Brianna Chickenfry Calls Barstool Sports “Misogynistic” After Coworkers Accuse Her Of “Beating A Dead Horse” For Talking About Zach Bryan
Some drama at Barstool? Of course the entire company is built on drama, and it’s worked out pretty well for them, so infighting amongst the employees isn’t really anything new. But the beef between two of their biggest names seems to be heating up. First, we need some backstory here. Brianna Chickenfry (whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia) is obviously Zach Bryan‘s ex-girlfriend, and made a lot of headlines after claiming that he offered her $12 million to sign an […] The post Brianna Chickenfry Calls Barstool Sports “Misogynistic” After Coworkers Accuse Her Of “Beating A Dead Horse” For Talking About Zach Bryan first appeared on Whiskey Riff.


Some drama at Barstool?
Of course the entire company is built on drama, and it’s worked out pretty well for them, so infighting amongst the employees isn’t really anything new. But the beef between two of their biggest names seems to be heating up.
First, we need some backstory here. Brianna Chickenfry (whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia) is obviously Zach Bryan‘s ex-girlfriend, and made a lot of headlines after claiming that he offered her $12 million to sign an NDA after their breakup. Obviously she didn’t take it, because she’s spoken quite a bit about their relationship and what she paints as a pattern of emotionally abusive behavior from the country star.
On the other side of things we have Kirk Minihane, an outspoken and controversial former radio host and current podcaster who has been a vocal Brianna Chickenfry hater and made no secret about his dislike for his co-worker.
Got all that?
Well this latest chapter of their feud erupted over the weekend as Brianna and several of her fellow Barstool employees were participating in the “Barstool Beach House,” a Jersey Shore-like reality show that’s basically meant to stir up drama for entertainment. (As ashamed as I am to admit it, I couldn’t stop watching it).
One of Brianna’s castmates this summer is “Nicky Smokes,” whose real name is Charles Nicholas Longley, as well as Annika Christy, who is the former girlfriend of Smokes. And during the cast’s first night out, Smokes was chatting with another girl in the group, Barstool intern Oona McCaughan. And because there was alcohol involved, he was getting a little flirty.
Chickenfry then inserted herself into the situation, telling Smokes that he was making Oona uncomfortable;
“I’m getting super uncomfortable because you are being creepy to Oona… That’s just what I’m hearing through the grapevine.”
Smokes took the accusation that he was making her feel uncomfortable personally, and shared text messages between himself and Oona after the exchange:
But on the way home, Brianna took her accusations against Smokes a step further and accused him of sexual assault:
“You know what I’ve never hated more in my whole entire life? Men. I hate Nicky Smokes with a f—ing passion. He would come up to me, ‘Baby we’re going to be best friends.’ No motherf—er you’re a rapist.
‘You look so pretty babe, you look so perfect.’ I know, you are a freak and I’m a sexy person and I don’t want to talk to you.”
Before the convo pic.twitter.com/psb53utJJy
— Barstool Beach House (@stoolbeachhouse) August 8, 2025
The Barstool Beach House account deleted the original video of the conversation before reposting it a short time later. And a lot of people weren’t happy with Brianna throwing around the serious accusations against her co-worker:
Getting a feeling Zach Bryan ain’t so bad of a guy
— thomas (@notwrong1998) August 8, 2025
@stoolpresidente fire bri. Or @nickysmokess sue bri for defamation
— Strawhatwisdom (@StrawHatWisdom) August 8, 2025
Chickenfry seems like she just flat out sucks as a human being, smokes is a bit douchey but calling him a fucking rapist is hateful, then all the two faced shit she did after made her seem like a even more of conniving narcissist
— Goatmouth
Read More