Seth Rogen has claimed Pharrell Williams confronted him about an interview where he said the ‘Happy’ singer was “frustrated”.
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The comedy actor is currently appearing in The Invite, which centres around an awkward dinner party between neighbours. Promoting the film for Entertainment Weekly, he and co-star Olivia Wilde discussed awkward moments at dinner parties, and the unique anecdote came up.
“I was at a dinner and I had made the Lion King movie and I sing in the movie,” Rogen explained. “And I had been doing interviews and I’ve been talking about how Pharrell Williams got really frustrated with my singing. Then I was at a dinner and Pharrell was there and he was like, ‘Hey, I don’t like how you suggest that I got frustrated with your singing.’”
He continued: “I was like, ‘you did [get frustrated]’, and then he was like ‘I don’t like you suggesting that I feel frustration’. And I’m like: ‘you’re feeling it right now, Pharrell. It’s happening. It’s happening at this dinner.’”
Rogen played Pumbaa in the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King, in which Williams served as co-producer for selected songs in the soundtrack. Since the comment, a 2018 MovieWeb interview has re-emerged where Rogen said: “I literally had Pharrell Williams banging his head against a wall trying to extract like a fucking good note out of me. I’m like someone less famous would actually be more helpful. It’s like the last thing I need.” He compared it to being taught to ride a motorcycle by Evel Knievel.
In January, Williams made headlines after it was reported that he faces a new lawsuit from former Neptunes partner Chad Hugo, who claims that he has been denied royalties for the last N.E.R.D. album ‘No One Ever Really Dies’.