Christian Artists Issue Apologies after Forrest Frank Calls Out Parody Videos of His Injury
Christian artists Cory Asbury and Matthew West have apologized to fellow artist Forrest Frank for making parody videos following Frank's skateboarding accident, which left him with two fractured vertebrae. Frank, who claimed to have been miraculously healed 2 weeks after his accident last month, posted a video in response to the "Reckless Love" singer's clip of himself joking about a vasectomy while riffing on Frank's recovery story, The Christian Post reported.
"Man, this is super tough," Frank said. "I know you all are going to be like 'Forrest, you're way too sensitive,' but this is like … making fun of probably the most traumatic moment of my life [and] my wife's life."
According to Frank, he had seen "the 10th, or even the 20th post" from Christian artists making fun of his skateboarding accident, which fractured his L3 and L4 vertebrae. Despite the humor, Frank said that the jokes were hurtful.
"I can totally understand the fact you guys are just having fun, you're probably not even really thinking that I'm going to see it," he said. "I'll just say this: To everybody who's making these videos, I'm not telling you to stop, but this raises a really interesting conversation with social media, because there's no seatbelt on social media."
He also wrote a song for Asbury titled "Misunderstood" and asked to collaborate on the song together. Earlier this month, Frank and Christian artist David Crowder agreed to collaborate on a song after Crowder underwent surgery for his broken leg.
"Cory, I know that you're a deep songwriter," Frank said. "I think it would be really cool if we kind of tackled the subject together."
Asbury later responded to Frank, apologizing for his parody video, in which he had filmed himself in bed joking that he was recovering from a vasectomy. Asbury also sang a rap, "Snip, snip season, but we stay winning souls/ Spread the Gospel, not my seed."
"Man, I never meant to poke fun at anything that you were going through," he said in a follow-up video. "Bro, I apologize for being one of those people. I heard your song, and I think it's really powerful, man. I'm down to go there with you."
He also admitted that his use of humor to cope with life's struggles can sometimes "go too far, and I'll own that."
"I feel misunderstood as well, and I can see the bigger picture here," Asbury added.
Meanwhile, West posted an apology video to Frank, admitting that he, too, had poked fun at the singer's accident with a parody video in which he dramatically reacted to a bee sting on his pinky.
"I'm going to do what Forrest did, I'm going to turn these lemons into lemonade. Seeing the glass half full and just working up some beats," he said in his since-deleted video before launching into a comedic song about bees and their making of honey.
"It's all how you look at it, man. When life stings you like a bee, just remember, bees make honey," he said.
West also shared that Frank had reached out to him directly to express his discomfort with the video.
"He took offense to it, and felt like I was making light of a serious moment in his life," West shared. "And so I respectfully reached right back out to him and apologized, and we actually had a chance to speak directly on the phone. And before I hopped on the phone, I took the video down, like that's not my heart, like I'm about celebrating and cheering on other artists."
Despite not having ill intent with the video, West admitted that he understood why Frank was offended.
"It felt like we handled it in a biblical way," he said. "I hope we can all celebrate each other, especially when we're out there telling people about Jesus because He's the answer and that's the business we need to be about."
Frank commented on the video, commending West for handling the matter in a "biblical way."
"So much respect, man!! glad we got it resolved in the biblical way, love that you're clarifying everything to your people, and i totally understand your goofball nature now after our phone call lol," Frank said. "We landed in a great spot and i'm stoked to give you a big hug the next time i see you."
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Originally published August 28, 2025.
