Brianna “Chikenfry” LaPaglia is weighing in on Zach Bryan’s response – or lack thereof – to her detrimental claims following their recent breakup. 

The 25-year-old influencer and podcaster is well known in the Barstool Sports universe, and has been making headlines all over the world following her breakup from country singer Zach Bryan. Ever since LaPaglia, Brianna’s real last name, alleged Bryan emotionally abused her throughout their entire relationship, and made a detrimental claim that she refused a $12 million NDA from her ex, the separation continues to unfold. 

According to Bryan, the couple separated “with each other” after almost a year of dating, which he explained in a dramatic breakup announcement in an Instagram story in October. “I have 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,” said Bryan on his Instagram account. On the other hand, LaPaglia’s version of things claims that Bryan made the news of their split public without giving her a heads up. “I wanted to just, like, be hurt for a week and, like, lay in bed, you know?” LaPagia said in a teary Youtube video titled, “Love you guys, I'll be back soon.” In her own Instagram Story, she wrote that she was “feeling really blindsided right now” and would be taking a much needed break from all social media platforms in an attempt to “heal privately”. 

Weeks after going public with their messy breakup, LaPaglia accused Bryan of emotional abuse throughout their entire year-long relationship. On a November episode of the BFF’s Podcast, she told co hosts Portnoy and Richards that she had endured the hardest year of her life “dealing with the abuse from this dude.” LaPaglia then alleged that Bryan had a habit of handing out NDA’s to the women he dates, claiming he offered her $12 million and a New York apartment in exchange for her silence about their relationship. “I’m still scared right now because I’m scared of him,” LaPaglia said. “My brain’s rewired and I’m scared to make him mad.” 

Over the course of an hour-long episode, LaPaglia framed the alleged abuse as a cycle of “build you up, beat you down, apologize over and over,” while also stating that Bryan frequently screamed at her before switching tunes and begging for her forgiveness. As for the NDA, LaPaglia says she simply refuses to sign any paperwork or accept any of his money: “I’m not signing away my experiences and what I went through to protect someone that hurt me…” LaPaglia also stated that the well known singer attempted on numerous occasions to control what she wore and posted online, specifically a corseted gold dress she wore to the Golden Globes in January. 

Elsewhere in the episode,LaPaglia reinforced that she wasn't coming forward for any exposure or to take Bryan down, but more so to bring awareness to anyone else that has experienced a form of emotional abuse. In a recent TikTok dispatch posted to LaPaglia’s burner account the young woman stated that she'd lost immense amounts of weight due to extreme stress and said she'd been feeling physically sick from being in a constant state of fight or flight. Through sharing her experiences with emotional abuse, LaPaglia hopes to wake other women around the world up and put an end to this cycle.