Singer Brandy has fired back at those who have taunted her about the fatal 2006 car accident that she was blamed for, saying “the guilt of being involved” is punishment enough.

The singer was involved in the freeway pile-up that resulted in the death of Awatif Aboudihaj.

After a yearlong investigation, Los Angeles officials concluded that there was “insufficient evidence” to convict Brandy of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but over four years later the singer is constantly reminded of the tragedy.

In an emotionally charged new interview with VH1, which aired on Wednesday, the star said, “I would hear what people would say, and still to this day they know that that’s a button. They know that they can call me a murderer or call me someone that killed someone. They know that is a button for me.

“(But) a murderer is someone who premeditates it. I didn’t wake up that day to be involved in a fatal car crash. I didn’t plan for that. And if I could take it back, I would.”

Sobbing in front of the camera for the “Behind The Music” special, she added, “I just wanted people to know that this wasn’t news. It’s not something that should be talked about like it’s gossip.

“You don’t like me? Fine. But don’t use this situation to try to hurt me, because the guilt of being involved is enough. It’s something that I’ll never truly, truly get over.”

In the special, Brandy also reveals that she had an eating disorder when she was younger.

She says, “I wanted to be so thin. That was my main thing. So I started not taking care of myself – not eating properly, not eating at all, diet pills, regurgitating, and all of these things that girls do.

“People don’t understand that being the hottest star or making the most money does not mean anything. I’m here to tell you I was making so much money – I was omnipresent – and I was the unhappiest teenager, probably, in the world.”