Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia accused singer-songwriter Zach Bryan of emotional abuse and alleged that he made prior companions signal nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to forestall them from publicly talking about their experiences with him.
LaPaglia made the claims on the BFFs podcast she cohosts with fellow Barstool hosts Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards on Thursday.
“The final yr of my life has been the toughest yr of my life coping with the abuse from this dude,” LaPaglia stated in the course of the latest episode, referring to Bryan. “My mind’s rewired and I’m scared to make him mad, and final week, I didn’t need to speak about it as a result of I used to be scared,” she added.
The information arrives amid a social media frenzy surrounding LaPaglia’s public breakup with Bryan. On Wednesday, Richards and Portnoy launched a diss observe titled “Smallest Man,” aimed on the nation singer. The track included actual audio from Bryan’s 2023 arrest in Oklahoma and referenced resurfaced tweets of Bryan’s criticizing pop star Taylor Swift.
“You made the ladies earlier than me imagine that they’d no different selection however to take cash from you,” LaPaglia additional claimed. “[They] signed their experiences and what they went by means of away [so] you get to go skip off and sing you little fucking songs onstage such as you’re an excellent dude.”
A consultant for Bryan didn’t instantly reply to Rolling Stone‘s request for remark.
LaPaglia stated that her choice to talk out was “for anybody else that’s been emotionally abused and for individuals proper now being emotionally abused.” She additionally claimed that he supplied her $12 million to signal an NDA. “It was by no means concerning the cash,” she stated. “I used to be with the dude as a result of I beloved the dude, all the pieces glamorous, wealthy, or fucking cool about him was the shit I hated about him.
“It’s for anybody that don’t have a assist system that I fortunately had going by means of this,” the podcaster continued. “This isn’t like a drama factor for me, this isn’t me not signing the NDA or not taking the cash as a result of I wanna get on right here and expose who he’s and all that shit. I’m not signing away my experiences and what I went by means of to guard somebody that damage me, and I’m rather a lot stronger than a weak man, fuck you and fuck your cash.”
LaPaglia return to the podcast follows her assertion final week, saying BFFs can be taking a weeklong break. “Hey Guys! We tried to file this week however I’m having a really arduous time determining how I need to deal with this publicly attributable to all of the backlash,” LaPaglia wrote on the time. “I’m going to place my psychological well being first this week.”
Her assertion was launched after Bryan introduced their breakup on his Instagram story final month. The couple had dated for a few yr. On YouTube, LaPaglia stated she was caught off guard by the general public announcement. “I had no concept that publish was going up,” she stated in a brief video. “I’m utterly blindsided by that.”