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Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is turning a new page personally and professionally.
On Wednesday, the Barstool Sports personality made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut as a cover model for the publication’s January 2025 digital issue, where she spoke about “reclaiming” herself following a messy breakup with country singer Zach Bryan last fall.
“It’s a lot more than me looking quote-unquote hot in a swimsuit — it’s me reclaiming who I am as a woman, reclaiming my body and my decisions and my choices. This cover is me being me again and taking control of my life. This is my body; my body isn’t that experience, and even though I’m not 100% in it right now, this is me. This doesn’t have anything to do with anybody else,” the 25-year-old LaPaglia said.
First linked in 2023, Bryan revealed in October of last year that he and LaPaglia had parted ways via a social media announcement — something that caught LaPaglia by surprise.
“I just woke up to Zach posting on his Instagram that we broke up, and I had no idea that post was going up,” an emotional LaPaglia expressed in a YouTube video.
“He didn’t text me, he didn’t call me.”
Shortly after the split, LaPaglia alleged Bryan offered her $12 million if she signed a non-disclosure agreement prohibiting her from discussing their relationship.
“After everything was done, I was approached by [Bryan’s] team and I was offered a lot of money, a big lump sum of money and a few options,” she said on a November 2024 installment of the “BFFs” podcast with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards.
LaPaglia, who also accused Bryan of emotional abuse, spoke to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit about what it means to regain her confidence.
“When I walk into a room, I want to talk to everyone. When the relationship first started, that became a problem for him; I was talking too much or I was being too much, and maybe the spotlight was not on him enough. That’s how he made me feel: Oh, I need to dim myself down,” she explained.
“I’m walking down the street, I’m at the crosswalk—I’m sparking up a conversation. I’m in the bodega, talking to the bodega guy for 20 minutes too long now. I’m finally talking to my hairdresser again, where I used to just sit in the chair. I’m finding that little spark of life back in myself now that one person that felt like a doom cloud over me at all times is gone.”
On being the newest addition to the SI family, LaPaglia — who shot on-location in LaQuinta, Calif. — isn’t mad about sticking it to her ex.
“It is just, on a petty level, my favorite f— you. This is me, and I wanted to do this, and now I’m on the digital cover,” she said.
Weeks before her digital cover reveal, LaPaglia spoke candidly about closing the “worst f–king” chapter that was 2024 and looking ahead to new beginnings.
“On a serious note this year did change my life for the better, taught me more than I could have ever imagined and really shaped me as a woman,” she posted on Instagram on Jan. 1.
“The misfortunes we are met with throughout life are always tangled with consolations.”
