Weeks after Zach Bryan’s relationship with Brianna Chickenfry (real name Brianna LaPaglia) came to an end, the influencer and podcast host is opening up about what’s been going on behind the scenes. According to Brianna, Zach offered her $12 million to stay quiet about their breakup, but because she refused to sign the NDA, she’s not holding back anymore.
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Brianna opened up about the situation on this week's episode of her 'BFFs' podcast.
During a portion of the episode that she recorded alone, Brianna revealed that Zach’s team approached her with an offer of “a lot of money, a big lump sum of money and a few options.”
In exchange for $12 million paid out over three years, Brianna would agree not to discuss her “experiences” with the country singer and his team would be “monitoring everything that I do,” Page Six reported.
Brianna decided against taking the money.
“I’m all right where I’m at and I don’t want blood money. I don’t think you can pay people off that you hurt [and expect] for them to protect you … offering millions of dollars to this apparent beautiful relationship [and] keep it a secret, speaks volumes,” she added, going on to say that accepting the money would have been “beneath” her.
She also claimed she wasn't the first woman in Zach's life to be given this type of offer.
“I was someone before you and you made the women before me believe that they had no other choice to take money from you, sign their experiences away, sign what they went through away,” she said on the podcast. “You get to go skip off and sing your little f—ing songs on stage like you’re a good dude. You get to treat people around you like s—. Sorry I’m not them, I don’t want your money.”
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She also accused him of emotional abuse.
Elsewhere in the episode, Brianna said that during their relationship, Zach had allegedly subjected her to “literal narcissistic emotional abuse.”
“He made me believe everything was my fault. He isolated me from my whole entire life,” she shared.
In a post on her Instagram Stories, Brianna later thanked fans for their support.
She wrote that the messages she’d been receiving on social media after her podcast episode went live had “made me sob.”
“I can’t believe how many women and men have experienced the same abuse,” she shared. “You have me, I’ll be a voice for you all always. If I can stand up to someone in power you can stand up to the bum from your hometown.”
