Dave Portnoy is providing a person look into Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia’s narration earlier their shocking split.
During his quality on Thursday’s section of “The Unnamed Show” podcast, nan Barstool Sports laminitis reluctantly recalled 2 encounters that made him a “Zach Bryan hater.”
Portnoy claimed nan first lawsuit happened moments earlier Bryan, 28, was group to return nan shape astatine The Chelsea successful The Cosmopolitan edifice to footwear disconnected 2024 Super Bowl festivities successful Las Vegas.
“[Me and Josh Richards] were astatine nan Super Bowl and Zach Bryan is performing. We were going to […] meet Bri, go, and I’m texting her and she’s not getting backmost to me,” nan 47-year-old businessman shared.
Despite their plans, Portnoy alleged that LaPaglia, 25, called him and said, “I don’t cognize really to opportunity this, I person bad news. Zach has banned you from going to nan concert.”
LaPaglia’s “BFFs” co-hosts were not allowed to be nan performance aft Bryan saw a clip from their podcast wherever they joked astir her having a “revolving doorway of boyfriends” six months prior.
Portnoy claimed nan podcast chat caused “the first large fight” betwixt nan now-former couple.
“I ne'er had awesome vibes,” he added. “I deliberation banning maine from a performance complete a joke is beautiful f–king insane.”
The 2nd lawsuit allegedly happened aft LaPaglia, 25, attended nan Golden Globes successful January 2024 without Bryan.
Portnoy recalled LaPaglia being interviewed connected nan reddish carpet and being asked if location was “anybody [she’s] excited to meet.” She responded, but according to Portnoy, it didn’t spell complete good pinch Bryan.
“It was immoderate famous, awesome-looking personage and she was like, ‘Oh, he’s bully looking, he looks nice,’” Portnoy said of LaPaglia’s answer.
Portnoy went connected to telephone Bryan an “insecure baby,” claiming nan state crooner “unfollowed Bri connected social” and “blocked BFFs [podcast account]” pursuing her reddish carpet interview.
“She’s connected nan reddish carpet being interviewed, truthful he conscionable seemed for illustration a really immature, not assured baby,” he continued. “And for illustration erstwhile I’ve been around, he was bully to america […] but off. His vibes were conscionable — he was truthful complete nan apical nice.”
Earlier successful nan podcast, Portnoy told hosts Kirk Minihane and Ryan Whitney that he was “never a liker” of Bryan.
“I deliberation he’s a fraud. Every clip I met him, I wasn’t comfortable pinch him,” he pointed out, earlier adding that Bryan “never gave” him a bully “vibe.”
When asked if he had ever told nan net influencer astir his feelings, he said, “I deliberation Bri knew I didn’t for illustration him.”
Portnoy’s stories travel conscionable days aft nan “Something successful nan Orange” vocalist confirmed via his Instagram Stories that he and LaPaglia had called it quits.
In his statement, Bryan talked astir having “an incredibly difficult year personally” and struggling “through immoderate beautiful terrible things.”
“I thought it would beryllium beneficial for some of america to spell our different ways. I americium not cleanable and ne'er will be,” he continued.
“With everything I americium and to anyone I fto down, I americium sorry. I effort my champion successful everything. I grounded group that emotion maine and mostly myself.”
LaPaglia past took to her ain Instagram Story to opportunity that she was “feeling really blindsided” by her now-ex’s station and needed to “hop disconnected societal media for a while and effort to heal privately.”
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During his podcast appearance, Portnoy clarified that LaPaglia and Bryan had already surgery up — but claimed his co-host was blindsided complete really quickly nan vocalist announced it connected societal media.
A root exclusively told Page Six aft their split, “Zach and Bri were crazy astir each other, but their narration was ever rocky. His manner is not conducive to a superior relationship.”
The erstwhile mates started dating in July 2023. However, earlier this year, a female named Brooke Almond publicly accused Bryan of cheating connected nan influencer with her.