Who is Brianna Chickenfry?
Brianna Chickenfry is a social media personality and podcaster. Her real name is Brianna LaPaglia. She grew up near Boston. She first got attention when she made a Vine about her leg looking like a Burger King chicken fry. That silly video went viral. After that, people called her Chickenfry online. Later, she took the name as her brand.
She started college in Ohio. She studied pre-med and swam on the college team. But her videos about partying and hangovers blew up on TikTok. Barstool Sports noticed her. She joined them and moved to New York for podcasting. Brianna now cohosts “BFFs” with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards. She also started “PlanBri Uncut” with Grace O’Malley. Now she has over a million followers on Instagram alone.
In 2023, Brianna started dating country singer Zach Bryan. The relationship seemed fun at first. It didn’t take long before things got serious and messy. In October 2024, Zach posted on Instagram they had broken up. Brianna said she felt blindsided. She didn’t know he would announce it that way, and she found out by seeing his post. She later told people she was “blindsided” and needed time away from social media to heal.
Brianna later shared more about what went wrong. She talked about problems with Zach on her podcast and on “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” on TV. She said their relationship moved too fast from the start. She described feeling lost and shut down. Brianna claimed Zach tried to keep her quiet with money, offering $12.9 million for her silence, but she refused it. She wanted to take back control over her life.
On her podcast, Brianna described emotional abuse during the relationship. She said Zach would yell and belittle her friends. She said there was a cycle of apologies and bad behavior. She said she was scared to speak up or make him mad. Brianna talked about crying herself to sleep many nights. She said she needed to step away from Zach to recover and feel like herself again.
Now she’s competing on “Special Forces” as a way to prove to herself she can get through hard things in public. Brianna says she isn’t interested in being controlled by anyone, not even a famous ex. She’s working on healing and finding her own voice again.
