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Kirk Franklin Talks About His Pornography Addiction and More with CNN

by Wendy on March 23rd, 2006

There’s a really excellent interview with Kirk Franklin over at CNN where the singer discusses his past struggles with pornography, New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, and getting Christian music and singers recognized in an overtly secular market. Here’s a brief snippet:

“Q: Why did you choose to make your past struggles with pornography public?

FRANKLIN: When I was working on this “Hero” album, there’s a song on there called “Let It Go” and I’m telling my story, and of course that is part of my story and so I did it in the song. And when the Oprah people contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in coming on the show and talking about what I’ve gone through with it, talking to my wife and talking to my pastor, they thought it was a good idea.

Q: What kind of backlash have you experienced?

FRANKLIN: I had a friend in Atlanta call me and he said, Boy, you got ‘em coming out the woodworks like roaches now. He said, You’re messing with men’s “golf.” Because that’s a lot of men’s pastime. … So, a lot of guys, a lot of people maybe got mad at me because I poured light on their secret, their little secret issue. Somebody’s got to be a martyr, and I think that that’s what a lot of people don’t realize is that doing gospel music and talking about Jesus was never really intended to make us celebrities.”

I’ve been a fan of Kirk Franklin now for a while; click on the album below to listen to some of his music (this is from his newest album):

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