The music superstar didn’t appreciate Rogen’s interviews.

Seth Rogen shares awkward moment with Lion King collaborator Pharrell Williams at dinner party (exclusive)

The music superstar didn't appreciate Rogen's interviews.

By Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence

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July 1, 2026 9:30 a.m. ET

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- Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde played "Lie vs. Lie" on **'s YouTube channel.

- Rogen recounted an awkward encounter that he had with Pharrell Williams at a dinner party.

- The music superstar took issue with some of Rogen's *Lion King* interviews.

Pharrell Williams once wasn't too happy with Seth Rogen.

In Olivia Wilde's new A24 film *The Invite*, Wilde and Rogen star as a longtime married couple who have a wild evening after welcoming their neighbors (Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) over for a dinner party. And while playing "Lie vs. Lie" on **'s YouTube channel, Wilde asked Rogen what is the most awkward moment he has experienced in such a setting.

His surprising answer was an incident with Pharrell Williams, a collaborator on 2019's *The Lion King*. Rogen voiced the friendly warthog Pumbaa, and their beef came from his work with the music superstar on the film's soundtrack, on which Williams was a producer.

"I sing in the movie, and I had been doing interviews and talking about how Pharrell Williams got really frustrated with my singing," Rogen shared. "And 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.' I was like, 'You did.' And he was like, 'I don't like you suggesting that I feel frustration.'"

Both men refused to back down, with Rogen telling Williams, "You're feeling it right now, Pharrell. It's happening at this dinner."

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Wilde interrupted Rogen to point out that Williams was justified to worry about that perception since the most successful song of his career might be the Grammy-winning "Happy."

Despite the debate over his voice, Rogen has been busy flexing it, with a recent role as a small alien and an upcoming one as a judgmental talking cat.

*The Invite* is now open in select theaters, before its wide release on July 10. Watch Wilde and Rogen's full "Lie vs. Lie" video above.

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