Face to Face With My Brother — The Son Who Testified Against Our Father (Part 1)
Michael Franzese
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People, I’ve told my story for over 30 years. Today you’re going to hear the side of it I couldn’t tell — because I didn’t live it. My brother John is finally at my table. Same house, same father, same life... seen from the other side. You may know his story — and believe me, we’re going to get to ALL of it — but it starts where WE started: growing up as Sonny Franzese’s sons.
I can’t sit down with my father anymore. So this sit-down, with his other son, might be the most important one I ever do.
John takes full responsibility for everything in his life — he’s never made excuses. And in this one he tells me things even I didn’t know: the truth about our mother — I say some things about her I’ve never said publicly — the night dad went to jail, the prison visits he hated, the day dad told him “there’s no shame in crying,” his 16-year war with addiction and the rehab he walked out of on day 88, our sister Gia, and the conversation where I begged our father to see what was happening to his son — and he couldn’t.
This is Part 1 of 3. Part 2 drops next week — and that’s where we get into the part of John’s story you think you know.
If you or someone you love is fighting addiction — my brother is living proof it can be beaten. Don’t give up on them.
Face to Face With My Brother — The Son Who Testified Against Our Father (Part 1)
00:00:00 The conversation I've waited five years to have
00:01:07 Introducing my younger brother, John Franzese Jr.
00:09:29 The FBI wiretap inside our house
00:13:55 We believed Dad could do no wrong
00:17:05 Mom the clean freak — and what it left behind
00:20:49 The night Dad went to prison
00:22:43 Mom's side of the story
00:26:37 The ashtray, the guitar — and still loving her
00:29:42 The question I never asked: why did you turn to drugs?
00:34:26 What addiction really is
00:38:57 The night I found my brother on a binge
00:44:36 Walking out of rehab on day 88
00:47:25 Ten years without Dad
00:48:57 Crying at Leavenworth: "No shame in crying"
00:55:42 Our sister Gia
01:00:53 Why Dad could never divorce Mom
01:02:39 Grandpa Rocky, the sweetest guy in the world
01:04:09 We were good kids — we deserved better
01:06:58 Dad wanted me to propose my brother
#MichaelFranzese #JohnFranzese #SonnyFranzese #FranzeseFamily #Addiction #MobFamily
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“I never heard them talk good about me unless in was infront of someone else and it benefited them”.
That is chronic childhood trauma.
Face to Face With My Brother — The Son Who Testified Against Our Father (Part 1)
Michael Franzese
724,633 views
🔬 Go to https://zbiotics.com/franzese and use FRANZESE at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics.
📲 Text me your thoughts about this Interview: https://my.community.com/michaelfranzese (424) 325 0921
🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/
People, I’ve told my story for over 30 years. Today you’re going to hear the side of it I couldn’t tell — because I didn’t live it. My brother John is finally at my table. Same house, same father, same life... seen from the other side. You may know his story — and believe me, we’re going to get to ALL of it — but it starts where WE started: growing up as Sonny Franzese’s sons.
I can’t sit down with my father anymore. So this sit-down, with his other son, might be the most important one I ever do.
John takes full responsibility for everything in his life — he’s never made excuses. And in this one he tells me things even I didn’t know: the truth about our mother — I say some things about her I’ve never said publicly — the night dad went to jail, the prison visits he hated, the day dad told him “there’s no shame in crying,” his 16-year war with addiction and the rehab he walked out of on day 88, our sister Gia, and the conversation where I begged our father to see what was happening to his son — and he couldn’t.
This is Part 1 of 3. Part 2 drops next week — and that’s where we get into the part of John’s story you think you know.
If you or someone you love is fighting addiction — my brother is living proof it can be beaten. Don’t give up on them.
Face to Face With My Brother — The Son Who Testified Against Our Father (Part 1)
00:00:00 The conversation I've waited five years to have
00:01:07 Introducing my younger brother, John Franzese Jr.
00:09:29 The FBI wiretap inside our house
00:13:55 We believed Dad could do no wrong
00:17:05 Mom the clean freak — and what it left behind
00:20:49 The night Dad went to prison
00:22:43 Mom's side of the story
00:26:37 The ashtray, the guitar — and still loving her
00:29:42 The question I never asked: why did you turn to drugs?
00:34:26 What addiction really is
00:38:57 The night I found my brother on a binge
00:44:36 Walking out of rehab on day 88
00:47:25 Ten years without Dad
00:48:57 Crying at Leavenworth: "No shame in crying"
00:55:42 Our sister Gia
01:00:53 Why Dad could never divorce Mom
01:02:39 Grandpa Rocky, the sweetest guy in the world
01:04:09 We were good kids — we deserved better
01:06:58 Dad wanted me to propose my brother
#MichaelFranzese #JohnFranzese #SonnyFranzese #FranzeseFamily #Addiction #MobFamily
🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on...
🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/
🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb
📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com
Backbone Media Group