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Dave Portnoy is supporting Brianna LaPaglia after Zach Bryan’s breakup
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Dave Portnoy is supporting Brianna LaPaglia after Zach Bryan’s breakup

Dave Portnoy has Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia back.

In the wake of LaPaglia’s stunning split from country singer Zach Bryan — who confirmed their split on Tuesday — Barstool Sports founder Portnoy took to X and shared Taylor Swift’s edgy song, “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.”

“Dedicate this to @BChickenfry,” Portnoy, a devoted Swiftie, wrote alongside the lyric video for the 2024 song from Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

Dave Portnoy supported Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia in the wake of her divorce from Zach Bryan. Getty Images
LaPaglia’s divorce from Bryan was first revealed in October 2024. Getty Images for The Recording Academy

The song, speculated to be about Swift’s ex, Matty Healy from 1975, features lyrics such as: “You didn’t measure up to any extent of a man,” and seemed to be a not-so-veiled attempt . Bryan, 28, whose relationship with LaPaglia became public last summer.

“Addressing something: Brianna and I have broken up with each other and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart,” Bryan wrote in a post on his Instagram Stories.

“She has loved me unconditionally for a long time and I will always thank her for that.”

Dave Portnoy dedicated Taylor Swift’s 2024 song “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” to Brianna LaPaglia in a post on X. Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Zach Bryan discussed the split in an Instagram post. Instagram / Zach Bryan

Bryan added that he “personally had an incredibly difficult year and was struggling through some pretty serious things.”

“I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go our separate ways. I am not perfect and never will be,” he wrote. “…For all that I am and everyone I have let down, I am sorry. I do my best in everything. I have failed people who love me, especially myself.”

LaPaglia, 25, who co-hosts the “BFFs” podcast with Portnoy and Josh Richards, said in a separate post that she “felt really blindsided” and was going to take a breather from social media.

Zach Bryan and Brianna LaPaglia confirmed their romance last summer. Billboard via Getty Images

“When I’m ready, I’ll be back and I’ll be ready to talk,” she wrote in an Instagram Story. “Remember that you are so loved and everything will always be okay.”

LaPaglia reiterated her intention to step away to deal with the matter in a nearly four-minute video shared on YouTube.

“I’m at the point where it’s like, how can you give someone everything and love them so unconditionally, like doing things you shouldn’t do, because you just love them and want them… like you see the good in them ,” LaPaglia said through tears.

“…How can you give every ounce of yourself to someone and then be thrown away in a matter of days? It’s really heartbreaking.”

LaPaglia, who said the split happened Monday, added that she appreciates the kind messages she has received.

“I’m going to be okay, I’m going to be okay, I’m just really, really hurt right now,” she said.