Brianna Chickenfry Says Zach Bryan’s Ex-Wife, Rose, Has Been Her “Voice Of Reason” Throughout The Messy Breakup

One of few people who knows what it’s like to date, or rather be married to, Zach Bryan.

Of course, this past week was filled with more drama between Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry (whose real name is Brianna LaPaglia), as the two of them were going back and forth over the details of their breakup, trading shots across social media at each other.

Brianna has spoken a lot about their split, but Zach really hasn’t, so it was pretty surprising when he posted (and of course quickly deleted) a text message reportedly from Brianna, that appears to have been shortly after their relationship ended.

It spiraled from there, but there’s not really any context or explanation for why he posted the message, in which Brianna says “I still have love for you” and that things would have ended differently if it were up to her. She also says that the timing of their relationship was wrong and that he wasn’t ready, but that she’ll always be there for him.

There’s no date on the message, but the next message (which is cut off) comes on October 29, a little over a week before her tell-all BFFs podcast.

And naturally, Brianna had to respond.

In a series of posts to her Instagram, Brianna shared her thoughts on Zach sharing her text message, including one accusing him of being “blackout at 7am again” and claiming that she was living rent free in his head:

In another post, she shared what she claims is a text from Zach’s manager, Danny Kang, outlining the terms of the proposed NDA that was offered to her.

The message proposes two options for Brianna to choose from: Either a flat $10 million payment, or $3 million plus she would get to keep the house in Duxbury, Massachusetts, which Zach bought in April 2024 for a reported $7.5 million.

Additionally, the terms of the NDA would include Brianna not speaking about Zach or any “non-public cheating,” and guarantee that the recording her former friend and podcast co-host Grace O’Malley has of Zach (presumably the fire pit video) “never gets talked about.”

Zach’s team acknowledges that Brianna has no control over what Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and BFFs co-host Josh Richards say about Zach or the breakup, but she was not to “feed into any of it” and would “deflect and defend Zach in moments that people try to pry at the relationship.”

Honestly, it looks like a pretty sweet deal, but hey, that’s her business.

She ended with several slides dedicated to defending herself, claiming that she has “not told ONE lie ever” and calling his fans and defenders “brain dead.” Brianna also says she wants nothing to do with Zach and doesn’t know why he’s “crashing out” over her, but that she refuses to take the bait and “expose” him any further.

I mean, it’s kind of ironic to post seven slides about him while claiming that you’re done talking about him. I get that she wants to defend herself, but this whole thing had died down until Zach made a jab at her in a TikTok comment. If either of them would just let it go, I feel like the other would move on too.

But from the looks of it, that’s not going to happen any time soon, and that is evidenced by today’s BFF’s podcast, which Brianna hosts with Josh Richards. She got into more details about the texts and drama from this week, but she also talked about a certain person who has helped her through this drama from the beginning, which is Zach’s ex-wife, Rose. Zach and Rose got married back in 2020, before getting divorced only a year later.

Brianna has previously shared that she and Rose have been in contact, and during the podcast episode while she was talking about all of it, Rose Facetimed her. Brianna called Rose a “Voice of reason” for her during all of this, and acknowledged how helpful it was to have someone else who knows what she’s going through:

“Oh, guess who’s Facetiming me? Rose. Obviously can’t put that in, but I just wanna say, through all of this, like, if I didn’t get to talk to Rose or like have Rose through this, I would be… I think I would go f****** crazy. She helped me so much in the beginning, and even just like right now, it’s like, thank God, a voice of reason, you know… so she rocks.”

It’s never a good sign when you have your ex-girlfriend and ex-wife teaming up against you, and while Rose seemingly did sign an NDA, unlike Brianna, I’d venture to guess they had very similar experiences and have obviously formed a bond over it.

You can watch Brianna talk about it here:

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The full podcast:

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