Kirk Franklin performs during the Dove Awards on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The elder Franklin, speaking in a video posted on his Twitter account, said the two got in an argument that his son recorded.

By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service

(RNS) — Gospel entertainer Kirk Franklin has posted an online apology after one of his sons released a recording of an obscenity-laced and physically threatening argument he claimed was with Franklin.

“For many years, we have had a toxic relationship with him as a family,” Franklin said of his oldest son, Kerrion Franklin, 32. “We’ve tried for many years through counseling, through therapy to try to rectify this private family matter.”

The elder Franklin, 51, speaking in a 59-second video posted on his Twitter account on Saturday (March 13), said the two got in an argument that his son recorded.

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