Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia had been collectively for just a little over a yr earlier than their relationship took a surprising flip.
In October 2024, Bryan posted a press release on social media revealing that he and LaPaglia had cut up. (The pair went public with their relationship in July 2023.)
“I respect and love her with each ounce of my coronary heart. She has cherished me unconditionally for a really very long time and for that I’ll at all times thank her,” Bryan wrote through Instagram. “I’ve had an extremely onerous yr personally and struggled by means of some fairly extreme issues. I assumed it will be helpful for each of us to exit other ways. I’m not good and by no means can be.”
LaPaglia, for her half, said that she was “blindsided” by their breakup in an Instagram Story of her personal. The Barstool Sports activities character was fast to add a YouTube video additional discussing the break up — and asking for privateness as she navigates her new regular.
“I’ve been crying for, like, 5 days straight,” LaPaglia stated by means of tears. “I’m on the level the place it’s, like, how will you give somebody every thing and, like, love them so unconditionally by means of stuff that you simply shouldn’t.”
Nation celebrity Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports activities’ podcaster Brianna LaPaglia — a.ok.a. Brianna Chickenfry — had a scorching and heavy relationship earlier than splitting in fall 2024. The pair met in Might 2023, when LaPaglia, a fan of Bryan, attended the Academy of Nation Music Awards and snapped an image with Bryan. That very same month, the […]
The podcast host stated that she wished to “heal privately” and Bryan didn’t warn her in regards to the Instagram breakup announcement. “I wasn’t able to do something publicly,” she added. “I’m going to be OK. I’m going to be advantageous. I’m simply clearly actually, actually harm proper now.”
Previous to their cut up, the pair appeared to have a robust romance that included constant, equal assist. Hold scrolling for a breakdown of Bryan and LaPaglia’s strongest moments from their relationship:
The Timeline of Their Relationship
LaPaglia was compelled to disclose the timeline of her and Bryan’s relationship in August 2023, after rumors began spreading that their budding romance overlapped with every of their previous relationships.
They first met on the 2023 ACM Awards in Might of that yr — LaPaglia and Bryan had been each in different relationships on the time. The next month, LaPaglia went on stage with Bryan to sing “Revival” when he performed in New York. In keeping with LaPaglia, their romance began in July 2023.
Throughout an August 2023 episode of “BFFs” podcast, Bryan made a quick look onscreen, waving to LaPaglia’s cohosts Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards.
Taking the Stage
LaPaglia traveled with Bryan on his Quittin’ Time Tour all through 2024, and when he had no celeb visitors to affix him on stage for “Revival,” the ultimate track of the present, she was at all times there to be by his facet.
The Tune ‘28’
Bryan launched a track titled “28” on his Nice American Bar Scene album in July 2024. The observe seems to be about LaPaglia, because it opens with a reference to assembly her household in Boston, the place she’s from. “How fortunate are we?” can be a lyric within the track, which is one thing that LaPaglia has stated on varied events. She additionally has a tattoo of the saying.
A Music Video Second
When Bryan launched his “Oak Island” music video in September 2024, LaPaglia was credited as a author.
Rising artist Zach Bryan‘s swoon-worthy songwriting has followers curious in regards to the real-life love tales that impressed them. Bryan’s profession took off after the 2022 launch of his album American Heartbreak, his first report with a significant label. He beforehand dropped DeAnn and Elisabeth in 2019 and 2020, respectively, later solidifying his place within the trade […]
The Taylor Swift and Kanye West of It All
Bryan apologized after tweeting “Kanye > Taylor… Who’s with me” in September 2024 — and LaPaglia was fast to stay up for her man on the time.
She claimed that he didn’t “perceive the load of what Kanye did to Taylor” all through her profession. “He didn’t know the backstory of the Kanye/Taylor lore,” LaPaglia stated on the “BFFs” podcast in October 2024.
The Breakup Rumors
LaPaglia stated she was “taking the brunt” of all of the “private s—” that Bryan was going by means of in October 2024.
“We don’t put up [about] one another for per week,” she stated throughout the identical “BFFs” podcast episode. “It took the web by storm however he’s going by means of quite a lot of private stuff.”