When Zach Bryan married Samantha Leonard just before the new year, one thing some fans couldn’t help but notice was how much his new wife seemed to resemble one of his exes — podcaster Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
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And in an interview on the Impaulsive podcast posted Tuesday (Feb. 17), LaPaglia finally shared her thoughts on her former boyfriend — whom she’s previously accused of emotional abuse — tying the knot with her purported look-alike. When asked by host Logan Paul how she felt about Bryan marrying someone who “looks very identical to you,” the influencer called Bryan a “narcissist” and said, “This is what they do.”
“His whole entire literal wedding … all of that was a dig at me,” she continued. “It’s so apparent and obvious. Dating [Leonard] was to get at me.”
Shutting down the idea that maybe Bryan simply has a “type” in whom he dates, LaPaglia said, “No one [he dated] before me ever looked like me.”
“He is a psychopath and a narcissist and a very scary person,” she added.
Billboard has reached out to Bryan’s rep for comment.
The musician and LaPaglia dated from 2023 to 2024. When they broke up, the Barstool Sports content creator accused Bryan of emotionally abusing her and allegedly offering her more than $12 million to refrain from saying anything about their relationship.
When asked on Impaulsive whether she regretted turning down the money, LaPaglia held strong. “No,” she said. “I know that no one believes me, but if I’d wanted to, I would have f–king taken it. To have that hanging over my head for one more second and to be in a contract with him for five more years … I would’ve been under surveillance with his team and him for the next five years of my life until the payout was complete.”
Her appearance on the podcast comes more than a month after Bryan released his latest album, With Heaven on Top, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Some of the tracks find him lovingly singing about his romantic partner — presumably Leonard, whom he married in Span on New Year’s Eve — while others appear to be disses aimed at LaPaglia.
“I’m taking a blade to my old tattoos/ I’m draining the blood between me and you … And I ain’t never touching yours again,” he sings on “Skin,” possibly referencing one of LaPaglia’s tattoos that turned into a lyric on another of his songs. “Do you love people just to win when it’s over? … Do you still talk s–t on all your friends?”
Watch LaPaglia’s podcast appearance above.
