Sounds like the relationship was a lot more toxic than they shared on social media.
Of course there’s been a lot of drama surrounding the breakup between country singer Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry (whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia).
The two were together for over a year, but last month Zach announced in an Instagram story that they had gone their separate ways after screenshots began circulating of the country singer’s profile on celebrity dating app Raya.
Brianna claims she was blindsided by Zach going public with the breakup, releasing a tearful video in which she said she had hoped to have time to heal privately – but that obviously didn’t happen.
Since then, things have gotten messy after Brianna’s boss and BFFs podcast co-host Dave Portnoy revealed that he was never a fan of Zach – and that the singer had even banned Portnoy from one of his concerts after a joke that the Barstool Sports CEO had made months earlier:
“Apparently, Zach went back, like, how many months was it? It had to be six months… we at one time on BFFs had a discussion where Bri just got a new boyfriend, and we’re like, ‘Whoa, that’s like your third boyfriend in barely a couple months.’
I’m like, ‘You’re a revolving door of boyfriends lately. He saw that, flipped… six months prior, and banned us from going to the concert. Bri was like, ‘It’s the first, biggest fight we’ve been in.’ I’m like this is what we do, like we joke, like what are you mad about?”
Then, Portnoy teamed up with their fellow co-host Josh Richards to release a Zach Bryan diss track called “Smallest Man,” which was promptly taken down from YouTube and Spotify over copyright claims from Zach’s label, Warner Music Group.
Through it all, Brianna hasn’t really said much, canceling last week’s podcast to give herself time to get over the breakup. But she’s ready to speak out and spill the tea, with the new episode of their podcast dropping tonight at 8 PM eastern.
And ahead of the episode, Bri took to social media to give a sneak peek back at her relationship with Zach – and it looks like it’s been rocky for a while now.
The video features several clips of Brianna crying, which she says she made for herself during the relationship “to try and rewatch and get myself to leave.” And she admits that she “lost herself” this year, apologizing to the people that she’s hurt along the way.
Her full post reads:
“These sad clips are from video diaries I made for myself during my relationship to try and rewatch and get myself to leave. The clips in between are me on my tour silently holding it together for my friends and fans beacuse the show must go on.
Tonights episode of bffs may be triggering for some but its important. And to be honest im terrified of it coming out. Im sorry i lost myself this year and im sorry to the people who i love and love me that i let down. If you’re going through something similar, you have me.
If i can do it infront of the world, so can you. Our worlds will keep spinning. No love given is love lost. Cant wait to grow from this with you all”
I guess we’ll have to see what she has to say tonight when the podcast drops, but it sounds like she’s ready to spill it all.
@ihatebriannachickenfryThese sad clips are from video diaries I made for myself during my relationship to try and rewatch and get myself to leave. The clips in between are me on my tour silently holding it together for my friends and fans beacuse the show must go on. Tonights episode of bffs may be triggering for some but its important. And to be honest im terrified of it coming out. Im sorry i lost myself this year and im sorry to the people who i love and love me that i let down. If you’re going through something similar, you have me. If i can do it infront of the world, so can you. Our worlds will keep spinning. No love given is love lost. Cant wait to grow from this with you all❤️
