Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia accused singer-songwriter Zach Bryan of emotional abuse and alleged that he made prior companions signal non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to stop 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 12 months of my life has been the toughest 12 months of my life coping with the abuse from this dude,” LaPaglia mentioned in the course of the current episode, referring to Bryan. “My mind’s rewired and I’m scared to make him mad and final week, she added. “I didn’t wish to speak about it ’trigger I used to be scared.”
The information arrives amid a social media frenzy surrounding LaPaglia’s public breakup with Bryan. On Wednesday, Richards and Portnoy launched a diss monitor 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 away [so] you get to go skip off and sing you little fucking songs on stage such as you’re an excellent dude.”
A consultant for Bryan didn’t instantly reply to Rolling Stone‘s request for remark.
LaPaglia mentioned that her determination 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 mentioned. “I used to be with the dude as a result of I liked 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 help system that I fortunately had going by 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 to guard somebody that harm me and I’m lots stronger than a weak man, fuck you and fuck your cash.”
LaPaglia return to the podcast follows her assertion final week, saying BFFs could be taking a week-break. “Hey Guys! We tried to report this week however I’m having a really onerous time determining how I wish to deal with this publicly as a result of 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 couple of 12 months. On YouTube, LaPaglia mentioned she was caught off guard by the general public announcement. “I had no concept that submit was going up,” she mentioned in a brief video. “I’m utterly blindsided by that.”
