Aretha Franklin‘s youngest son Kecalf Franklin is speaking out against an upcoming biopic about his mother.
In an all-caps Facebook post on Saturday, Kecalf slammed the film, which is titled Respect and stars Jennifer Hudson as the legendary singer, who died in 2018. Kecalf, 49, also criticized a book about Franklin called The Queen Next Door, by photojournalist Linda Solomon.
“Once again….. the Franklin family (does not) support the movie that is in production!!!!!” he wrote. “Nor do we support the book The Queen Next Door!!!!! Neither entity felt the need to contact the (core) family about anything!!!!”
Kecalf continued: “How...
In an all-caps Facebook post on Saturday, Kecalf slammed the film, which is titled Respect and stars Jennifer Hudson as the legendary singer, who died in 2018. Kecalf, 49, also criticized a book about Franklin called The Queen Next Door, by photojournalist Linda Solomon.
“Once again….. the Franklin family (does not) support the movie that is in production!!!!!” he wrote. “Nor do we support the book The Queen Next Door!!!!! Neither entity felt the need to contact the (core) family about anything!!!!”
Kecalf continued: “How...
- 1/9/2020
- by Helen Murphy
- PEOPLE.com
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