Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is placing her psychological well being first.
The “BFFs” podcast cohost introduced on Wednesday, October 30, that she is taking a break from the favored Barstool Sports activities podcast she hosts with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards following her break up from nation singer Zach Bryan.
“Hey guys! We tried to report this week however I’m having a really exhausting time determining how I need to deal with this publicly resulting from all of the backlash,” LaPaglia, 25, shared in a message posted by way of the podcast’s TikTok account.
The message continued, “I’m going to place my psychological well being first this week. Josh and Dave need to be certain I do what’s finest for me. I have to prioritize the best issues this week. I hope you’ll be able to all perceive.”
Bryan, 28, introduced his break up from LaPaglia after one yr of relationship on October 22, although LaPaglia admitted she felt blindsided by the breakup.
“Addressing one thing: Brianna and me have damaged up with eachother [SIC] and I respect and love her with each ounce of my coronary heart,” the nation singer shared in an Instagram Story assertion. “She has beloved me unconditionally for a really very long time and for that I’ll all the time thank her.”
He continued: “I’ve had an extremely exhausting yr personally and struggled via some fairly extreme issues. I believed it could be useful for each of us to exit other ways. I’m not excellent and by no means will probably be.”

Zach Bryan and Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia. Courtesy of Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia/Instagram
LaPaglia responded by way of her Instagram Story by revealing she didn’t see Bryan’s public put up coming.
“Hey guys I’m feeling actually blindsided proper now. Gonna hop off social media for some time and try and heal privately, once I’m prepared I’ll be again and able to discuss,” she wrote.“I really like you guys a lot thanks for your whole type phrases. Bear in mind you’re so beloved and every little thing’s all the time gonna be OK.”
LaPaglia shared her devastation by echoing the sentiment in a YouTube video posted quickly after.
“How are you going to, like, give each ounce of your self to somebody after which, like, be discarded of in a number of days,” LaPaglia mentioned. “It’s actually, actually heartbreaking and I don’t need to speak about particulars proper now.”
LaPaglia’s “BFFs” cohost Portnoy slammed Bryan throughout an look on “The Unnamed Present” podcast on Thursday, October 24, branding the singer an “insecure child.”
Portnoy additionally mentioned it was “loopy” that Bryan had allegedly signed as much as the relationship app Raya amid the break up.
“That’s soiled enterprise,” Portnoy mentioned, including: “He was on a relationship app earlier than the physique was chilly!”