Followers of Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia and Zach Bryan now have much more to course of. On October 22, 2024, Zach confirmed that their yearlong relationship was over. Whereas his assertion framed the breakup as mutual, Brianna later revealed in a YouTube video that she was blindsided — and rumors of emotional abuse and dishonest started swirling virtually instantly. Quick ahead to 2025, and Brianna revealed she turned down a $12.9 million provide from Zach to signal an NDA and keep silent in regards to the relationship. She’s been candid about how the break up affected her psychological well being and identification. So, what actually went incorrect between Brianna and Zach? Hollywood Life is breaking down the scenario, under.
Why Did Brianna Chickenfry & Zach Bryan Break Up?
In an Instagram Tales assertion, the “Pink Skies” artist started by “addressing one thing,” referring to the breakup rumors that had already begun swirling about him and Brianna.
“Brianna and me have damaged up with [each other] and I respect and love her with each ounce of my coronary heart,” Zach wrote. “She has beloved me unconditionally for a really very long time and for that, I’ll at all times thank her. I’ve had an extremely arduous yr personally and struggled by some fairly extreme issues.”
Zach added, “I assumed it might be useful for each of us to go our other ways. I’m not good and by no means shall be. Please respect Brianna’s privateness and house on this and when you’ve got it in your coronary heart, mine too.”
Towards the top of his publish, the singer-songwriter concluded, “With all the things I’m and to anybody I let down, I’m sorry. I strive my finest in all the things. I failed folks that love me and largely myself.”
It’s unclear what Zach meant by his notice on letting folks down. Nonetheless, hours later, Brianna broke her silence on their break up in an emotional video.
“I’ve been crying for, like, 5 days straight,” she mentioned after confessing she was “fully shocked” by Zach’s public assertion. “He didn’t textual content me, he didn’t name me. … I’m on the level the place it’s like, how will you give somebody all the things and like, love them so unconditionally, like by stuff that you simply shouldn’t, since you simply love ’em and also you need them?”
A few weeks later, Brianna shared extra perception into the connection throughout a podcast episode in November 2024. She famous that the singer disliked the costume she wore to the 2024 Golden Globes and claimed that he had been controlling. She additionally alleged that his group supplied her a $12 million deal to signal a non-disclosure settlement (NDA). Moreover, Brianna’s “BFFs” podcast co-hosts, Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards, got here to her protection by releasing a diss monitor aimed toward Zach.
In an interview with Elite Each day launched on March 5, 2025, Brianna opened up about her relationship with Zach, the place she mentioned talking out about their breakup, noting, “I at all times trusted my instinct and my intestine, and I did it for me… It was a egocentric second the place I used to be like, ‘I’m doing this for me, and I’m taking me again.’”
Being within the public eye and sharing particulars about her break up led to elevated on-line consideration. She mirrored on this, saying, “I reacted loads to the noise once I went by lots of it as a result of I used to be so below the microscope and I used to be in protection mode… It’s taught me to generally shut up and go cope with it behind a closed door.”
Concerning the NDA, she finally determined to show it down, explaining, “I don’t need, in two years, to purchase a f*cking home and suppose, ‘Oh, that is the cash from the dude that actually f*cking destroyed me and broke me for a yr.’”
When Did Brianna Chickenfry & Zach Bryan Begin Courting?
The Web persona and the “Revival” singer began courting in July 2023. The then-couple made their first crimson carpet look in February 2024 on the Grammy Awards.
Zach Bryan Was Married Earlier than He Met Brianna
Earlier than he met Brianna, Zach was married to his ex-wife, Rose Madden, from July 2020 to July 2021. As for Brianna, the podcaster has stored her previous courting historical past away from the general public eye.
