Zach Bryan’s ex Brianna LaPaglia says the Sports Illustrated photoshoot is the country singer’s ‘favorite’
Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia “doesn’t ask anyone’s permission.”
The 25-year-old podcast host made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut on the cover of the January digital issue, and while the social media influencer sees the spread of the photo as an opportunity to move forward after a difficult breakup with her ex-boyfriend Zach Bryanshe also wants a little revenge.
“It’s just, on a trivial level, my favorite dick is you,” she told Sports Illustrated in the interviewtitled “Brianna LaPaglia Asks No One’s Permission.”
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Brianna LaPaglia and Zach Bryan in October. (Sports Illustrated/Katherine Goguen | Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
She added: “This is who I am and I wanted to do this, and now I’m on the cover of a digital film.”
LaPaglia has been vocal about the deterioration of her relationship with the country music star, which she described as emotionally abusive, even claiming that Bryan’s team he offered her 12 million dollars to sign a confidentiality agreement after their termination.
The two started dating in the summer of 2023 and broke up last fall.
LaPaglia said that speaking out about her relationship struggles has led to women reaching out to her to talk about their own experiences with emotional abuse.
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“It’s just, on a trivial level, my favorite dick is you,” Brianna LaPaglia told Sports Illustrated in an interview. (Sports Illustrated/Katherine Goguen)
“During the most difficult time in my life, it was probably one of the most rewarding things that ever happened to me, to be able to help people in a way that I feel is much more meaningful than what my old content was,” LaPaglia said. “I know posting stupid stuff and putting up fun videos for people to watch is also helpful, and it helps people get out of reality, but really changing lives is stepping forward and being able to give people a shoulder to lean on, or a person to lean on.” to cry, it’s just out of this world.”
Zach Bryan and Brianna LaPaglia dated for over a year before they broke up. (Getty Images)
Still, there are people on social media who don’t believe her story about Bryan or accuse her of speaking for the public.
“I just wish I could hang out with every one of my haters one-on-one, to be honest,” she told SI. “I would say, ‘I wish you could see me as I really am, not this reflection of the s— cycle on TikTok, where it just feeds into the algorithm — it wouldn’t even be possible if you saw my positive video right now, because when you’re on the negative side, that’s all you’re given.'”
She’s also a bit tired of TikTok itself and not breaking a sweat impending US ban.
“It’s so much more than looking quote-unquote hot in a bathing suit — it’s me reclaiming who I am as a woman, reclaiming my body and my decisions and choices,” Brianna LaPaglia told the magazine. (Sports Illustrated/Katherine Goguen)
“I’m feeling like this right now, drink a bottle of champagne! Let’s get rid of this horrible, hateful app,” she joked.
She also said she’s done hanging out with A-list celebrities.
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“My life for a year was hanging out with all these famous people and doing all these extravagant things, and if anything, their lives seem a lot s— worse than my family’s life back home, where they’re just regular people who are happy and live.”
“My life for a year was hanging out with all these famous people and doing all these extravagant things, and if anything, their lives seem a lot s— worse than my family’s life back home, where they’re just regular people who are happy and live.”
LaPaglia told the magazine that Bryan made her feel like she needed to “darken up.”
“When I walk into a room, I want to talk to everyone,” she said. “When the relationship first started, it became a problem for him; I talked too much, or I was too much, and maybe the spotlight wasn’t on him enough.”
Now that the relationship is over, she feels like her old self again.
Brianna LaPaglia was supposed to walk the red carpet for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’s 60th anniversary last year, but backed out at the last minute because Zach Bryan told her it would be “rubbish.” (Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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“I’m walking down the street, I’m at the crosswalk — I’m starting a conversation,” she said. “I’m in a bodega, talking to a bodega guy for 20 minutes too long. I’m finally talking to my hairdresser again, where before I was just sitting in a chair. I’m getting that little spark of life back in me now that the one person who felt like cloud of doom.”
She also didn’t forget that she was supposed to host the red carpet for the 60th anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue last year, but backed out at the last minute because Bryan told her it would be “rubbish.”
“It’s a lot more than looking quote-unquote hot in a bathing suit — it’s me reclaiming who I am as a woman, reclaiming my body and my decisions and my choices,” she told the magazine. “This cover is me being me again and taking control of my life. This is my body; my body is not the experience, and even though I’m not 100% in it right now, this is me. This is not having anything to do with anyone else. ”
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Bryan for comment.
