*Kirk Franklin said that his son’s decision to leak their messy phone conversation in 2021 lead to the “worst two years of my life.”
“It traumatizes me to this day. It is very difficult, and my wife [Tammy] will tell you,” Franklin tells Page Six. “That tape was a reflection of years of what our family dynamic has been going through, just so you know. You don’t have that type of anger out there without there being a history of something.”
The gospel artist’s estranged 35-year-old son Kerrion recorded the private phone call between them in March of 2021 and posted it on Instagram. The exchange included Franklin cursing out his son, and saying the threats: “I will put my foot in your ass” and “I will break your neck.” Franklin issued a public apology to his fans the following day, saying “I’m not perfect.”
Kerrion went on to appear on the first season of Zeus reality series, “Bad Boys: Los Angeles” in March 2022. One month after the premiere, he was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in court back in 2007 after being cited for 3 misdemeanors: falsely representing himself to an officer, possession of purported government-issued California driver’s license/California identification, and possession of alcohol under 21.
After Kerrion was released in June 2022, he thanked his parents on his Instagram page “for the prayers & the wind the highest is moving me in.”
Kirk and Tammy Franklin are currently on a press tour promoting their new dating show, “The One,” due to premiere on May 18 on TV One.
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