Kirk Franklin Addresses Issues With Son On "Tamron Hall Show"

Franklin on accusations of parental abuse:

“I love my son and I have tried very privately to keep all of the areas that we’ve been working with him in counseling as a private matter. We’ve been having challenges with my oldest son for years. And again, as he’s gotten older, his disrespect has become more aggressive. But I’m confident that his mother, myself, Tammy, my family, there’s never been anything physical that concerns me, or even makes me uncomfortable because I know the truth, he knows the truth, and I love him and as a grown man I am still this dad and when it becomes aggressive, I still have to have a level of respect, I got to have – I’m still your daddy. And you – there’s still got to be respect and there can’t be levels of disrespect but I’m confident that there hasn’t been any physical abuse. I mean, we’ve had therapy and counseling sessions and documentation long enough to know that the deeper issue is, we’ve been just trying to help our son…”

Kirk looks extremely pained over the issue. We pray things improve with their family soon. We’re also glad Tammy addressed all the speculation that she was laughing on the leaked audio — we’re glad she cleared up the fact she wasn’t on the call. Have you dealt with estrangements in your family? How did you work through them?