Tuesday night, Aug. 26, “Reckless Love” singer Cory Asbury responded to Forrest Frank with an apology video after Frank called him out for poking fun at what Frank described as “probably the most traumatic moment of my life.”
In July, Frank broke his back in a skateboarding accident and documented his journey on Instagram. Frank shared video footage of the accident, him in the hospital, his wife helping him get out of bed, and the creation of two songs, one of which became the No. 1 song across all genres on Apple Music.
While Frank was in the hospital, medical professionals determined he had fractured both his L3 and L4 vertebrae. But 14 days later, Frank shared medical proof that his back was healed, characterizing his recovery as a miracle from God.
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Earlier this month, David Crowder broke his leg and tagged Frank in a social media video that lead to a collaboration titled “The Rock,” which was released last Friday, Aug. 22.
The success of Frank’s songs has inspired a handful of other Christian artists to create their own versions of “Lemonade” but in the form of parody.
On Aug. 26, Frank shared on social media that what Asbury and others were doing had offended him. Frank then wrote Asbury a song titled “Misunderstood” with the hope of Asbury collaborating with him on it.
Cory Asbury Apologizes to Forrest Frank and Shares His Verse to the Song
Hours later, Asbury responded on Instagram with a video and a caption that said:
I Got a pretty sobering reality check today. @hiforrest, you’re right, there really is no seatbelt on social media. I hopped on a trend without thinking, and I’m genuinely sorry for that. But I’m also hopeful because I know God doesn’t waste moments like these. He can take even our missteps and use them to redirect us, teaching us how to walk in grace and move forward with more wisdom and love.
“I saw your video,” Asbury told Frank in his video. “Man, my phone has been absolutely blowing up. Brother, let me take this opportunity to say, I apologize. Man, I never meant to poke fun at anything that you were going through.”
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed this lately, but you’ve been kind of blowing up, and your content is almost a template to have fun and create, so everybody’s jumping on it,” Asbury continued. “I experienced this with ‘Reckless Love.’ People sort of coming out of the woodwork to attach themselves to that, to get some views and some likes from it.”
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