Back on the market?
Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry have been under a microscope their entire relationship, since they first started dating last year.
According to Brianna (whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia), their relationship started when Zach slid into her DMs after she made an appearance along with some of her co-workers at his Forest Hills Stadium concert last June.
@tresa.batchelder 🤠 #zachbryan #NYC #foresthills #queens #revival #zlb #zachlanebryan #allnightrevival #newyorkcity #joshrichards #briannachickenfry #barstoolsports #barstool #burnburnburntour ♬ original sound – tresa batchelder
And after chatting a bit, their first date actually turned out to be an 18-hour road trip together.
Brianna says that she was messaging with Zach and he mentioned that he had to drive his truck from Philadelphia to Oklahoma. And Bri, who admits that she was drunk at the time, offered to go with him – despite the fact that they had never really met in person.
@goodguyspodcastThis sounds like a movie!♬ original sound – Good Guys
The couple have been public with their relationship since last July, and Brianna even traveled with Zach on his bus during his Quittin’ Time tour this summer – along with their dogs, Boston and Jack, and Brianna’s cats.
But recently, fans (and let’s be honest, haters too) have been speculating that there was trouble in paradise. It all seemingly started when Zach found himself in the middle of controversy over a drunken tweet that said Kanye was better than Taylor Swift. Obviously Swifties got mad, Zach apologized and deleted his Twitter account, and everybody moved on, right?
Well not exactly. In his apology, Zach mentioned that he had been “going through a hard time” in his personal life. And eagle-eyed followers noticed that Zach and Brianna hadn’t posted any pictures together recently, leading them to speculate that the “hard time” Zach was referring to was a breakup with his girlfriend.
Brianna put those rumors to bed on an episode of her BFFs podcast, where she said they were “together now and everything is ok.” But just a couple weeks later, the online rumor mill is churning once again.
It started when screenshots began popping up of a profile for Zach on celebrity dating site Raya.
@nikki_mackk Is this the end of ZB + BCF?! #zachbryan #briannachickenfry #bcf #raya #celeb #greenscreen ♬ Something in the Orange (Z&E’s Version) – Zach Bryan
Now, it would be easy to dismiss it as somebody creating a fake profile if it were on Tinder or Hinge or whichever dating app the kids are using these days. But Raya is a little different. The app requires an approval and authentication process, meaning to get approved you have to not only be selected to join the exclusive site but also…well, prove that you are who are you say you are.
Your Raya profile is also linked to your Instagram account – although Zach appears to have recently deleted his Instagram.
Screenshots have also been circulating allegedly showing Zach sending DMs to another girl, and yesterday Brianna posted a poem to her Instagram story that had people speculating that something was going on. But so far, there’s been no confirmation from either party that they’ve split – and if so, the reason for going their separate ways.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for Brianna’s next podcast to see if she addresses it, because Zach appears to have gone dark on all social media – and the online rumors are flying.
