Influencer Brianna LaPaglia, aka “Brianna Chickenfry,” is voicing her shock after country singer Zach Bryan announced their breakup on social media.
In an Instagram story published Oct. 22, Bryan revealed that he and LaPaglia split, adding, “I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart.”
“She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her,” he continued.
The “Something in the Orange” singer explained that he felt the two should split after he “had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things.”
“I am not perfect and never will be. Please respect Brianna’s privacy and space in this and if you have it in your heart, mine too,” he wrote. “With everything I am and to anyone I let down, I am sorry. I try my best in everything. I failed people that love me and mostly myself.”
About an hour after Bryan posed, LaPaglia also took to her Instagram story, sharing that she was feeling “really blindsided.”
“Hey guys I’m feeling really blindsided right now. Gonna hop off social media for a while and attempt to heal privately, when I’m ready I’ll be back and ready to talk,” she wrote.
LaPaglia then thanked followers for their “kind words,” before writing, “Remember you are so loved and everything’s always gonna be okay.”
In a follow-up video shared to YouTube, LaPaglia reiterated that she was “completely blindsided” by the Instagram announcement.
“I just woke up to Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up and I had no idea that post was going up,” she said. “He didn’t text me. He didn’t call me.”
LaPaglia explained that she was only prompted to check Bryan’s post when she received texts asking if she was OK.
“I was completely blindsided by that. I also genuinely feel like I have — see how swollen my face is? I’ve been crying for like five days straight,” she said.
“I’m at the point where it’s like, how can you give someone everything and love them so unconditionally — like through stuff that you shouldn’t, but you just love them and you just see the good in them — like how can you … give every ounce of yourself to someone and then be discarded of in a few days?” she continued. “It’s really, really heartbreaking.”
LaPaglia said she doesn’t want to talk about details surrounding their breakup at this time, but added that she eventually will.
“Right now, I wanted to heal privately and I didn’t even know he was going to post that. And we broke up yesterday,” she said. “So I wasn’t ready to do anything publicly.”
She then asked that people respect her privacy and respect that she’ll “talk about everything” when she’s ready, also thanking people for their “kind messages.”
“I’m going to be OK. I’m going to be fine. I’m just obviously really, really hurt right now,” she said.
