James Franco goes into 'hiding,in a really bad place' amid sex misconduct allegations

This year's Best actor in a musical Golden Globe winner,James Franco is being accused by five women of being inappropriate or sexually exploitative — and he's reportedly "hiding" from the fallout.

The actor skipped the Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday — where he won the award for Best Actor in "The Disaster Artist." The ceremony took place just hours after the L.A. Times published the stories of the five women.

"He's in a really bad place, so bad that he changed his phone number," a source close to the situation told People. "His close friends are trying to be there for him but it's been hard - he's only talking to a select group of people. For now, he's just hiding out."

Five women told the Times that Franco, 39, abused his power as an acting teacher at Studio 4 in New York and Los Angeles.