Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is setting the record straight.
The podcaster dispelled claims Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy paid her $10 million to talk about her split from Zach Bryan on last week’s “BFFs” podcast. During the episode, LaPaglia, 25, made bombshell claims about the country singer, including accusing him of emotional abuse. She also said that Bryan offered her $12 million in exchange for signing a nondisclosure agreement.
“I see a lot of people being like, ‘Well, Dave definitely just gave her 10 million [dollars] to do a tell-all, so she took money anyway.’ Dave didn’t give me any money,” the “BFFs” cohost said in a Saturday, November 9, TikTok video.
She continued, “A tell-all? You think that was a tell-all? I took the high road. What I did was set a scene, paint a picture … if you can’t see that very clear picture, I don’t have time to hold your hand and walk you to LensCrafters.”
In fact, LaPaglia said that following her October split from Bryan, 28, and leaving the Massachusetts home they shared, she’s worse off.
“I’m losing money right now. I’m paying for storage. I’m paying for movers. I am paying for f—ing flights back and forth to New York to go try and find an apartment,” the podcaster explained.
Bryan confirmed last month that he and LaPaglia had ended their year-long relationship.
“Brianna and me have broken up with each other and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart. She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that, I’ll always thank her,” Bryan wrote in an Instagram Story statement in October. “I’ve had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things. I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go our different ways. I am not perfect and never will be.”
At the time, LaPaglia said Bryan’s decision to go public with their breakup “blindsided” her.
On the Thursday, November 7, episode of the “BFFs” podcast — which she cohosts with Portnoy and Josh Richards — LaPaglia alleged that Bryan emotionally abused her during their relationship.
“The last year of my life has been the hardest year of my life, dealing with the abuse from this dude,” she said. “I’m still scared of him, my brain’s rewired. I’m scared to make him mad. Last week I didn’t want to talk about it because I was scared.”
“I still said f— your money,” she added, referring to the alleged NDA. “You made the women before me believe they had no other choice. And to take money from you, sign their experiences away, sign what they went through away, You get to go skip off and sing your little f—ing songs on stage like you’re a good dude.”
Us Weekly contacted Bryan’s representatives for comment on LaPaglia’s claims last week but did not immediately hear back.
