'Blindsided' Briana Confirms Chickenfree Jack Bryan Breakup

Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia have split after more than a year of dating … but it doesn't look like she's ready to let us know just yet. On October 22, Brian wrote in an Instagram Story that he had “had an incredibly difficult year personally and struggled through some pretty serious things,” explaining that he “thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go our separate ways.” In a YouTube video posted later that day, LaPaglia said the relationship had ended just the day before and claimed Brian never called or texted her to tell her she was going to break the news. “I want to get hurt and lay in bed for a week, you know?” He said, adding that he felt “blindsided”. Below, here's what to know, including how the couple met and why people are rooting for Raya.

Brian is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter who released his fifth album, The Great American Bar SceneIn July You might recognize him from last month pissing off a bunch of Swifts comparing him to Kanye in what he said was a drunken tweet about their discography.

LaPaglia, better known as Brianna Chickenfry due to viral Vine, is an influencer and barstool sports podcaster. The 25-year-old co-host BFFs podcast with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy (who made his allegiances clear with a post dedicating Taylor Swift's song “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” to LaPaglia after the breakup went public).

Bryan and LaPaglia met at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2023. She later attended one of his concerts and was invited on stage with him BFFs Co-host, Josh Richards. That June, LaPaglia's Plan Bree Uncut podcast released an episode titled “Eat the Rich (Without Zach Bryan)”. Brian later went into his DMs and they “started chatting,” LaPaglia later recalled. She officially confirmed the relationship in July.

Bryan didn't directly share the reason for the split in his Oct. 22 Instagram Story. His statement expressed “love and respect” for LaPaglia and suggested he was “not perfect”, adding that he was sorry for anyone he had let down. “I am the failed man who loves me and mostly himself,” he concluded.

In an Oct. 22 YouTube video titled “Dear Friends, I'll Be Back Soon,” she noted that the breakup occurred on Oct. 21 (the same day she posted a cryptic note on Instagram saying “life goes on, even if you don't want it to”). LaPaglia, who said she had been “crying for five days,” questioned through tears how you put someone “absolutely, through things you shouldn't” and then “give up in a few days.” He added that he would later share the details of what happened; In an Instagram Story, he similarly said he would be “off social media for a while and try to heal privately”, then return when he's “ready to talk”.

The day before the split was confirmed, a Reddit user claimed Brian had popped up on members-only dating app Raya. Given the timeline described by LaPaglia, the Internet was busy shutting down the possibility that Brian started swiping right after the breakup. Meanwhile, an unnamed source claimed this our weekly The singer was actually on a dating app the time Their relationship, and someone sent LaPaglia her Raya profile. According to sources, Brian has denied the infidelity allegations, but agreed that they should split.