Gospel singer Kirk Franklin often dotes on his wife Tammy, and it's hard to imagine him being anything but a good husband to her.

But Franklin recently admitted on his Instagram page (@kirkfranklin) that he wasn't always a good husband, and at one point, he even told her to leave him.

Franklin posted a photo showing himself and his wife sharing a sweet kiss at the airport. "Twenty years ago me and Tammy (bad grammar) had the worst fight at this very spot," he captioned it. "Married for just a couple of months, we had a fight right here as soon as we landed. Being the hot-headed fool I was, I bought her a plane ticket and told her to go back home while I headed to my performance."

The singer admitted he was "such a fool" for doing so, because his actions hurt his wife. "It hurt her, like it should have....to be so easily sent away. See, I was a runner when I was younger, I'd push you away out of fear of you leaving on your own. Tammy tolerated way more than she should have. I sat in that airport and cried like baby, delaying the concert. Such a punk.. Pushing my woman away," he said.

In the end, Franklin begged Tammy to forgive him, and he is grateful to God that she did. "NEVER did that again, and now look at us! A patient (not foolish) woman can change a man's narrative. Give him a chance or two to grow up, but don't make a sequel out of it. Glad that scene of the movie is over!" he said.

Franklin and his wife have been married since 1996. Before getting married to each other, Franklin and Tammy each had a child from previous relationships — Kirk's son Kerrion and Tammy's daughter Carrington. Together, they have two children — a daughter named Kennedy and a son named Caziah.