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Kirk Franklin and his family’s dirty laundry is all over social media.
Kirk Franklin took to social media to apologize to his fans after his son, Kerrion Franklin, exposed a heated conversation between them.
In the video below, the renowned Gospel artist can be heard saying he’s going to “put my foot in your ass” and “break your neck” if Kerrion disrespected him.
Kerrion wrote a lengthy caption explaining that he doesn’t feel safe around his father and the audio sums up their relationship behind-the-scenes.
This is why I’m done. No father should speak to their children like this. If I have any issues it’s because Of this type of treatment that ii deal with behind closed doors. Hanging up in my face, No apology, no compassion, no effort. Stop telling me to go home to my family I don’t even know where they live. I don’t think I’ll ever trust my father to be alone around him ever again. I didn’t want to do this. I probably won’t release the entire recording because it’s too embarrassing that Im even dealing with this. No matter what ppl think I pray my dad deals with his deep hatred toward me. I don’t feel safe around him at all. This recording is recent it is not from 2018 just to clarify. Im going to learn from these experiences, live my life in peace and make beautiful art.
Moments later, Kirk Franklin posted an apology on Twitter and admitted that their relationship has been rocky for years and he’s working through their issues with a therapist.
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— Kirk Franklin (@kirkfranklin) March 14, 2021
“Many of you know I have an older son named Kerrion Franklin. In May, he’ll be 33. For many years, we’ve had a toxic relationship with him as a family,” he said. “We tried for many years through counseling, through therapy, to try and rectify this private family matter.”
“Recently, my son and I had an argument that he chose to record. I felt extremely disrespected in that conversation and I lost my temper. I said words that were not appropriate and I am sincerely sorry to all of you. I sincerely apologize,” Franklin continued.
Franklin claims that the part Kerrion didn’t record is where the family’s counselor intervened to help ease the tension. “I want you to know as a father that during that conversation, I called the family therapist and got that therapist on the phone to try and help. He never played that part of the recording. I’m not perfect. I’m human and I’m going to make mistakes and I’m trying to get it right. Please keep me and my family in your prayers.”
Kerrion uploaded a follow-up post. “Plz do not crucify my father. I am not here to bash him across the board. I didn’t even cuss in the recording. Why do ppl ‘assume’ I did something to deserve verbal abuse,” he said. “I just said what he said back to me. my father has been speaking very mean & manipulatively to me for 15 years now.”
The choir director’s daughter, Kennedy, came to her father’s defense after her brother released the audio recording saying she would “go to war” for her dad.
“If somebody keeps disrespecting me and spewing out false allegations that could ruin my reputation I would cuss them the hell out as well.”
She went on to say: “I just think that as a grown person over the age of 30 you just don’t air out business,” she said. “But if you wanna air out we can air out. You don’t gaslight people and expect them to be nice to you…and then be mad when they respond.
