DeVon Franklin opens up about his healing journey since divorcing actress Meagan Good.
While joining Nick Cannon on his podcast Counsel Culture, Franklin was asked how he felt about his marriage failing and he answered, “I wouldn’t say that it didn’t work. I wouldn’t say it was unsuccessful,” the ordained minister said. “Because maybe it did exactly what it was trying to do. That also was a perspective that I had to kinda learn as I went through my healing.”
He continued, “I wouldn’t say that it didn’t work. I wouldn’t say it was unsuccessful,” Franklin said. “Because maybe it did exactly what it was trying to do. That also was a perspective that I had to kinda learn as I went through my healing.”
Franklin revealed that he and the actress did four months of pre-engagement counseling, and 10 months of premarital counseling and went to therapy throughout their marriage. They also wrote a book together called The Wait as a way to share their journey with others.
He added, “That was [a] devastating moment. And for me as a man, I had two choices,” he said. “I could say, ‘You know what? I’m gonna act like none of this bothers me, and I’m just gonna keep going.’ Or I could just say, ‘You know what? I’m gonna be truthful. This hurts.’ And so for me, I chose the truthful route.”
“Love is eternal. So my love for her doesn’t stop at marriage. My commitment to her well-being is still intact,” he concluded.
Franklin and Good was married from June 2012 to June 2022. Franklin filed for divorce in 2021 and cited irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in 2022.