it’s not anything. Could AI James do this? No, could not. This is me, okay? For those who know, there’s some serious stuff going on. That’s why I’m contacting you, that’s why I’m doing this, okay?”
