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Rising star Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia claimed on her BFFs podcast that Zach Bryan offered her $12 million to stay silent about their relationship and breakup.
“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 shared on the show she hosts alongside Dave Portnoy and fellow TikToker Josh Richards.
LaPaglia, 25, explained that she would have received “the money over the course of three years” in exchange for not publicly discussing her “experiences” or “everything” she was to Bryan.
“They would’ve been monitoring everything that I do,” she said, adding, “I thought about it for a second and I think they tend to forget, I started to forget, that I was someone, I was established, I was successful, before [Bryan].”
The Barstool Sports personality continued: “I’m going to be someone, I’m going to be established [and] I’m going to be successful after him [too].”
Despite Bryan’s success, she said: “Maybe I’m not going to be selling out stadiums and f–king making hundreds of millions of dollars. I’m all right where I’m at and I don’t want blood money.”
“I don’t think you can pay people off that you hurt [and expect] for them to protect you … offering millions of dollars to this apparent beautiful relationship [and] keep it a secret, speaks volumes,” she added.
“I did not accept any money. I will not accept any money. I think it’s beneath me. I think that it’s f–-ed up.”
Co-host Portnoy shared that LaPaglia struggled with the decision, saying she went “back and forth” on whether to take the $12 million, calling it “life-changing money.”
He noted: “One hour she’d be like, ‘I’m not taking it. F— that. I’m not taking it.’ The next hour [she’d say], ‘Too much money, [I] have to take it. How can I pass up $12 million?’”
“It was a moral battle,” LaPaglia admitted, adding she even “called ‘everyone’ to see if they had ‘the answer’” for her.
“From the get-go, I was like … ‘F–- you, I don’t want your money,’ but then you look at my family, who obviously doesn’t have money and comes from nothing and they’re like, ‘Take the money.’”
Ultimately, she said she knew she “wouldn’t be able to sleep at night” if she took the money, particularly after she claimed emotional abuse and fear of Bryan.
Bryan’s team allegedly offered her a house or a New York apartment as well, but LaPaglia refused. Bryan’s reps have yet to comment.