Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is glad she spoke up about her relationship with Zach Bryan.
“I knew I was making the right decision,” LaPaglia, 25, shared in an Instagram Story on Thursday, November 7, after detailing alleged emotional abuse during her one-year romance with Bryan on the latest episode of Barstool Sports’ “BFFs” podcast.
“And I believe not going all out and not telling everything was the right decision too,” LaPaglia continued in her message to fans. “You get the picture. Your messages have made me sob. I can’t believe how many women and men have experienced the same abuse.”
LaPaglia went on, “You have me, I’ll be a voice for you all always. If I can stand up to someone in power you can stand up to the bum from your hometown. This is all two weeks out so I’m still processing everything I went through. I’ll continue to process and heal with you all!”
“Morals > 12 million,” the podcaster concluded her post, referring to an alleged nondisclosure agreement she claimed Bryan asked her to sign.
On Thursday’s “BFFs” podcast, LaPaglia opened up to cohosts Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards about her surprise split from Bryan last month. The online personality accused the country singer of being emotionally abusive toward her during their relationship.
“It’s not just for me, it’s for anyone else who’s been emotionally abused, it’s for anyone right now that’s been emotionally abused,” LaPaglia said on the episode. “It’s for people that don’t have a support system like I was lucky enough to have [while] going through this.”
“The last year of my life has been the hardest year of my life, dealing with the abuse from this dude,” she added. “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.”
LaPaglia also said she refused to sign an NDA that she claimed Bryan, 28, offered her money in exchange for.
“I still said f— your money. You made the women before me believe they had no other choice,” she alleged. “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 Thursday.)
Bryan announced his split from LaPaglia via an Instagram Story statement on October 22. At the time, LaPaglia said she was “blindsided” by the separation.
“Addressing something: Brianna and me have broken up with eachother [sic] and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart,” Bryan wrote. “She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her.”
He continued: “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 out different ways. I am not perfect and never will be.”
