Dave Portnoy Responds to Brianna Chickenfry’s Cut up from Zach Bryan with Taylor Swift Music

Dave Portnoy is defending his BFF co-host Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia following her cut up from Zach Bryan with a pointed Taylor Swift tune. 

“Dedicating this to @BChickenfry,” the businessman and podcaster, 47, posted on X (previously generally known as Twitter) on Tuesday, Oct. 22. His quick, however pointed tweet included an audio file of Swift’s “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” from her newest album, The Tortured Poets Division.

Portnoy’s put up got here after Bryan introduced his and LaPaglia’s separation on Instagram.

“Addressing one thing: Brianna and me have damaged up with [each other] and I respect and love her with each ounce of my coronary heart. She has cherished me unconditionally for a really very long time and for that I am going to all the time thank her,” the nation singer, 28, wrote on his Instagram Tales on Tuesday.

Including that he’s “had an extremely laborious yr” and “struggled by way of some fairly extreme issues,” he mentioned: “I assumed it could be helpful for each of us to go our other ways.” 

The previous couple met on the ACM Awards in Might 2023 and began courting in July 2023. 

Nevertheless, LaPaglia, 25, mentioned she was “blindsided” by Bryan’s breakup announcement. 

“Hey guys, I am feeling actually blindsided proper now,” she started the put up. “Gonna hop off social media for some time and try to heal privately, once I’m prepared I’ll be again and able to discuss,” the podcast host wrote on her Instagram Tales. “I really like you guys a lot thanks for all your sort phrases. Keep in mind you might be so cherished and all the things’s all the time gonna be okay.”

Hours later, she uploaded an emotional three-minute video to her Plan Bri UnCut account wherein she sat on a toilet ground, sharing extra particulars about their breakup. 

“I simply woke as much as Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up and I had no concept that put up was going up. He did not textual content me, he did not name me. I simply woke as much as a bunch of texts, like, ‘Are you okay?’ ” she mentioned.

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“That is so embarrassing. I do not give a f—,” LaPaglia continued. “How are you going to give each ounce of your self to somebody after which be discarded of in a couple of days? It is actually, actually heartbreaking.”

As for Portnoy’s music reference, many Swifties consider “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” was about Swift’s relationship with singer Matty Healy.

Within the monitor, the pop star, 34, slams a former lover for making her consider they had been in love, after which abruptly ending issues and ruining her summer season.

“It wasn’t horny as soon as it wasn’t forbidden / I’d’ve died to your sins / As an alternative I simply died inside,” she sings. “And also you deserve jail however you received’t get time / You’ll slide into inboxes and slip by way of the bars / You crashed my celebration and your rental automotive / You mentioned regular women had been ‘boring’ / However you had been passed by the morning.”