After hosting a podcast alongside her one-time best friend Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia, Grace O’Malley is no longer employed by Barstool Sports.
The 26-year-old comedian hosted PlanBri uncut with her 25-year-old former bestie, with the final episode airing in late October.
LaPaglia announced on Halloween that she was cancelling an episode of The BFFs podcast amid backlash due to her breakup with singer Zach Bryan and her not publicly wishing O’Malley a happy 26th birthday.
Now O’Malley revealed on Monday that it was her last day with the company, founded in 2003 by Dave Portnoy.
She took to her Instagram story to share an image of her outside of the Barstool Sports headquarters, revealing that her time with the company has ended.
‘I wanted you guys to hear from me first that today was my last day at Barstool,’ O’Malley began.
After hosting a podcast alongside her one-time best friend Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia, Grace O’Malley is no longer employed by Barstool Sports
LaPaglia announced on Halloween that she was cancelling an episode of The BFFs podcast amid backlash due to her breakup with singer Zach Bryan and her not publicly wishing O’Malley a happy 26th birthday
She took to her Instagram story to share an image of her outside of the Barstool Sports headquarters, revealing that her time with the company has ended
‘I’m so grateful to everyone at the company and to Dave (Portnoy) for taking a chance on me,’ she added.
‘I’m just as surprised as you are there are no typos in this statement,’ she concluded with a heart emoji.
Just hours earlier, she took to her Instagram story to share a link for her comedy tour dubbed The Down For Anything Tour.
The tour kicks off December 30 at Zanies in Nashville and runs to May 18 at Off the Hook in Naples, Florida.
There had been rumors about a rift in their friendship following tense exchanges in what would be the last episode of PlanBri Uncut in late October.
As rumors continued to swirl, Brianna took to her Instagram story in late October to address her relationship with Grace.
‘I haven’t had TikTok in months. But apparently all anyone does on there is talk about my life. So here ya go, I’m not interested in sharing my personal relationships online anymore because the Internet wants so badly to ruin them all,’ LaPaglia vented via Instastory on Wednesday.
‘Grace has been like a sister since I was 15 years old. I wished her a happy birthday privately. I’m sorry but I’m having the week from hell and I’m tired of having to feel the need to explain myself to people who don’t know me. Love ya guys and that’s all there is to it.”
‘I’m so grateful to everyone at the company and to Dave (Portnoy) for taking a chance on me,’ she added
Just hours earlier, she took to her Instagram story to share a link for her comedy tour dubbed The Down For Anything Tour
Meanwhile, O’Malley admitted ‘there’s no denying’ the last year ‘has been quite the whirlwind for’ their friendship, but asked her followers on Wednesday to give her co-host ‘the space and time that she needs to move on and heal.’
Last week, Brianna said on The BFF podcast, which she co-hosts with Portnoy and Josh Richards, that she’ll always have love for Grace.
‘I’m always gonna have love for Grace [and] will always cherish everything that we did with PlanBri,’ she said.
‘I’ve just kinda let everyone make their own opinions,” LaPaglia continued. “But it comes to a point where I have to just lay it all out there and defend myself,’ she said.
Brianna added that Grace, ‘never defended me’ after she broke up with Zach Bryan, when she accused him of being emotionally abusive.
‘She knew everything behind the scenes. When the internet started attacking me, they only lifted Grace up when they were beating me down. And it was, like, whatever, because it helped her career and she was fine and happy about it. But it got to a point where she was never defending me,’ Brianna said.
‘I went to her in May, and I was like, “Grace, you know everything that I’m going through and you still refuse to defend me online because it helps build you up,”‘ she continued.
‘She would always be, like, “Well I know the truth. Everyone knows that we’re best friends and everything you’ve done for me.” So I’m, like, ‘Why don’t you f—— say that online and stop feeding into this narrative,’ Brianna said.
Brianna added that Grace, ‘never defended me’ after she broke up with Zach Bryan, when she accused him of being emotionally abusive.
Brianna contended that she ‘lost (her) best friend’ in the Zach Bryan break-up too, before cancelling their PlanBri Uncut podcast.
‘We’re sitting there, pretending to be friends and I didn’t feel seen by her [so I] set a boundary. I gave her everything and I would do it all over again,’ Brianna said.
O’Malley confirmed the end of her involvement with PlanBri Uncut in early December, adding she was, ‘outright heartbroken’ that it was coming to an end.
She added that working on the podcast was her, ‘favorite part of this chapter’ adding she was, ‘eternally grateful’ to get to ‘work with my best friend.’
