Brandy's ex says couple pretended to marry

LOS ANGELES (Knight Riders Fans Website) - R&B singer and actress Brandy reportedly divorced producer Robert Smith - with whom she has a daughter, Sy'rai - last year. But can a couple who have never been married get a divorce?
That's right, according to Smith, who appeared on Wendy Williams' radio program Monday, the couple's secret July 2001 wedding never happened.

Smith was a guest on the "Moment of Truth," a feature of "The Wendy Williams Experience," broadcast weekdays from 3 to 5 p.m. on Power 99, WUSL-FM, when he dropped the bombshell that he and Brandy were never married. That's right, NE-vah.
He said Brandy was his "jump-off" chick and that he was still seeing another woman, who is now seven months pregnant. This other woman, a film producer, Smith says, will remain anonymous.

Smith told Williams it was Sonia Norwood, Brandy's mom/manager, who cooked up the idea to play house to protect Brandy's then-wholesome image. Brandy was pregnant with Smith's child, and it just wouldn't do for the young songstress to be an unwed mother, Smith says, so they simply pretended to be married.
He reportedly had Sy'rai with him at the station when he said all this, so we're guessing Brandy did not know he was going to discuss what he called the "real version vs. the MTV version." You must remember this: MTV did a huge splash on Brandy and Robert getting married and "having their baby."
MTV has issued no formal response, but Williams' sources there tell her "they think they were taken."
And what's Brandy's reaction? She's busy with her beau, L.A. Clippers guard Quentin Richardson (they attended the 2004 BET Awards together), and promoting her new album, "Afrodisiac." But on this subject: nothing but the sound of silence.