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Brandy's daughter Sy'Rai Smith has opened up about body positivity issues while growing up the daughter of the famed singer-actress, and the emotions she experienced amid her weight loss journey.
Smith, 19, appeared on "The Real Wednesday, where she said that the famed artist, 42, put her full support behind her as she dealt with health woes.
'I had a lot of health issues when I was at the size that I was,' Smith said. 'My mom was with me through everything. She saw me go through a lot.
The latest: Brandy's daughter Sy'Rai Smith, 19, opened up on The Real Wednesday about body positivity issues while growing up the daughter of the famed singer-actress, and the emotions she experienced amid her weight loss journey
'And I just decided to really take my health seriously, so I changed my mindset, changed my mentality, and I knew that being in the size or the body that I was in, I knew my life wasn't going to be as long ... I just knew that living my purpose, I wouldn't be able to live in that body.'
Smith said she felt like 'the odd one out' in growing up in the show business environment, with its fixation on appearances.
'Sometimes it was a little bit difficult because seeing my mom dress a certain way or wear certain things,' Smith said, 'or when she was on the carpet or anything like that, it was kind of difficult because I was like, "Why am I not that way? ... Why am I not that size, why was I
