Brandy Norwood broke her silence about one of the most disturbing chapters of her life.
In her new memoir Phases, the singer recounted a late ’90s relationship with Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris that began when she was just 16 years old.
It’s the moment she says left scars that lasted for decades.
In a week in which Brandy received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the “Vocal Bible” also spoke about her past.
his memories Phases revisits his 2006 car accident, his feud with Monica and, most surprisingly, his teenage romance with Wanya Morris.
Brandy recalled sneaking out with Morris while on tour with Boyz II Men, hiding the relationship from her parents and the public.
“I was lost,” she wrote.
He explained that the couple pretended to wait until their eighteenth birthday to avoid scandal.
She admitted that she lost her virginity to Morris and endured comparisons to other singers, including Mariah Carey, before the relationship ended when Morris confessed to cheating on her.
“I think he took advantage,” Brandy stated in the memoir.
Reflecting on the experience, she added: “The shame ends here. The silence ends here… I was a child. And he was an adult. And it’s time for the world to understand the difference.”
Morris previously claimed during a 2020 Instagram Live that he didn’t date Brandy until she was of age, even referencing her famous prom night with Kobe Bryant.
But Brandy’s account in Phases paints a very different picture, one that she says was marked by “neon warning signs” that she ignored at the time.
