Brianna Chickenfry has posted an emotional video addressing the split just hours after her now ex-boyfriend Zach Bryan announced their break-up.
A tearful Brianna – whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia – admitted she was ‘completely blindsided’ by Zach announcing their split without telling her if he would so beforehand.
Sitting on her bathroom floor with her cat roaming about, Brianna admitted they split the day prior as she broke down over the end of their more than year-long relationship.
‘I just woke up to Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up and I have no idea that post was going up. He didn’t text me, he didn’t call me,’ she said as she sat on her bathroom floor with her cat, who appeared to be her feline Mango, roaming about.
Brianna revealed she woke up to an influx of text messages asking if she was okay before she learned that Zach had confirmed their split to the world.
Brianna Chickenfry has posted an emotional video addressing the split just hours after her now ex-boyfriend Zach Bryan announced their break-up
‘I just woke up to a bunch of texts being like, are you ok? And I’m like, did my f**king dad die? Yeah so I’m completely blindsided by that. I also genuinely feel like… I’ve been crying for like five days straight.
‘Sorry if this video is going to be a lot of jumping around but I’m at the point where it’s like, how can you give someone everything and love them so unconditionally like through stuff that you shouldn’t?… like you see the good in them.
‘This is so embarrassing,’ she said. ‘I don’t give a f**k. How can you give every ounce of yourself to someone and then be discarded of in a few days? It’s really, really heartbreaking.
‘I don’t want to talk details right now, I don’t want to talk about it yet. I will, obviously. But right now I wanted to heal privately and I didn’t even know he was going to post that. We broke up yesterday. I wasn’t ready to do anything publicly.
‘Now I’m just getting a bajillion freaking texts and s**t. I wanted to just handle this as a human first and now it’s not that. I’m just asking if you guys can please… respect my privacy right now and when I’m ready to talk about everything that happened, I will. But right now I’m just completely blindsided. And thank you for all the kind messages. I’m going to be okay, I’m going to be fine.
‘I want to just be hurt for a week and like lay in bed. I just didn’t want it to be public. I’m just feeling blindsided. I love you guys a lot,’ she said.
Sitting on her bathroom floor, Brianna admitted they split the day prior as she broke down over the end of their more than year-long relationship
A tearful Brianna – whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia – admitted she was ‘completely blindsided’ by Zach announcing their split without telling her if he would so beforehand
Sitting on her bathroom floor, Brianna admitted they split the day prior as she broke down over the end of their more than year-long relationship
Country star Zach announced their split on Instagram on Tuesday
Country star Zach announced their split on his Instagram Stories, writing: ‘Addressing something: Brianna and me have broken up with eachother (sic) and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart. She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her.’
‘I’ve had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things. I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go out different ways. I am not perfect and never will be.
‘Please respect Brianna’s privacy and space in this and if you have it in your heart, mine too.’
‘With everything I am and to anyone I let down, I am sorry. I try my best in everything. I failed people that love me and mostly myself.’
Bryan announced their split in a statement posted to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday
Brianna alluded to the split with her own message that said she was feeling ‘really blindsided’ at the moment
Around 30 minutes after Zach posted his message, the Barstool Sports star posted her statement.
While she did not say anything about the split, she appeared to be alluding to her break-up with Zach as she said she was feeling ‘really blindsided’ at the moment.
‘Hey guys I’m feeling really blindsided right now. Gonna hop off social media for a while and attempt to heal privately, when I’m ready I’ll be back and ready to talk.
‘I love you guys so much thank you for all of your kind words. Remember you are so loved and everything’s always gonna be OK.’
In the aftermath of the spilt, the drama began spilling over to social media.
The announcement came one day after fans speculated the duo had gone their separate ways after a Reddit user claimed to have seen Zach on the celebrity dating app Raya with photos of his alleged profile
In a now-deleted post, an X user shared alleged private DMs between Zach and a mystery woman. It’s unclear when the messages occurred or who he was speaking with
Fellow Barstool Sports star David Portnoy posted a link to a telling song – Taylor Swift’s The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Brianna also posted an emotional video where she addressed the split, admitting she was ‘completely blindsided’ by Zach announcing the split on social media prior to telling her he was going to share the break-up post.
‘I just woke up to Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up and I had no idea that post was going up. He didn’t text me, he didn’t call me. I just woke up to a bunch of texts being like “Are you okay?”‘ she wrote, adding she was ‘completely beside by that.’
Additionally, an X user also shared alleged private DMs between Zach and a mystery woman. It’s unclear when the messages occurred or who he was speaking with and the posts were subsequently deleted from X.
The announcement came one day after fans speculated the duo had gone their separate ways after a Reddit user claimed to have seen Zach on the celebrity dating app Raya with photos of his alleged profile, in addition to a photo of a handwritten poem shared by Chickenfry to her Instagram.
The former couple have been dating since July 2023
Speculation the duo arose was sparked after Bryan was allegedly seen on the celebrity dating app Raya along with this handwritten poem shared by Brianna on Instagram
The poem read: ‘And eventually you’ll find that life goes on, even if you don’t want it to. The days will pass and the world will move while you ask it to stop.
‘You’ll believe life is cruel for continuing on while your feet are stuck.
‘You’ll find people and moments to blame for your concrete feet.
‘Then there will come a morning when you wake and realize things go on, life isn’t cruel your feet are.
‘The world keeps on spinning in hopes of showing you that you can as well.’ It contained a drawing of a single stick-figure at the bottom.