Brandy is reframing how the world views one of her most famous relationships. In her new memoir, ‘Phases,’ she shuts down suggestions that she was a “fast girl.” Instead, Brandy says Boyz II Men singer Wanya Morris took advantage of her being a child “in over [her] head.” The revelation has fans on both sides sounding off. Additionally, an alleged past interview of Morris admitting to being intimate with an underage Brandy is going viral.
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— DE'RON 🌞 (@deronworld) April 1, 2026
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Brandy Was “Not A Fast Girl” Chasing After Wanya Morris
Back in 1995, ‘Brokenhearted’ by Brandy and Wanya Morris became a Billboard Hot 100 hit. It was the remix to the song released on her debut album, ‘Brandy.’ After collaborating, their friendship turned into something to be hidden from her parents. She lied to them constantly, she reportedly admits in her memoir ‘Phases.’
“They barely liked the idea of me dating at all, and telling them about us was out of the question,” Brandy wrote, per PEOPLE.
Brandy also admitted that she and Wanya knew “with diamond-cut clarity that public knowledge of [their] relationship would “ignite scandal.” Being out in the open, her being a minor and him in his early 20s, could mess both of their careers up. So, they pretended to have waited until she was 17. In reality, she lost her virginity to him while still a minor. She wrote of the red flags she missed or chose to ignore because she believed she was in love. They split up after he admitted to cheating on her. Since then, Brandy writes, Wanya Morris has framed her as a schoolgirl with a crush that didn’t come through. But that’s not the real narrative, Morris “took advantage,” she said.
“The shame ends here. The silence ends here,” she adds of coming to terms with the feeling that she was manipulated into and throughout the relationship. “I was not a fast girl with a crush. I was not a dramatic teenager who couldn’t handle rejection. I was not an unstable obsessive fan. I was a child. And he was an adult. And it’s time the world understood the difference,” Brandy wrote in ‘Phases,’ per PEOPLE.
Wanya Speaks Of Being Intimate With Brandy In Resurfaced Interview, She Shares Her POV In Memoir
Amid the release of Brandy’s memoir, fans have dug into Wanya Morris’ past comments about their relationship. One ‘Breakfast Club interview, allegedly from 2014, is being covered across hip hop outlets, including Hollywood Unlocked and ‘The Morning Hustle.’ The clip is going viral because it shows Wanya Morris speaking of having sex with Brandy. After being asked whether Brandy was a minor when they slept together, he said, “We did the thing when she was 16, 17…She was old enough to get it.” Later, Morris explained they were in a relationship that grew and un-grew. Elsewhere, in an Instagram Live that circulated in 2020, Wanya Morris seemed to deny being involved when Brandy was a minor.
Meanwhile, in ‘Phases,’ Brandy paints a different picture. She says the sexual element of their relationship was Wanya Morris getting what he wanted from a young girl who didn’t recognize “she was being used,” per Entertainment Weekly. She reportedly wrote, “I think he saw me as conquerable. As someone whose boundaries could be negotiated away. I was in over my head.” She also explained that while she wanted to wait until marriage, she thought sex with him would “cement [their] bond.”
“I was young and inexperienced, and thought that following my heart meant following his lead, that what we shared transcended ordinary rules and limitations,” Brandy wrote, per EW. She said having sex felt like it, “Would prove I was mature enough for our relationship. Would make him happy. And so, I told myself I was ready. That this was my choice. But the truth is I felt like I had no choice. I felt like saying no meant losing him.”
Social Media Sounds Off About The Age Gap Issue
Aside from reactions to ‘Phases,’ the resurfaced clips of the Boyz II Men singer speaking on his past with Brandy are also catching heat.
I look back at when I was 22 yrs old. I would’ve felt like a nasty old man trying to be involved with a 16 yr old. What is wrong with these dudes?🤨 https://t.co/AsHso5JZwD
— FOST (@GeorgeFoster72) April 1, 2026
wanya knew he shouldn’t have been dating a 16 year old brandy while in his 20s and then lied and said she was 18 cause his ass knew he was wrong, let’s not forget how he was on the breakfast club saying she was “old enough to get it” like HUH? i’m glad brandy woke up this tea.
— lauren ꨄ︎ (@J0DECIDAL) April 1, 2026
It was time for us to put this to bed. For good. I am so proud of Brandy and her courage here. https://t.co/tbyQXjoF2C
— Gerrick Kennedy (@GerrickKennedy) March 31, 2026
Wanya being 22 while Brandy was 15-16 is absolutely crazy.
Grown ass man with a child and even went as far as being the one she trusted with her virginity.
That’s foul. IDC how long it’s been.
That’s foul. And all these years been lying saying she was 18.
Nah dawg.
— ERIC LAMONT (@BlameEricLamont) March 31, 2026
The comments on literally every platform on instagram that’s talking about this Brandy/wanya situation are truly disgusting. So many people, women especially, are calling her everything but a child of God, and wanya escapes blame yet again.
— Mille👩🏽❤️💋👩🏽 (@millesbabies) April 1, 2026
in retrospect, it's wild how cruel the media was to underage Brandy and Aaliyah with regard to their upsettlingly high-profile "relationships" with grownass men. I hate how dedicated folks were to perpetuating the "fast" stereotype rather than hold these men accountable. https://t.co/EEXdCpPQSX
— champagne and cherri, babÿ (@cherrilizabiff) March 31, 2026
we had Demi, KeKe, and now Brandy. i’m so glad these women are standing up and speaking out about how they were prayed on
keep exposing these predators https://t.co/xBsjpJaAuq
— 𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 (@heyyitsjanea) April 1, 2026
