Brandy Norwood broke her silence on one of the scariest chapters of her life.
In her new memoir Phases, the singer opened up about a late ’90s relationship with Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris that began when she was just 16.
That time, she says, left scars that lasted decades.
In a week where Brandy received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the “Vocal Bible” also opened up about her past.
Her memories Phases revisits her 2006 car accident, her feud with Monica and, most strikingly, her teenage romance with Wanya Morris.
Brandy recalled sneaking around with Morris while touring with Boyz II Men, hiding the relationship from her parents and the public.
“I was in over my head,” she wrote.
She explained that the couple pretended to wait until her eighteenth birthday to avoid scandal.
She admitted she lost her virginity to Morris and endured comparisons to other singers, including Mariah Carey, before the relationship ended when Morris confessed to cheating.
“I think he took advantage,” Brandy said in the recollection.
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 an Instagram Live in 2020 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, which she says was marked by “neon warning signs” she ignored at the time.
