Gospel star Kirk Franklin didn't know who his dad was until a few months ago, at 53.Even though the DNA tests confirmed the truth, his mother still denied it.
"There was never a time I didn't know I was adopted. It was always a framework of who I was," the star says in his 2023 documentary Father's Day: A Kirk Franklin Story, where he shares intimate details about his upbringing and challenging relationship with his mom and son."I was raised alone; it was horrible," Franklin says in the doccie.
It was a random moment when his dad mentioned that he had dated Kirk's mother as a kid, and from then on, the rumour spread that he was the father. Throughout his career, Franklin has openly shared his struggles with identity and his tumultuous upbringing.