The fallout from Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia and Zach Bryan’s breakup continues to play out. The pair break up in October 2024 after a few yr collectively, however the story didn’t finish there. Within the months that adopted, Brianna revealed in a YouTube video that she was blindsided by the breakup and later alleged emotional abuse, dishonest rumors, and a declined multimillion-dollar NDA provide — claims that saved their relationship within the highlight effectively into 2025.
Now, as the brand new yr begins, the scenario has shifted once more. Zach has moved on and quietly married Samantha Leonard, whereas Brianna has continued talking overtly about how the breakup affected her psychological well being and identification.
So what actually occurred between Brianna and Zach— and the way did their relationship finally unravel? Hollywood Life is breaking down the scenario, beneath.
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 exhausting yr personally and struggled by means of some fairly extreme issues.”
Zach added, “I believed it could be useful for each of us to go our alternative ways. I’m not excellent and by no means will likely be. Please respect Brianna’s privateness and house on this and when you have it in your coronary heart, mine too.”
Towards the tip of his publish, the singer-songwriter concluded, “With every little thing I’m and to anybody I let down, I’m sorry. I attempt my finest in every little thing. I failed those that love me and largely myself.”
It’s unclear what Zach meant by his be aware 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 stated after confessing she was “utterly 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 are you going to give somebody every little thing and like, love them so unconditionally, like by means of 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 gown she wore to the 2024 Golden Globes and claimed that he had been controlling. She additionally alleged that his group provided 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 geared 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 quite a bit to the noise once I went by means of a number 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 take care of 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 Relationship?
The Web character and the “Revival” singer began courting in July 2023. The then-couple made their first pink 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 saved her previous courting historical past away from the general public eye.
