Monica Says That Reuniting With Brandy For Ariana Grande’s ‘The Boy Is Mine‘ Remake Helped Heal Them Both!

Cousins! After decades’ worth of recycled rumors and circulated gossip regarding Brandy and Monica‘s relationship, the two legendary singers are putting the negatives aside and moving forward!

The ladies recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of their Grammy award-winning song ‘The Boy Is Mine’ while also being featured on Ariana Grande’s official remix. Not only did the remake help win over new fans but also granted Brandy and Monica the ability to heal old wounds.

“The process of the new collaboration did a lot of closing the gaps,” Monica said to Entertainment Tonight about collaborating with Brandy again.

“When you properly communicate something, you can find not only the resolutions and solutions to problems. But sometimes you find that there weren’t ever problems, just consistent miscommunications. It made it a lot easier just to talk.”

She added, “We recognized that the key was to keep other people out of our relationship, both business and  personal, and let it be between she and I, and that has changed everything.”

“It’s changed the trajectory of it in its totality. My son was in the hospital the other day, and she was who I was speaking to while he was there, so I think that is what Ariana has done that she may not even realize.”

Monica says that since the two have begun to establish a genuine relationship nothing is stopping them from collaborating on music in the future.

“It’s team ‘The Boy Is Mine‘ today, tomorrow, and for the last 25 years,” she added. “We have a lot of catching up to do in the sense of giving the audience what they really wanted from us even back then. We didn’t find a way to do it then, but we’re finding a way to do it now.”

In regards to their rumored beef throughout the years, Monica says, “I wish people would stop putting the two against each other,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.

“I wish people would stop attempting to compare who sings better, who looks better, who outdid the other one, because I never came into the space with a spirit of competition anyway. … I wish people would just let it be that and not even compare the two or create any animosity, even within our fan groups.”