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Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is putting Zach Bryan’s manager on blast.
The Barstool Sports personality claimed a member of the singer’s team once told her that she was “the only one” who could “fix” her then-boyfriend.
“I remember I was in our backyard,” the 25-year-old recalled on Thursday’s episode of Alix Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast. “This was after, like, something crazy happened.”
The singer’s team member allegedly made a “f–king weird” comment after “something crazy happened.” BFFS podcast/Youtube The male employee allegedly told the influencer she was “the only one that can fix” Bryan. briannalapaglia/InstagramLaPaglia recalled “talking to [Bryan’s manager] about it,” when the male employee allegedly said, “He’s gonna change because you can expose him for all of this. You are the only one who has the power to change him.”
The manager allegedly continued telling LaPaglia, “You’re the only one that can fix him. You’re the only one that can, like, speak out on him.”
The “BFFs” podcast co-host thought the comment was “f–king weird” at the time.
He allegedly said the Barstool Sports personality could “expose” her partner. briannalapaglia/Instagram “Shouldn’t he change because he wants to be a better person and because he loves me?” LaPaglia wondered. briannalapaglia/InstagramWant more celebrity and pop culture news?
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“From that day on, I was like … I thought he loved me. Is he just with me now because he’s just scared I’m gonna [say something]?” she explained. “Shouldn’t he change because he wants to be a better person and because he loves me? We’re dating, not because he’s scared I’m gonna expose him? F–king crazy.”
She called his “whole camp just f–ked in the head” and “so twisted.”
Bryan’s manager and rep have yet to respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
LaPaglia slammed the “twisted” logic on the “Hot Mess” podcast Thursday. Hot Mess with Alix Earle/Spotify She and the Grammy winner got together in the summer of 2023. briannalapaglia/InstagramAfter the manager’s alleged comment, LaPaglia “finally started talking to [her] family about” the alleged emotional abuse she experienced — which she made public last month after their October breakup.
LaPaglia remembered feeling “checked out” after her aunt predicted, “This is not gonna change. He is going to completely ruin your life. I don’t even recognize you anymore. I love you, stay as long as you want, but I don’t know who you are anymore.”
Elsewhere in the episode, the influencer admitted she felt “beat down” and too “embarrassed to f–king tell anyone” what was going on with Bryan, 28, “because [she] knew [she] was gonna stay” with him.
Bryan revealed their breakup in October. Billboard via Getty Images The following month, LaPaglia accused her ex of emotional abuse. ihatebriannachickenfry/TikTokLaPaglia explained, “[When] you know you’re gonna go back into the toxic cycle, you know they’re gonna apologize, it’s almost more embarrassing to call your friend and say the most outlandish s–t.
“I was like, ‘F–k, I can’t keep telling them this because i’m gonna bring him to f–king Thanksgiving,'” she continued. “[By confiding in people], you’re humiliating your partner, you’re humiliating yourself.”
LaPaglia and the country singer began dating last year, with Bryan allegedly “blindsiding” his ex by revealing their breakup on social media.
She claimed to have turned down a $12 million NDA offer. zachlanebryan/Instagram LaPaglia spoke to Alix Earle about their time together on Thursday. Hot Mess with Alix Earle/SpotifyLaPaglia subsequently called the Grammy winner out for allegedly offering her $12 million to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
She claims Bryan did the same after his breakups with ex-wife Rose Madden and ex-girlfriend Peifer.
The songwriter, who LaPaglia claimed has not reached out to her, has yet to comment on abuse claims —besides posting a cryptic Instagram Story quote from Jack Kerouac about not “know[ing] what to say.”
