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Seth Rogen – who has to have ‘stoner’ added into his introductory description of ‘actor, writer, director, potter’ because otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense – was quite productive during America’s COVID-19 lockdown phase, penning a memoir called Yearbook.

The 39-year old also made a ton of surprisingly impressive pottery during this time, which is why ‘potter’ is added in there, too.

The book is a collection of “true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best” according to Rogen.

Well, some hilarious tidbits from the book have been slowly making their way out of the pages and into news articles, probably because the unconventionally of these stories make them hard not to talk about.

I wrote a book called Yearbook. It’s true stories and essays and stuff that I hope you think are funny. It comes out in May, but if you like you can order it now. Yay! https://t.co/Cqwwi4qq3o pic.twitter.com/nDxwBqnkp8

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 27, 2021

Via Sky News, Rogen spoke to ITV’s Good Morning Britain on Tuesday to promote his new memoir, and the interview is nothing but chaos.

The show’s host had to apologise after the interview for Rogen’s use of “strong language”.

Probably because when he spoke about the influence of his grandmother on his comedy, he said that she told him to “give those sons of b*****s hell” before a gig.

He also stated that cannabis is “intrinsic” to his daily “functionality”:

“I smoke cannabis all day every day. I have for the last 25 years or so I would say.”

He then spoke about how he’s not too fond of alcohol:

“I personally think alcohol – and I know this is the last thing British people want to hear – but on the grand scale of things we put in our bodies to intoxicate or remove ourselves from our normal baseline of functionality, alcohol is not a good one.”

Rogen also made an interesting observation about the trope that people who smoke cannabis are lazy, saying that this is rooted in racism.

In summary, he approved of the Sky headline:

This headline legit made me laugh out loud. https://t.co/ehZBASSOwo

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 25, 2021

In other news, via Uproxx, Rogen talked more about the moment he first met Snoop Dogg – rapper and fellow stoner – which he also writes about in Yearbook.

He tells the story of the duo meeting at a recording studio to record ‘Take Yo Panties Off,’ the song sung by Craig Robinson in This Is the End:

 “I arrived at the studio, and soon after, Snoop comes in with, like, four or five people, one of whom is a blunt roller, as in someone whose only job is to roll blunts,” Rogen wrote.

Snoop ordered that his people “bring in the hoes” after Rogen asked if he could rap a verse, too:

“The guy left, and within thirty seconds he returned with five or six women who were very much dressed like strippers at the start of a routine. The producer blasted the beat, and the women danced and drank while Snoop wrote a rap verse on his BlackBerry.”

When the “hoes” left after the verse was written, Rogen realised he was a little confused:

“Where were the hoes up till that point? We were not in a big building, and I hadn’t seen them before that moment.”

Now Rogen’s biggest question is just: “Why have I been saying ‘hoes’ this whole time? I definitely shouldn’t do that.”

That was a quick save before he gets cancelled.

At least Rogen has a fairly healthy perspective on “cancel culture”: in the Good Morning Britain interview, he admitted that some of his jokes might not land well, but that he never intentionally sets out to target certain groups.

To finish, he also made this point:

Seth Rogen says he doesn’t understand why some comedians complain about “cancel culture”:

“Saying terrible things is bad. So if you said something terrible, then that’s something you should confront … I dont think that’s cancel culture.” pic.twitter.com/qZGETFkAFv

— The Recount (@therecount) May 25, 2021

[sources:uproxx&skynews]