The country music star Zach Bryan has broken his silence after breaking up with Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.

The two had become quite the item, but now it looks like they’ve hit the skids for good.

Bryan Speaks Out

Bryan and LaPaglia went public with their relationship in July of 2023. On Tuesday, however, Bryan took to his Instagram Stories to confirm that they have broken up.

“Addressing something: Brianna and me have broken up with [each other] and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart,” Bryan wrote. “She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her.”

“I have had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things….I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go our different ways,” he continued. “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.”

“With everything I am and to anyone I let down, I am sorry,” Bryan concluded. “I try my best in everything. I failed people that love me and mostly myself.”

While a sad situation, we have to admit – Bryan has a way with words.

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LaPaglia Breaks Her Silence

This came after LaPaglia took to her own Instagram Story to claim that she was “blindsided” by the breakup.

“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. “I love you guys so much thank you for all of your kind words. Remember you are so loved and everything’s always gonna be okay.”

On Tuesday, LaPaglia posted a brief video to YouTube in which she opened up about the breakup while crying as she sat on her bathroom floor.

“I just woke up to Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up and I had no idea that post was going up. He didn’t text me, he didn’t call me,” she claimed. “I just woke up to a bunch of texts, like, ‘Are you okay?'”

LaPaglia went on to say that she was “completely blindsided” by Bryan going public about their breakup.

“Do you see the swelling on my face? I’ve been crying for like five days straight,” she lamented. “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 because you just love them and you want them… like you see the good in them?”

“This is so embarrassing. I don’t give a […],” she added. “How can you give every ounce of yourself to someone and then be discarded of in a few days. It’s really, really heartbreaking.”

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LaPaglia ‘Wanted To Heal Privately’

LaPaglia then said that she’s not ready to discuss the “details right now,” though she made sure to add that “she will, obviously” in time. For now, she “wanted to heal privately” but “had no idea that [Bryan] was going to post” about their split.

“When I’m ready to talk about everything that happened, I will, but right now I’m just completely blindsided,” she said at the end of the video. “I’m just really, really hurt right now. I wanted to just be hurt for a week and lay in bed… I just didn’t want it to be public.”

Check out that video for yourself below.

Bryan and LaPaglia met at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May of 2023. They began dating soon afterwards.

It’s a shame to see that this relationship didn’t work out. We can only hope that Bryan and LaPaglia are able to heal from this and move on with their lives.

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