SCARLETT Johansson lashed out at James Franco in a speech inspired by the #MeToo campaign — but she is facing a backlash over her comments.

SCARLETT Johansson has been accused of hypocrisy after she spoke out about sexual misconduct at yesterday’s Women’s March.

As part of a day of action against United States President Donald Trump and in support of the #MeToo movement, the actress alluded to allegations against Hollywood star James Franco in an impassioned tirade about gender inequality.

Franco denies the allegations levelled at him after five women stepped forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct and abuse of power. Four of the accusers are former students of his and one is an ex-girlfriend.

And, didn’t take long for social media to highlight comments the Avengers star made in an interview with The Guardian in 2014 about sexual misconduct allegations levelled at acclaimed director Woody Allen.

The Annie Hall director denied the allegations from his adopted daughter Farrow, 32, who claimed he sexually abused her when she was seven years old.

In The Guardian piece, Johansson implored people not to rush judgment about matters that haven’t been stress tested in court.

“It’s not like this is somebody that’s been prosecuted and found guilty of something, and you can then go, ‘I don’t support this lifestyle or whatever.’ I mean, it’s all guesswork,” she said. “I don’t know anything about it. It would be ridiculous for me to make any kind of assumption one way or the other.

“I think it’s irresponsible to take a bunch of actors that will have a Google alert on and to suddenly throw their name into a situation that none of us could possibly knowingly comment on. That just feels irresponsible to me.”

Farrow’s brother Ronan wrote an expose for the New Yorker on the allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein and has supported his sister, reports Fox News.

Johansson appeared in three Allen films,Match Point, Scoop and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Among those pointing out the “hypocrisy” of the speech was TV presenter Piers Morgan.

“Scarlett Johansson is so repulsed by James Franco she wants her #TimesUp pin back,” he wrote on Twitter.

“She wasn’t quite so repulsed by child rapist Roman Polanski or Woody Allen, who married his wife’s adoptive daughter & whose own adoptive daughter says he abused her at 7.

“I don’t understand how Scarlett Johansson can condemn James Franco yet, in the past, sand (sic) up for Woody Allen. What a hypocrite,” wrote another commentator on Twitter.

“Yes, this is the same Scarlett Johansson who starred in three Woody Allen films and said of the accusations against him: ‘It’s all guesswork,’ wrote another.

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